The Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Finance and Economy published an update on its participation in the 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and the 59th Asian Development Bank Board of Governors Annual Meeting in Samarkand, where Brunei outlined priorities on regional financial cooperation, fiscal sustainability, connectivity and digital innovation. At the ASEAN+3 meeting, Brunei said it is maintaining pro-growth policies while prioritising fiscal sustainability as it monitors the domestic effects of global uncertainty. ASEAN+3 discussions covered economic outlooks and policy recommendations from the Asian Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, alongside progress on the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization, the Asian Bond Markets Initiative, Disaster Risk Financing Initiatives and ASEAN+3 Future Initiatives. Brunei was represented by the Acting Permanent Secretary Fiscal I and a Brunei Darussalam Central Bank deputy managing director, and the meeting endorsed a joint statement. At the Asian Development Bank annual meeting, Brunei called for deeper engagement to integrate climate resilience and digital innovation into regional agendas including food security, green industrial development and resilient supply chains, and for partnership on financing, resource mobilisation and capacity building to support economic corridors and new industrial clusters in the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, alongside domestic economic diversification, green transition and innovative growth.
Ministry of Finance (Brunei Darussalam) 2026-05-07
Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Finance and Economy sets out fiscal sustainability and regional connectivity priorities at ASEAN+3 and ADB meetings
Brunei Darussalam’s Ministry of Finance and Economy reported on its participation in the 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and the 59th Asian Development Bank Board of Governors Annual Meeting in Samarkand, where it outlined priorities on regional financial cooperation, fiscal sustainability, connectivity and digital innovation. At the ASEAN+3 meeting, Brunei reaffirmed pro-growth policies while prioritising fiscal sustainability amid global uncertainty, as participants reviewed regional economic outlooks and progress on initiatives including the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization and the Asian Bond Markets Initiative. At the ADB meeting, Brunei called for integrating climate resilience and digital innovation into regional agendas and for partnerships on financing, resource mobilisation and capacity building to support economic corridors, new industrial clusters, domestic economic diversification and green transition.