This restriction is a significant limitation of ADB, but also confers some advantages.

这个限制是 ADB 的一大局限，但也带来了一些好处。

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The ADB is doing its part, having raised local currency bonds in China, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia.

亚洲开发银行正在做其中一部分工作，在中国、菲律宾、泰国和马来西亚发行本币债券。

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Smaller countries such as Cambodia urged the ADB to focus its lending on the poorest Asian states.

较小的国家，如柬埔寨，则呼吁亚洲开发银行把其借贷集中在最贫穷的亚洲国家上。

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Equally, last year's flooding of the Mekong river, which devastated large parts of Cambodia, should serve as a warning to the region, says David McCauley, head of the ADB's climate-change programme.

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In particular, Kuroda is a fluent English speaker and, after eight years at the helm of the Manila-based ADB, may be seen as a more effective ambassador for policies that have already caused friction among Japan's trading partners.

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More "software" experts, including sociologists and anthropologists, are being recruited to join the ADB's 2, 000-strong staff, which includes about 650 executives.

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