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AIIB Annual Meeting Seminar Promoting High-Quality Cross-Border Infrastructure: Experiences and Lessons from IFI Practices
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Jang Ping Thia
Jang Ping Thia
Lead Economist and Manager, Economics Department, AIIB
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Jang Ping Thia joined the AIIB in 2016 and is currently the Lead Economist and the Manager of the Economics Department. The department is responsible for economic analysis at AIIB, covering country macroeconomics, debt sustainability analysis, review of project economics, to support investment operations. The department is also responsible for AIIB’s flagship publication, the Asian Infrastructure Finance report, which highlights infrastructure development and financing issues. For 2025, “Infrastructure for Planetary Health” highlights how nature and climate change impact health outcomes and underscores the need for sustainable development to protect human health.

He was previously with the Singapore Ministry of Finance, covering expenditures on security, sports, community and telecommunication infrastructure. With a PhD from the London School of Economics, he also held a stint as the Economics Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, overseeing economic forecasting, research and the development of the Economist Service.

Working on trade and geography, infrastructure development and finance related issues, his research has been published in International Economics, Sustainable Development, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Economic Change and Restructuring, The World Economy, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Financial Services Research and Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.

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