Speeches

Deepening Reforms and Opening up for a Well-off Society

Speech by ADB Vice-President Stephen P. Groff on 24 March 2013 at the China Development Forum 2013, Session III: Promoting the Reform on Fiscal Taxation Systems to Allow for Inclusive Growth.

18th GMS Ministerial Conference

Opening Remarks by ADB Vice-President Stephen P. Groff on 12 December 2012 in Nanning, People’s Republic of China

The GMS20 Anniversary

Remarks by ADB Vice-President Stephen P. Groff on 14 September 2012 in Manila, Philippines

Fourth GMS Economic Corridors Forum (ECF-4)

Opening speech by ADB Vice-President Stephen P. Groff on 28 June 2012 in Mandalay, Myanmar

Opening Remarks at the ADB/ADBI Book Launch: ASEAN, the PRC and India—The Great Transformation?

Opening Remarks by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda at the ADB/ADBI Book Launch: ASEAN, the PRC and India—The Great Transformation? Draft Highlights at the 45th Annual Meeting

High-Level Forum on Strategic Options for Urbanization in the PRC

Opening Remarks by Stephen P. Groff, ADB Vice President (Operations 2) at the High-Level Forum on Strategic Options for Urbanization in the PRC, People's Palace Hotel, Beijing, 30 March 2012

New Silk Road Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Remarks by Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President, at the German House, New York.

Establishing the Basis for Green and Low-carbon Development in Asia

Opening remarks by Rajat M. Nag, ADB Managing Director General, at the High-level International Conference on Climate Change and Green, Low-carbon Development,  China World Hotel, Beijing

The Asian Century: Plausible but not Preordained

Remarks by Rajat M. Nag, ADB Managing Director General, at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Opportunities and Challenges of Middle Income Transition

Keynote Speech by Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President, at the ADB-PRC Knowledge Sharing Forum to commemorate 25 years of ADB-PRC Partnership on Opportunities and Challenges of Middle Income Transition, Beijing, People's Republic of China