{"id":235248,"date":"2019-10-20T06:08:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235248"},"modified":"2025-01-13T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:25:24","slug":"adb-support-to-ph-to-reach-record-high-in-2020-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/20\/adb-support-to-ph-to-reach-record-high-in-2020-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"ADB support to PH to reach record high in 2020\u20132022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235249\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235249\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Adb-hq-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: ADB Headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=45525716\">Photo By AndreaADB &#8211; Own work\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Asian Development Bank\u2019s (ADB) sovereign lending for the Philippines is expected to reach US9.1 billion between 2020 and 2022, as the government seeks to invest more in much-needed infrastructure and pro-poor projects that will merge rural areas into urban growth centers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The indicative pipeline is in line with the priorities identified in ADB\u2019s country partnership strategy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy metformin online <a href=\"https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/metformin.html\">https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/metformin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the Philippines Country Operations Business Plan (COPB) 2020\u20132022, ADB said it will invest 59.5 percent of its three-year sovereign lending program in transportation projects, such as railways, bridges, road networks, and elevated pedestrian walkways.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The rest of its financial support will be devoted to the social sector, agriculture, public sector management, and sustainable water and urban development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis latest Country Operations Business Plan reflects ADB\u2019s strong commitment to supporting the Philippines\u2019 efforts to sustain inclusive economic growth, create business and job opportunities in the regions, and widen the reach of the government\u2019s education, health, and social protection programs,\u201d ADB Country Director for the Philippines Kelly Bird said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ADB plans to finance projects and programs worth at least USD2.5 billion annually in 2020 and 2021, matching the record high of USD2.5 billion in sovereign lending to the Philippines expected by the end of the year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In comparison, ADB\u2019s annual lending from 2008\u20132018 averaged about USD800 million.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Half of ADB\u2019s 2019 assistance program will fund the first tranche of the Malolos\u2013Clark Railway Project, one of the government\u2019s big-ticket infrastructure projects under its \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d (BBB) program.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is also the largest ADB project financing to date, worth USD2.75 billion in total.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Contracts for civil works for the project are expected to be awarded before the end of the year and construction work may begin in the second quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis professional online <a href=\"https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-professional.html\">https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-professional.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ADB is preparing additional financing this year for the Infrastructure Preparation and Innovation Facility to support detailed engineering designs and feasibility studies for the government\u2019s priority projects under the BBB program.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/therehabcentres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This will ensure a steady flow of investments into much-needed infrastructure projects that are viable and innovative.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In 2020, transportation and infrastructure will still make up the majority of ADB\u2019s financial support to the Philippines. This includes the South Commuter Railway Project that will connect Manila to Calamba and the EDSA Greenways Project, which will construct elevated walkways in four high density traffic locations along the main EDSA highway in Metro Manila.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Integrated Flood Risk Management Sector Project is also being prepared for 2020 to finance up to six river basins across the country, and the Metro Manila Bridges Project will construct three bridges to help ease traffic conditions in the metropolis.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ADB\u2019s 2020 program will also include financing for the Expanded Social Assistance Project, which will build on a decade of ADB assistance to the government\u2019s conditional cash transfer program and support for the government\u2019s agricultural competitiveness program.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. In 2018, it made commitments of new loans and grants amounting to USD21.6 billion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members\u201449 from the region.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Asian Development Bank\u2019s (ADB) sovereign lending for the Philippines is expected to reach US9.1 billion between 2020 and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":235249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283881,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235248\/revisions\/283881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}