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InterviewsApril 24

ADB president: Asia needs to foster resilience to external shocks

Masatsugu Asakawa discusses climate financing and geopolitical impact on supply chains 
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ADB president: Asia needs to foster resilience to external shocksImage: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg

Ahead of the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, in May, ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa shared his views with The Banker on the most immediate challenges facing the multilateral institution and the region it serves.

The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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Kimberley Long is the Asia editor at The Banker. She joined from Euromoney, where she spent four years as transaction services editor. She has a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Liverpool, and an MA in Print Journalism from the University of Sheffield. Between degrees she spent a year teaching English in Japan as part of the JET Programme.
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