Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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What the AIIB Can Do for the Multilateral System
Scott Morris
July 19, 2017
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has enjoyed considerable success in its young life. The challenge going forward is to translate this resounding political success into operational effectiveness and sound strategy. Given the political dimensions of this new institution, it is also wort...
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AIIB, Tajikistan, and the Risks of Non-Concessional Lending
John Hurley
June 26, 2017
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) second loan to Tajikistan in the space of a year raises questions about lending on “hard terms” to poor countries. In its eagerness to meet the investment needs of Asian countries, is the AIIB going to get burned by lending at non-con...
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Five Innovations at the AIIB
Nancy Birdsall
and
Scott Morris
May 25, 2017
We visited the AIIB a few weeks ago, and heard more about the emerging AIIB model: What is likely to be the same—as at the five big legacy banks (the World Bank and the four regional development banks) and what is likely to be different.
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When China Looks at MDBs, It Sees Infrastructure
Scott Morris
and
Lipei Tao
June 07, 2016
When the Chinese government launched a new multilateral development bank (MDB) with “infrastructure” in the name—the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)—it hardly seemed far-fetched to assume a strong Chinese preference for infrastructure-related MDB financing. E...