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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
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ADB’s partnership strategy for Bhutan for 2024–2028 focuses on strengthening public sector management, fostering private sector development, building climate-resilient infrastructure, and enhancing youth employability through human capital development.
In the Spotlight
Partnership Report 2024: A Message from DG Xinning Jia
A brief message from Xinning Jia, Director General of Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department, on how the Asia and Pacific region is tackling complex challenges from inequality to climate change. ADB, through strong partnerships, mobilized $14.9 billion in cofinancing in 2024 to support 39 developing member countries, leveraging collective resources to drive sustainable solutions and lasting impact.
Redirecting Revenue Toward Health Could Curb Asia’s Chronic Disease Surge
Rising rates of chronic disease in Asia and the Pacific are driven by lifestyle shifts, aging populations, and unhealthy consumption. Some countries are using targeted fiscal policies and reinvested revenues to improve public health outcomes and reduce long-term costs.
Subregional Workshop on Inclusive Clean Energy Transitions in?Bhutan and Nepal: Promoting Clean Energy, Green Jobs, and Social Protection for All
The Subregional Workshop on Inclusive Clean Energy Transitions in?Bhutan and Nepal will be held on 22-23 May 2025 in Paro, Bhutan.
Touching the Future: How 3D Printing Can Empower Asia's Visually Impaired Students
Affordable three-dimensional printing technology is helping visually impaired students better understand educational materials through tactile models and personalized learning aids.
Bhutan Facts
ADB's Work in Bhutan
Bhutan’s economic growth has gradually recovered from its contraction during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic but remains below pre-pandemic levels due to low tourist arrivals and delayed hydropower projects. Near-term growth is expected from increased energy output and tourism. Despite pandemic disruptions, Bhutan reduced poverty from 9% in 2017 to 1% in 2022, achieved near-universal school enrollment, and improved health indicators.
To date, ADB has committed 212 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $1.3 billion to Bhutan.
Data: Bhutan
Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Development indicators for Bhutan, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
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The Health Sector Development Program, supported by the ADF facility and additional ADF grant funding for a total of $20 million, is improving primary health care delivery and information systems in Bhutan.
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- Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund
- Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Fund
- Asian Clean Energy Fund
- Asian Development Fund
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia II
- Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility
- Clean Energy Fund
- Climate Change Fund
- Climate Innovation and Development Fund
- Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund
- Global Environment Facility
- Green Climate Fund
- High-Level Technology Fund
- Investment Climate Facilitation Fund
- Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in Small Island Developing States
- Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology
- Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific
- Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism
- Japan Special Fund
- Netherlands Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility
- Project Preparation and Implementation Support Trust Fund
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership Facility
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund
- Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund
- Technical Assistance Special Fund
- Water Financing Partnership Facility
What's New
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Partnership Report 2024: A Message from DG Xinning Jia
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Asian Development Bank and Bhutan: Fact Sheet
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Mentoring Impact Evaluation on Educational Preferences and Career Choices in Bhutan
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Empowering Small Businesses: Bhutan Herbal Tea and the Brand Bhutan Journey
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Empowering Small Businesses: The Story of Deki Natural Dyes in Bhutan
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Mentoring, Educational Preferences, and Career Choice: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Bhutan
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Engaging Men and Transforming Masculinities to Achieve Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Stocktaking of Initiatives in South Asia
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Determinants of Student Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closure in Bhutan
Contact: Bhutan Resident Mission (BHRM)
2nd Floor, Royal Textile Academy Building Norzin Lam, Chhubachhu, Thimphu - 11001
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Fax +880 2 9117925 to 26
Bhutan Resident Mission (BHRM) provides support to ADB Headquarters in:
- country programming
- project processing
- project administration
- tripartite portfolio review meeting
BHRM is also responsible for strengthening:
- relations with the government, civil society, and the private sector
- policy dialogue
- country reporting
- aid and development partner coordination
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external relations and information dissemination
BHRM will be closed on these dates:
- Traditional Day of Offering: 30 January (Thursday)
- Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King: 21 February (Friday)
- Losar (Lunar New Year): 28 February (Friday)
- Birth Anniversary of 3rd Druk Gyalpo: 2 May (Friday)
- Lord Buddha's Parinirvana: 11 June (Wednesday)
- The First Sermon of Lord Buddha: 28 July (Monday)
- Blessed Rainy Day: 23 September (Tuesday)
- Thimphu Tshechu & Dassain: 2 October (Thursday)
- Birth Anniversary of 4th King / Descending Day of Lord Buddha: 11 November (Tuesday)
- National Day: 17 December (Wednesday)
Last updated: 14 November 2024