Farooq Awan

Pakistan’s portfolio of Asian Development Bank (ADB)–financed projects continued to expand during FY26, with climate resilience, disaster risk management and social protection featuring prominently among the sectors receiving support, according to the Foreign Economic Assistance Monthly Report for November 2025 issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The document lists Climate and Disaster Resilience Enhancement Programme (Sub-programme 2 – Policy-Based Loan) approved for the Finance Division, reflecting continued engagement under programme-based financing. The project is included in the FY26 pipeline and is recorded under ADB’s financing window in the report.

In addition to programme-level financing, the report records ADB support for social protection-related initiatives, including projects linked to integrated social protection systems. These initiatives are included as part of ADB’s broader assistance framework aimed at strengthening institutional systems for social safety nets.

The document also includes additional financing arrangements for ongoing ADB-supported social-sector projects. These entries are listed separately from policy-based loans and are shown as part of the cumulative external assistance portfolio during the reporting period.

Under disaster resilience and climate-related interventions, the report identifies projects designed to strengthen institutional capacity, disaster preparedness and climate adaptation mechanisms. These projects are reflected in the ADB section of the report, with financing structured across multiple tranches and fiscal years.

The monthly report presents the ADB-financed projects alongside those of other multilateral lenders, clearly categorising them by sector and executing division. Climate resilience and disaster-related initiatives are shown as distinct from transport, energy and urban infrastructure projects, ensuring clarity in sectoral classification.

In presenting the data, the Ministry of Economic Affairs compiles information received from executing agencies and development partners and notes that figures are provisional and subject to reconciliation. The November report continues the same reporting format used in earlier months, ensuring consistency in how ADB-supported initiatives are recorded.

Overall, the data presented in the report show that ADB remains a key contributor to Pakistan’s external financing portfolio, with continued emphasis on climate resilience, disaster risk management and social protection initiatives during FY26. The listing of multiple ADB-funded projects in these areas underscores their presence within the country’s ongoing external assistance framework, as recorded for November 2025.

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