Asian Water Development Outlook 2025: A Progress Review in Water Security with Tanya Huizer and Vivek Raman, Asian Development Bank

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.00:00 Introductions00:48 Tanya’s Water Journey01:40 Vivek’s Path to Water02:33 What ADB Does03:38 About AWDO 2025 Report05:30 Who the Report Serves06:18 Purpose of the Report08:56 Analysis and Contrasts10:25 ADB's Laundry Transformation Initiative12:36 Youth Voices in the Report13:18 Top Performers and Resources14:20 Advice and Wrap up