Abstract
As the international development finance architecture decentralises, a plethora of regional multilateral development banks (MDBs) have emerged. The institutional landscape in Asia is transforming with the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This chapter aims to shed light on the horizontal relationship between the traditional development finance actor, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the nascent AIIB. Based on the collaborative experiences of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), this chapter recommends that ADB and the AIIB should form tri-partite coordination mechanism along with global institutions to promote cooperation, develop complementary portfolios in terms of sectoral exposure and geographical coverage and co-fund projects to catalyse greater inter-agency cooperation. The resulting synergies will have potential to stitch the two seemingly parallel institutions into an interdependent and coherent development finance structure in Asia and beyond.
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