In addition, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank can contribute significantly to satisfy Asia’s need for infrastructure funding. And in many Asian countries – in particular those where capital markets are less developed – governments still cover a significant fraction of infrastructure-related costs.
BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  Still, many observers have their doubts whether Asian economies can meet all their funding needs – in particular as banks in some countries ran up huge volumes of non-performing loans and seem to be constrained when it comes to financing new projects.