What the Press Says

• Tuesday, 3 May 2005
• Reserves too high in East Asia, ADB warns (IHT)
• ADB president seeks new cooperation with NGOs despite gulf of differences (ChannelNewsAsia)
• Finance Ministers Warn on Oil Prices (AP)
• Asian FMs to look at ways to prevent '97-98 crisis (The Economic Times)
• Asian FX reserves no shield against crisis, says ADB chief (The New Zealand Herald)
• Turkey's economy expected to grow (BusinessWeek)
• ADB: Ringgit peg reform long overdue (The Edge Daily)
• INTERVIEW: ADB Kuroda Urges Asia To Pursue Single Market (Dow Jones)
• Asian nations to beef up funds, alliances against currency crises (Asahi Shimbun)


• Monday, 2 May 2005
• ADB meeting in Turkey to focus on integration, cooperation (Korea Herald)
• Bank president calls for unified market (BusinessWeek)
• Gradual Yuan Gain Would Be a Success, Kuroda Says (Bloomberg)
• ADB invites critical NGOs to conference in hopes of improving projects (AFP)