ADB appoints Zhukev as central, west Asia DG
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January 16, 2021
KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Eugene Zhukov as Director General of its Central and West Asia Regional Department, effective immediately.
As Director General, Zhukov will lead ADB’s engagement with 10 countries in the region: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; and oversee the bank’s regional portfolio of $24 billion, an ADB statement said.
Zhukov will manage 10 country offices and 7 sector divisions: energy; environment, natural resources, and agriculture; public management, financial sector, and trade; regional cooperation and operations coordination; social; transport and communications; and urban development and water, it added.
TONGA GETTING ADB FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT ECONOMIC REFORMS, IMPROVE SERVICES Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/04/2002 - 00:00
MANILA, Philippines (June 2, 2002 - PINA Nius Online) -The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$ 10 million loan to Tonga for a new Economic and Public Sector Reform Program.
The project is designed to achieve a sustainable fiscal balance and improve the delivery of public services, a bank news release said.
In addition, the bank will provide a US$ 700,000 technical assistance grant to help build a performance-based public service, the news release said Low economic and employment growth rates and a worsening fiscal situation have set back the government s goal of improving living standards for this Pacific island nation, the ADB announced.