Conference Proceedings

A high-level workshop on the Asian financial crisis was hosted by ADB on 25-26 March 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. The ADB Institute and the Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy of Japan's Ministry of Finance cohosted this workshop.

Over a two and a half-day session, Mayors or their delegates of ten major Asian cities met to discuss and achieve four objectives.

At a time when Asia, and indeed the entire world, is reexamining the virtue of competition, it is worthwhile to ask some basic questions.

The seminar was held on 25-27 November 1998 in Tokyo by the Economics and Resource Development Center of ADB in collaboration with ADBI under a regional technical assistance financed under Japan Special Fund, Government of Japan.

If there is one good upshot of the current crisis, it is that it highlighted the urgent need for strong financial systems in Asia.

The Eighth Tax Conference was organized by the Asian Development Bank in cooperation with the ADB Institute and the Ministry of Finance, Japan. It was held at the premises of the ADB Institute in Tokyo, Japan from 3 to 11 September 1998.

On 17-18 September 1998, the ADB Institute held at its Tokyo headquarters the first of a series of workshops on Strategic Perspectives and Governance, one of the four current research program areas of the Institute.

ADBI conducted an Advisory Meeting in Tokyo during 7-8 July 1998 on Strategic Management Program of the Institute, which will be the subject of undertaking in the coming 2.5 years as one of the four principal areas of its activities.

ADBI and Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policies of the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan, jointly sponsored a workshop for The Update of Perspectives on Asian Development at ADBI, Tokyo on 30-31 July 1998.

As articulated in the Manila Framework, setting up a regional surveillance process is deemed essential in minimizing the risk of crisis recurrence. The ASEAN Finance Ministers requested ADB to draw up a blueprint for its implementation.