DG Ayumi Konishi kicks off the first of a series of ADB lectures on development for SNAI 2016 international students

CreateDate:03-13-18

Thefirst lecture of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Lecture Series on Development2017 was given by Director-General of East Asia Regional Department of the ADBMr. Ayumi Konishi on April 6. President Li Kouqing moderated this very firstsession. 25 international students attended the session.

 

Inthe first lecture, Mr. Ayumi Konishi gave a presentation themed “Role ofMultilateral Development Banks in a Developing Country’s Growth Process: a CaseStudy of ADB-PRC Partnership”. He gave an overview of the historicaldevelopment of ADB-PRC partnership and its evolution, ADB's sovereign lendingbusiness in China and major shifts in its projects in China over the past threedecades.

 

Duringthe next two to three months, the ADB will send more than 10 senior officialsand economists to share their knowledge and experience on internationaldevelopment with SNAI 2016 international students. The topics of the lectureseries include ADB-PRC partnership, green urban development and green finance,transport, water resources management, trade facilitation, ecosystemrestoration, inclusion and gender equality, China-Mongolia cooperation, and soon. 

        

TheADB Lecture Series on Development is a key project under the Regional KnowledgeSharing Initiative (RKSI) of the ADB and also an important area of cooperationbetween ADB and AFDI.