Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in the New Asia and Pacific
Regional Conference on 8-9 October 2007 in ADB, Manila
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ADB adopted poverty reduction as its overarching goal in 1999. Since then, special poverty funds and wide-ranging institutional changes have contributed to making ADB’s poverty reduction work broader and more effective. With the forthcoming completion of two poverty funds, the NPRS and PRF, a strategy conference will review experiences and propose next steps.
The conference is timely as ADB is currently discussing inclusive growth as its new goal in the preparation of its new Long Term Strategic Framework. The discussion was initiated by the report of the Eminent Persons Group at the May 2007 Annual Meeting. More recent work on inclusive growth from ADB’s Economics and Research Department provides well-founded information on rising inequalities in Asia. (See background materials)
The consequences of these discussions could be substantial: Becoming more relevant for the changing Asian region might result in a more focused ADB with less presence in rural areas and social sectors, and less targeted support to poverty reduction.
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The conference will exchange good practices and lessons learned from poverty reduction work in the Asia and Pacific region, and facilitate strategic discussions on prospects for a poverty-free Asia and the Pacific by 2020. It will so enrich the discussion on inclusive growth and provide insights for ADB's new strategic orientation.
It will discuss the different dimensions of poverty reduction and inclusive growth for the new Asia and Pacific (2008-2020), such as infrastructure for pro-poor growth, private sector participation, social services delivery, rural and urban development, inequalities in opportunities and access, labor markets and migration, demographical transition and programs for social protection, achievements of MDGs, social inclusion, fragile areas and pockets of poverty, environmental poverty, good governance and decentralization, regional cooperation and cross-border poverty, and others.
Read the forum program .
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The conference will bring together about 50 influential policy makers and experts from governments, the academe, international organizations, civil society, and donor organizations. They will share their views through interactive panel discussions.
See biodata of seminar speakers and panelists, and list of participants .
Other participants are welcome to attend as audience members who may interact with the panel. Please see the section on conference registration for details on how to attend.
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