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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, [3] which is headquartered in 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offices around the world [ 4 ] to promote social and economic development in Asia.
Chantale Yokmin Wong is the current United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of ambassador. Wong is the first out lesbian and the first out LGBTQ person of color to receive the rank of an ambassador.
In September 2016, Adesina was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. [14] In 2017, he was awarded 2017 World Food Prize. [15] On 27 August 2020, Adesina was re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank for a second term of five years. [16]
Employees at the Asian Development Bank tell TIME Israel’s deadline to join was extended despite global condemnation of its military campaign in Gaza. Exclusive: Israel Joins ADB Despite Staff ...
In 1986, Chin began his career at Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications firm, in Washington, D.C.Over two decades, Chin counseled a wide range of global businesses and institutions, including multinational food & beverage, consumer goods & services, energy & infrastructure, finance, and telecom & technology companies, among others in often highly regulated sectors.
Jin Liqun (Chinese: 金立群; born August 1949) is a Chinese banker who has been serving as the president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank since 2016. Previously, he served as secretary general of the AIIB Interim Multilateral Secretariat from 2014 to 2016, chairman of China International Capital Corporation from 2013 to 2014, chairman of the supervisory board of China Investment ...
The ADB deemed all water, air, and land transportation in the Philippines outdated; most of the day, roads become impassable and congested due to the lack of other effective transportation infrastructures/methods. [8] The ADB is also reviving and building railways to connect provinces and provide access to and from the cities. [9]
Viscount Takeshi Watanabe (渡辺 武, Watanabe Takeshi, 1906 – 23 August 2010) [1] was a Japanese bureaucrat and the first President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was in office from 24 November 1966 to 24 November 1972. [1] Watanabe was born in Tokyo in 1906.