Tentative meeting highlights
Advertiser Staff
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser
Annual meetings are occasions for the governors of the Asian Development Bank's 59 member countries to report on their economies and discuss the operations, administration and future directions of ADB.
Paul Guncheon assembles letters that will spell out "Global Pavilion" at the Asian Development Bank meeting at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
Finance ministers and senior treasury officials of member countries, representatives of the multilateral development bank community, investment bankers, nongovernmental representatives, and journalists attend. Events are closed to the public.
Today
• Discussion on "Urban Environmental Dilemma and Development Policy in Asia"
• Pacific Day Seminar: "Partners in Development: Nongovernmental Organizations and Donor Cooperation in the Pacific"
• Seminar on "Water in the 21st Century — The Looming Crisis"
• Pacific Day Seminar: "Private Sector Development in the Pacific"
Tomorrow
• Country presentation — Philippines
• Seminar on "Tourism and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific"
• Seminar on "ADB's Private Sector Development Strategy"
• Hawaii Business Forum luncheon and seminars including "Keys to Expanding Business With Asia" and "How to Do Business With the ADB"
Wednesday
• Official opening session of the bank's board of governors
• Country presentation— India
• Seminar on "Information Technology: Impact on Asian Society"
Thursday
• Country presentation: "Economic Development and Outlook in People's Republic of China"
• Board of governors sessions continue
• Luncheon with co-hosts Tadao Chino, the ADB president, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, who is chairman of the ADB board of governors
Friday
• Country presentation — Indonesia "The Road to Recovery"
• Board of governors sessions continue
• 12:30 p.m. Closing ceremony and press conference by Asian Development Bank president Tadao Chino.
