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Asian infrastructure bill continues to grow, says ADB president
Asia will now need more than US$8t in the decade to 2020
Published Fri, Oct 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
BACK in 2009, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) suggested in a report that Asia would need to spend US$8 trillion on infrastructure in the decade up to 2020.
With still four years to go to 2020, the ADB president is now saying that the figure needs an upward revision - and this will come soon.
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