In this World Water Day edition of Exec Exchange, Piers Clark speaks with Tanya Huizer, Senior Water Resilience Specialist, and Vivek Raman, Principal Urban Development Specialist from the Asian Development Bank, about the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2025, which assesses 50 Asia-Pacific economies across five key dimensions of water security. They highlight ADB’s role and position the report as a practical decision-making and benchmarking tool, tracking progress since 2013, with a country’s overall rating based on its lowest-performing area, reflecting that water security is only as strong as its weakest link and ensuring the focus remains on addressing critical gaps, not competition.
