While the Asian Development Bank placed the aggregate GDP growth for the region at 7.3 per cent in 2004, the  BIS Review 56/2006  9  IMF in its World Economic Outlook, projected growth for emerging Asian economies at 7.3 per cent for the year 2005 too.
The Bank supports initiatives to improve productivity by delivering a climate of low and stable inflation that encourages well-informed, long-term business decisions, including decisions to invest in new high-tech machinery, equipment, and software. . . . ensuring that Canada's financial system and markets work efficiently The Bank also concerns itself with another factor in supporting good economic performance—a sound, innovative, and efficient financial sector.