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    Deviating from norm, AIIB moves away from country strategies

    Weeks after releasing its articles of agreement and recruitment procedures, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President-designate Jin Liqun gave more details on how the bank may operate once it gets off the ground. Devex has the details.

    By Lean Alfred Santos // 15 July 2015

    The $100 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is rapidly taking shape. Weeks after the bank’s multilateral interim Secretariat launched its articles of agreement and recruitment procedures, the establishment process is now focused on how the China-led institution will be operated and managed.

    Jin Liqun, secretary-general of the interim secretariat and China’s official president-designate of AIIB, explained Friday in a briefing session in Beijing that the infrastructure development-focused institution will follow a more business-like approach in its operations and will move away from traditional country-focused development strategies.

    The former senior finance official explained that AIIB will “follow business lines like private companies” in pursuing development projects but still keeping in mind countries’ needs — despite a diversion from a more country-focused approach — by establishing a special department to accommodate these issues.

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      Lean Alfred Santos@DevexLeanAS

      Lean Alfred Santos is a former Devex development reporter focusing on the development community in Asia-Pacific, including major players such as the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He previously covered Philippine and international business and economic news, sports and politics.

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