The SAIS China Forum

Presents

Professor Natalie Lichtenstein

China Studies, SAIS

Johns Hopkins University

BOOK LAUNCH:

A Comparative Guide to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Commentator:  Professor Pieter Bottelier

China Studies Visiting Scholar

Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 5:00-7:00 pm

Kenney Auditorium

1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened for business in 2016, as a $100 billion multilateral development bank that finances public and private infrastructure projects for Asia.  AIIB’s founders, led by China, span Asia, Europe and the Middle East—now a global footprint.  The birth of this new international financial institution has drawn comparisons and contrasts with its counterparts, such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Natalie Lichtenstein was the Inaugural General Counsel at AIIB and Chief Counsel for AIIB’s establishment.  She retired from a 30-year legal career at the World Bank, including lending operations in China and other countries, and institutional governance issues and reforms.  She has taught Chinese law since the 1980s, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at SAIS.

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