The commitment was made during ADB’s 57th Annual Meeting being held in Tbilisi, Georgia, said a press release on Friday.

The ADF is ADB’s largest source of grants for operations in its poorest and most vulnerable developing member countries and is replenished every 4 years.

ADF 14—marking the 13th replenishment since the fund’s establishment—will support grant operations during 2025­­­–2028.

TASF 8 will provide grants that help prepare projects, build capacity, and provide technical or policy advice.

“Grants are more important than ever as our poorest and most vulnerable members seek to reverse recent development setbacks and take urgent action to combat the climate crisis,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.

“This remarkable replenishment demonstrates ADF donors’ continued partnership with ADB to address the pressing development challenges of those most in need.”

ADF 14 will continue to play a critical role in supporting climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

It will enable expanded assistance for regional cooperation and regional public goods, and for transformative gender action.

It will also provide agile assistance in the event of emergencies through its crisis response window.

ADB will significantly increase its net income transfers to ADF, from just under $1.2 billion in ADF 13 to almost $1.6 billion in ADF 14, an increase of 35 percent.

The remaining $0.9 billion will comprise transfers from earlier ADF cycles and income from liquidity investments.

In parallel, ADB intends to provide $16.7 billion in concessional loans, which have very low interest rates over long repayment periods, during the ADF 14 period.

Overall, ADB will be able to provide more than $8 in grants and concessional loans for every $1 in donor contributions.