Asian Development Bank and People’s Republic of China: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank | April 2015
Abstract
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1986. With loans totaling $31.58 billion, the PRC is ADB’s second-largest borrower. The country is now regarded as an upper middle-income country. ADB is also promoting key drivers of change under its long-term strategic framework (Strategy 2020), including knowledge solutions, private sector development, good governance and capacity development, and gender equity. Cumulative disbursements to the PRC for lending and grants financed by ordinary capital resources and other special funds amounted to $22.42 billion.
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Asian Development Bank. 2015. Asian Development Bank and People’s Republic of China: Fact Sheet. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5230. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Economic Development
Economic Infrastructure
Macroeconomic Analysis
Performance Evaluation
Impact Evaluation
Economic indicators
Growth models
Gross domestic product
Macroeconomics
Economic development projects
Economic policy
Economic forecasting
Financial crisis
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