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The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank is situated in

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Honoi, Vietnam
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The Asian Development Bank was established in 1966 to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction projects across Asia. Its headquarters location is fixed by its founding charter.

  1. Manila, Philippines: Correct. The Philippines has hosted ADB's head office since the bank began operating, and its president and board are based there.
  2. Jakarta, Indonesia: Jakarta is better known as the seat of the ASEAN Secretariat, not ADB.
  3. Colombo, Sri Lanka: ADB runs projects in Sri Lanka through a country office, but the main headquarters was never located in Colombo.
  4. Hanoi, Vietnam: Vietnam has an ADB resident mission for local project work, which is different from the bank's global headquarters.

Since only Manila has served as ADB's seat since 1966, the correct answer is Manila, Philippines.

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A useful way to answer this question is to ask what each of these four cities is actually the headquarters of, since all four host some kind of international or regional office and it is easy to mix them up.

  1. Manila, Philippines: Manila is the seat of the Asian Development Bank itself, home to its president, board of directors, and central administrative staff.
  2. Jakarta, Indonesia: Jakarta is the seat of the ASEAN Secretariat, the body coordinating cooperation among Southeast Asian nations, which is a completely different organisation from ADB.
  3. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Colombo hosts national bodies such as the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and is also linked with regional groupings, but not with ADB's head office.
  4. Hanoi, Vietnam: Hanoi functions as Vietnam's political capital and hosts a country-level ADB resident mission, which handles local project coordination rather than serving as the bank's global headquarters.

Once each city is matched to the organisation it actually hosts, only Manila lines up with the Asian Development Bank, distinguishing it clearly from the regional bodies and missions in the other three cities.

Therefore, the correct answer is Manila, Philippines.

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