2. INTRODUCTION
International financial institution.
Focus on supporting infrastructure.
construction in the Asia-Pacific region.
Initiated by the government of China in
2013.
Supported by 37 regional and 20 non-
regional Prospective Founding members.
Countries with a large GDP that did not
become PFM are the US, Japan (which
dominated the ADB) and Canada.
AIIB is regarded by some as a rival for the
IMF, the World Bank and the Asian
Development Bank(ADB).
3. What will it invest in?
Public works such as:
roads.
bridges.
other projects.
The ADB estimates that Asia needs $8
trillion worth of infrastructure up to 2020.
4. SHARE HOLDING STRUCTURE
Three largest share contributors:
• China 30.34%.
• India 8.52%.
• Russia 6.66%.
The shares are based on the size of each
member country‘s economy.
Three categories of votes exist:
basic votes.
share votes.
Founding Member votes.
5. TABLE
• An overview of the shares, assuming when all 57
Prospective Founding Members have become Founding
Members is shown below:
Vote Type
% of Total
Votes
Total Votes
Vote per
Member
China
(Largest PFM)
Maldives
(Smallest PFM)
Basic votes 12 138,510 2,430 2,430 2,430
Share votes 85 981,514 Varies 297,804 72
Founding
Member votes
3 34,200 600 600 600
Total 100 1,154,224 varies 300,834 (26.1%) 3,102 (0.3%)
6. Management structure
Bank's governance structure :
the Board of Governors as the top-level .
the board of directors as the middle-level.
the Management Team which is at the bottom .
7. countries which signed the agreement
• Apart from China and India, some of the countries which
signed the agreement include Australia, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Cambodia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy,
Jordan, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Pakistan, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the U.K.
