Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua
Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua
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50 years on, the Asian Development Bank must move with the times

Syed Munir Khasru says the ADB, which has played no small role in the region’s spectacular development, must now widen its network and portfolio to better respond to today’s needs

Syed Munir Khasru
Syed Munir Khasru

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua
Children stroll in Wuyi Square in the city of Ulanhot, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China, which now has the world’s second-largest economy, was once the ADB’s second-largest sovereign borrower. Photo: Xinhua
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