What the Press Says

• Saturday, 15 May 2004
• ADB President Stresses Infrastructure Development With Growth (Yonhap)
• ASEAN+3 Agree to Promote Initiatives, Financial Cooperation (Yonhap)
• ADB Participants Say Roh's Actions Will Decide Economy's Future (Yonhap)
• RPT-INTERVIEW-China says it will definitely achieve soft landing (Forbes)
• Soaring oil prices, rate hikes, terrorism are risks to Asian growth: ADB (AFP)
• Asian countries explore currency pool expansion (The Manila Bulletin Online)
• ADB says high oil prices could hurt Asian growth (The Star, Malaysia)
• Reform, cooperation key to keep progress in Asia:ADB chief (Xinhua)
• ADB opens 37th Board of Governors annual meeting (Xinhua)
• Replenishment of ADB Fund Predicted to Help Fight Against Poverty (Yonhap)
• ADB meeting to focus on poverty, Chinese economy (Taipei Times)
• S. Korea to Create 'e-Asia Fund' to Narrow ADB Digital Gap (Yonhap News)
• S. Korea Proposes Creation of 'Knowledge Partnership Fund' (Yonhap News)
• ADB delegates focus on sustained growth in Asia (Korea Herald)
• Bank forecasts 6.8% growth on consumer demand, regional trade (Korea Herald)
• Korean investment promotion - an Asian success story (Korea Herald)
• Reform Measures Needed to Maintain Economic Growth (Chosun Ilbo)
• Differences constrain single currency proposal for E. Asia (Korea Herald)
• Asian nations need to reform to attract foreign investment (Korea Herald)
• ADB delegates focus on sustained growth in Asia (Korea Herald)
• Asian single currency still decades away, political will crucial: experts (EU Business)
• Is Asian Monetary Union Pipe Dream? (Korea Times)


• Friday, 14 May 2004
• ADB Jeju News (Korea Herald) [ PDF ]
• Asia seen feeling pain of China economic slowdown (The Manila Bulletin Online)
• ADB members pledge US$7b to development fund (Business Times)
• Central bank head meets with ADB president (Taiwan Headlines)
• Political Will Essential to Promote Single Asian Currency (Yonhap)
• ADB Focuses on Asian Integration (Korea Times)
• China Pressed to Float Yuan (Korea Times)
• Drastic slowdown in China's economy unlikely (Business Report)
• Support for Jeju Free International City Insufficient: Experts (Yonhap)
• Competitiveness, Liberalization Key to Business Hub Plan: Experts (Yonhap)
• Experts Critical of Progress Made in S. Korea's Labor Sector (Yonhap) (Yonhap)
• Chino Pioneers Poverty Reduction Strategy (Korea Times)
• ADB Skeptical Over North East Asian Bank (Korea Times)
• Backgrounder: Asian Development Bank (Xinhua)
• Korea Seeks Major Role in Asian Market Integration (Korea Times)
• ADB's Chino May Be Succeeded by Kuroda, Emerging Markets Says (Bloomberg)
• Scholars Call for More Flexible FX Regimes in Asia (Yonhap)
• Cooperation Vital for Sustained Regional Growth: Korea Day Speakers (Yonhap)
• Finance Minister Says Growth Depends on Stability (Yonhap)
• Region is growth leader (JoongAng Daily)
• ADB meeting opens in Jeju with 3,200 experts from 63 member countries (Korea Herald)
• Delegates to discuss ways to reduce poverty (JoongAng Daily)


• Thursday, 13 May 2004
• ADB donors agree to give $7b for Asian development (Xinhua)
• North Korea Left Out of ADB Meeting in Jeju (Korea Times)
• ADB annual meet in Korea to focus on poverty reduction (Manila Bulletin)
• Security Tight for ADB Annual Meeting in Korea (Yonhap)


• Wednesday, 12 May 2004
• Poverty, growth risks, East Asian currency to headline 2004 ADB meeting (Channel NewsAsia)
• What's next as ASEAN+3 integrates? (The Japan Times)
• [Korea and ADB] ADB Kickstarted Miracle on Han River (The Korea Times)
• Annual Asian Development Bank Meeting Kicks Off in S. Korea (Yonhap News)


• Tuesday, 11 May 2004
• Commentary: Is a single East Asian currency just a pipe dream? (International Herald Tribune)