KATHMANDU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Haymarket Media Group have announced an agreement to jointly publish Development Asia, a quarterly magazine dedicated to social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific, as of April 2010. “Development Asia is a groundbreaking publication in the way that it handles development stories," said Jonathan Hirst, who oversees Haymarket's Asian finance titles. "This partnership will help make it even better at informing and reaching critical decision makers across Asia and the world."

Since its inception in 2008, Development Asia has taken a fresh approach to covering regional development issues. “Most of our readers understand development issues and do not need a primer,” he said.