Keynote speech by ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa at the 2020 ADBI Annual Conference on The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Policy Implications.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
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The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Policy Implications
Video | 1 December 2020
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