MANILA, Philippines — Major policy updates and economic shocks have permanently altered cross-border public infrastructure and trade across Asia and the Pacific. Most notably, the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Majuro addressed a national State of Emergency triggered ...
Procurement desks across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are running at full capacity. High-stakes defense contracts, massive development bank overhauls, and aggressive technology localization are reshaping the market. From India’s massive military upgrades to China’s tightening grip on semico...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) officially opened a new subregional office to oversee operations in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Currently, the ADB manages an active public sector portfolio of $320.5 million across 34 regional projects. This permanent...
MANILA / HONIARA — Asia-Pacific procurement accelerated through June 2026. The APACTenders platform recorded over 1,600 active tenders across construction, technology, energy, and professional services. The month’s defining story was the Asian Development Bank’s overhauled procureme...
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) just tore up the traditional playbook for winning mega-infrastructure contracts in Southeast Asia. For decades, foreign consortia and state-backed builders relied on a simple formula to win multi-billion-dollar transit pipelines. They dropped the p...