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If the developing world is to transition to a cleaner, greener future, and to redress the current economic imbalance with more developed nations, it's going to need to spend big on new infrastructure. 

These are multi-billion dollar projects which could transform the world, so just where is the funding going to come from? And how can the world strike the balance between new infrastructure and the drive to net-zero? And where do initiatives like China's Belt & Road fit in?

In this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to representatives of two of the major banks investing in the developing world - Vice President for Policy & Strategy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Danny Alexander and Leslie Maasdorp, Vice President and CFO of The New Development Bank.

Building the Future - The Agenda in full
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