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China's AIIB helps resolve Asia's soaring infrastructure needs

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageAbout 1.8 billion people in Asia lack basic sanitation services, like this slum in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters

Less than two years after reports first appeared in October 2013 about the formation of a new specialized development bank focused on Asia, China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has become a reality.

While its birth has...

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