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loans which have primed the pump of
development and given momentum to Asia's
economic transformation.
5.
paint
rosy.
But it would not be right to
the picture in colours that are too
There are still major problems to
The United Nations has
be overcome.
estimated that about
live in a state of
meaning they cannot
nourishment.
statistic.
800 million Asians
absolute poverty
adequate
afford
This
is
a daunting
It represents about a quarter
of Asia's population and is double the
population of Europe.
6.
The goal for the next 25 years is
to lift these people out of poverty
improve
-
to
the quality of life for all of the
4.5 billion people who will be living in
Asia by the year 2017 the year of the
ADB's 50th anniversary mecting.
headline
of
The
on the cover of the April edition
the magazine "Asian Business" can be
seen as providing its readers with a guide
on how this ambitious goal can be
achieved.
The headline proclaimed that:
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