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- The reality is that the infrastructure funding gap exceeds the total financing capacity of governments and multilateral development banks. We must collaborate to pool resources and mobilize private capital to invest as partners or developing Asia risks falling behind. AIIB is mandated to focus on infrastructure.
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AIIB is mandated to focus on infrastructure. Operating on the foundations of robust banking principles, high project standards, multilateral governance and backed by a global and diversified shareholder base, we strive for financial and environmental sustainability.
Five focus areas for AIIB’s business in 2021 were identified to address the COVID-19 crisis while remaining aligned to the Bank’s Strategy objectives: green infrastructure financing, technology-enabled infrastructure financing, private sector infrastructure financing, broadening client reach, and maintaining high project standards.
AIIB’s Asian Infrastructure Finance 2021 report examines how Asian economies have integrated global value chains (GVCs) into their growth models. We emphasize the role of infrastructure in shaping economies’ resilience to shocks and supporting countries in joining GVCs or sustaining their engagement with them.
Sep 3, 2015 · By joining the AIIB, the US might be able to sway China into financing more infrastructure projects that lower CO2 emissions than if it remains outside. There are also those who believe that the AIIB’s ostensible impact on the global financial system is being overstated.
While the AIIB’s mandate might adapt to emerging demands over time, the Bank is likely to focus on infrastructure financing for the foreseeable future for two reasons. First, significant collective action would be necessary to modify the well-focused official mandate of the AIIB.
Some AIIB Members have already begun to shift from emergency response to economic recovery and infrastructure financing. There is huge growth potential in the green economy and green technology. Crowding in more capital to fund these measures will be necessary to fill the financing gap.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow—infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in January 2016 and have since grown to 109 approved members worldwide.
