Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Address to the Asian Development Bank Meeting
SPEECH - Address by Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Hawaii 2001.
Asian forum Manila Framework Group meets in China
CHINA - The Manila Framework Group regional financial forum started a two-day meeting in Beijing on Mar 28, 2001 to discuss a range of issues including the impact of the slowing U.S. economy, organisers said.
IMF-WB-ADB in bailout package for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has been promised a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help shore up depleted foreign exchange reserves, Central Bank officials said. The officials, who declined to be named,…
ADB appoints new chief economist
The Asian Development Bank has appointed Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics at Maryland University in the United States, as Chief Economist. Professor Panagariya will take up the position in early April 2001.
Vietnam's bad and overdue debts 11.7% of loans
Vietnam's "bad, overdue and uncollectible debts," now total 11.7% of the country's total outstanding loans, central bank governor Le Duc Thuy said Wednesday.