Bhutan and the Asian Development Bank – Integrated Support for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Phuentsholing: Development Effectiveness Brief
Publication | September 2025
This brief explores how Bhutan’s Phuentsholing, strategically located on the Indian border, is grappling to balance its role as a fast-growing economic hub with the need to ramp up its infrastructure, connectivity, and disaster resilience.
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The brief explains how ADB is working with landlocked Bhutan to drive initiatives designed to streamline customs processes, upgrade road transport, and improve Phuentsholing’s housing and health services as its population climbs. It analyzes measures to reduce Phuentsholing’s vulnerability to flooding, looks at ways to support women entrepreneurs, and assesses how to build a gender-responsive and inclusive environment capable of underpinning the city’s sustainable transformation.
Contents
- Bhutan: An Overview
- ADB: A Reliable Development Partner
- Phuentsholing: Gateway to Bhutan and Its Economic Hub
- Bridging Progress and Possibility
- Enhancing Road Network for Economic Growth
- Strengthening Customs, Logistics, and Digital Systems
- ADB's Commitment to Sustainable Progress
- Appendixes
Additional Details
Type
Subjects
- Managing for Development Results (MfDR)
- Industry and trade
- Transport
- Urban development
Countries
- Bhutan
Pages
- 46
Dimensions
- 8.5 x 11
Publication Stock No.
- BRF250327-2
ISBN
- 978-92-9277-408-0 (print)
- 978-92-9277-409-7 (PDF)
- 978-92-9277-410-3 (e-book)
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