Includes how major projects are financed and gives examples where relevant. Explains activities of the multilateral development banks in and other aid-funded projects where procurement is open to U.S. bidders.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) funds projects mostly from its ordinary capital resources, which are provided to lower-to-middle-income countries at near-market terms. For lower income countries, interest rates are lower. In addition, ADB provides funding from its Asian Development Fund for projects directly related to poverty alleviation in the lowest income countries. ADB manages several other funds that are usually sector-oriented (environment, climate change, water, high-level technology, and infrastructure)

From 2013 to 2017, the ADB financed an average of $27 billion annually comprised of loans, equity investments, and grants for government-sponsored projects (public sector) and private sector-led projects. In 2017 alone, ADB assistance reached over $32 billion. Of this, more than $8 billion went to private sector operations comprising loans, equity investments and guarantees.

For more details, visit ADB’s Private Sector (Nonsovereign) Financing section of the website (https://www.adb.org/site/private-sector-financing/main).
 

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