Takehiko Nakao re-elected as president of ADB
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THE Asian Development Bank's board of governors announced on Friday that it has unanimously re-elected former senior Japanese financial official Takehiko Nakao as president of the ADB for a further five years with effect from November this year.
The move comes at a time when the China-sponsored and Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has added to resources available for financing infrastructure projects in the Asia region - and also to competition for influence.
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