The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved contingent disaster financing facilities totalling $500 million to help Pakistan withstand and respond to natural disasters, the Manila-based lender has announced.
The financing, approved on Wednesday, 11 November, will provide prompt budget support following eligible disaster events, including floods and earthquakes, to help reduce the economic and fiscal impact of disasters on the country.
The facilities were approved under the bank’s policy-based lending framework. The money is not spent upfront: it is released quickly as budget support after an eligible disaster, so the government can respond without waiting months for new loans to be arranged.
The financing forms part of the second subprogramme of the Climate and Disaster Resilience Enhancement Programme, which supports reforms to strengthen disaster preparedness and risk management and to integrate resilience measures into Pakistan’s development planning and investment.
The programme also strengthens Pakistan’s disaster risk financing framework and improves the availability of financing in the aftermath of disaster events, according to the ADB.
ADB Country Director for Pakistan Emma Fan said preparedness was essential to protecting vulnerable communities, preserving livelihoods and limiting the economic consequences of natural disasters.
The approval comes as Pakistan faces estimated average annual economic losses of $2 billion from natural disasters, highlighting the financial pressure created by recurring climate-related emergencies.
In its Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2026, published last month, the ADB projected that around 1.48 million people in Pakistan could be exposed to annual coastal flooding by the end of the century.
The bank had previously approved a $500 million policy-based loan in 2024 to support climate change and disaster risk reduction and resilience in Pakistan, making the latest approval the second facility of its kind in as many years.
The figures in this report were checked at 07:05 PKT on 12 November 2026.
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