Fiji, May 5 -- Amid escalating global challenges in 2025, particularly stemming from the Middle East crisis, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) delivered an unprecedented US$44 billion in support to its member countries.

ADB President Masato Kanda told the Bank's Governors in Samarkand that ADB will move "aggressively" to respond to evolving global shocks with greater speed and scale.

"These shocks do not respect borders. They travel through the arteries of the global economy - fuel, freight, finance, and factories - and land squarely on household budgets and the communities that can least afford them.

"The paradigm has shifted. Our response must shift with it," Kanda said.

Of the total support, ADB committed US$29 billion from its own ...