adb, there is no rivalry.co-financed two projects, and i , the formerident vice president of adb nine times in these two years, discussions about cofinancing and how to and what kindngs of operations, what's the difference, and in what way we can cooperate. we are partners. >> what form will cooperation take place. >> cofinancing of course, especially because we have a research department, 50 years of experience working with , 50 years of experience working with countries. adb has a lot of knowledge about safeguard policies for social and environmental impacts. we can share so many things. >> biggest risk for 2017? difficult to identify one risk, but there are many challenges, and we should asp developed policies such open trade. also, how to manage possible conflicts in some of the regions. there are several issues in south asia and other places, so how to manage security and the safety of this region is very important. rishaad: the asian development bank president speaking to sherry and. haidi: uber facing g

adb expects china to grow 6.6% and accelerated growth of 6.4% next year. will be asking him about the challenges that developing asia faces but also the opportunity you can find in the region, and of course with rising protectionism and the anti-globalization, we will ask him about how all of this affects multilateral organizations such as adb, so a lot to look forward to. ramy: definitely looking forward to that upcoming. with the aging population and low unemployment, it can be hard for japanese companies to find workers. shinzo abe leaves the robotics industry could have the answer. let's bring in our economics reporter. tell us about this robot revolution. that japanhe idea is is simply trying to build on the success of manufacturing products. now they are trying to make more robots not only to make things but just to have people to deal with the challenges brought by the aging society here in japan. ramy: are there concerns over job losses? yoshiaki: not really. for example, when you look at the struggling factory town padoma, the major business owner

the adb president talking to shery ahn.back into the conversation paul watters, still with us on set in london. the chinese in some people in minds arestates' currently manipulated -- currency manipulator's. it is slightly sort of against the facts of what is being suggested. can the chinese manage their way through 2017 in a sustainable fashion without a big blowup because this time last year, we were getting ready for a big move in chinese assets and we could see the same thing in 2017, but that is an important political year. paul: our view on china for next year is that we think the authorities have the flexibility and will to actually manage the economy and prevent blowouts of any sort of hard landings three the course of next year and that is very important as you have the 19th party congress in september and it is really a changing of the guard in terms of the growth, a big one, because five of the seven standing members will be retiring and actually six of the 18 on the politburo is solve our retiring itself, so the

will landing.rd shery ahn: when you are talking about adjustments, let's talk about next your because adb growth at 5.7 percent for developing asia. and given how we got a more hawkish federal reserve and the united days, will that necessarily mean an adjustment for you as well in your forecast? >> it is too early to tell you. call exclude what we singapore and hong kong, it is already 6.2%. very solid growth. momentumgrowth depending on the regional demand, that titular demand from other countries. i think we will have very solid growth. shery ahn: how much good that growth momentum be hampered? by soaring u.s. dollar. >> i think the cousin the high-yield bond and dollar dominated by debt and also we can have some issues of flowing out the money which came from asia. alsohe interest rate, stronger american economy. and depreciation for those countries are more predictable so although i do not think the dollar would cause a struggle. >> that was the asian development bank president talking to shery ahn. a preview, touting down. on track to expand record stimulus for a final time. we are i