BIMP-EAGA

The Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, or BIMP-EAGA, is a cooperation initiative established in 1994 to spur development in remote and less developed areas in the four participating Southeast Asian countries.

The Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project imports up to 100 megawatts (MW) of renewable hydropower from Lao PDR to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia using existing interconnections. Photo credit: ADB.

News
7 November 2023

Energy Ministers Push for Expansion of ASEAN Power Grid and Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline

The planned Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines Power Integration may be the next multilateral power trading project.

Offering nonstop services between secondary destinations, such as Cebu−Kota Kinabalu and Makassar−Kota Kinabalu, could boost intra-Southeast Asian passenger traffic and tourism. Photo credit: ADB.

Article
27 October 2023

Air Travel in Southeast Asia Is On the Rise But May Face Turbulence Ahead

An ADB study offers strategies for turning challenges into opportunities.

The Philippine startup ecosystem ranks among the top 20 global ecosystems in terms of affordable talent, according to data from Startup Genome 2022. Photo credit: ADB.

Article
19 October 2023

How the Philippines Is Helping Tech Startups

Two landmark laws enacted in 2019 defined national policy to foster the growth of startups, in turn, spurring the development of the ecosystem.

The ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance supports a just transition to a low-carbon growth path. Photo credit: ADB.

Article
17 October 2023

ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance Includes Social Safeguards and Coal Phaseouts

Southeast Asia takes the next step toward Paris climate goals with the release of Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.

Davao City will soon roll out a modern, safe, reliable, and efficient bus transport system that will significantly reduce greenhouse gases. Photo credit: Courtesy of ADB.

Article
27 September 2023

How Davao City Is Making Public Transport More Climate-Friendly

A smart system will deploy low-carbon buses to serve the transport needs of a growing population.

Sustainable agriculture is a way of producing clean, healthy, and nutritious food, while preserving the environment, providing an equitable distribution of economic wealth, and ensuring the health and safety of not just the food produced but also the health and safety of farming communities. Photo credit: ADB.

Article
6 September 2023

To Make Agriculture Sustainable, ASEAN Wants Farming to Be Environment- and People-Friendly

This entails shifting to greener farming practices, adopting the circular economy model, and protecting the well-being of farming communities.

Drone technology can be used in innovative ways to fight climate change, such as monitor forest fires and other environmental changes, plant trees, produce detailed maps of protected areas, and may even provide a low-carbon method of delivering parcels. Photo credit: iStock/Christian Martin.

Article
22 August 2023

Southeast Asia Explores Frontier Technologies in Quest for Carbon Neutrality

Disruptive technologies will reshape industry, healthcare, and communications and provide urgently needed solutions to global challenges like climate change.