Georgia to host development summit; climate change, aging on agenda

SYDNEY — The Asian Development Bank holds its annual meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, next week, with discussions on climate change and the world's aging population high on the agenda. The four-day summit, starting Thursday, marks the first time that the ADB's 68 members have gathered for a meeting in Georgia, which joined the multilateral development bank in 2007. “Georgia sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia,' said Shalini Mittal, a principal economist for Asia at the Economist Intelligence Unit. “This meeting signifies ADB's agenda of bridges to the future where technology and expertise from the West can be used to enhance structural reforms in Asia,&
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