|  | Â | Second China Development Marketplace: Supporting Grassroots Innovations for a Harmonious Society
The World Bank and its partners recently held a unique marketplace of innovative development ideas in Beijing. Over US$1 million was awarded to 50 winners during the closing ceremony. | | Â | Â | |
|  | Â | Annual Meetings Briefing Center
This website contains materials (speeches, statements, press releases, photos, videos, webcasts) related to the recently concluded annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Check it out |
| | EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: World Bank’s East Asia Vice President Confirms Support to Region to Deal with Financial Turmoil
The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, Jim Adams, has confirmed the Bank’s support for countries in East Asia to deal with the global financial turmoil. Read more | |    | EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: Youth Entrepreneurship as Career Option in EAP: Key Components for Success
This knowledge-sharing seminar, a third in the series of regional youth seminars, is part of the World Bank’s continuing effort to disseminate the messages of the World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation (WDR 07). Participating countries are China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Timor Leste, and the United States. Read more | |    | INDONESIA: Multi Donor Fund Photo Competition
The Multi Donor Fund is holding a photo competition as an effort to involve partner and implementing agencies staff and consultants, staff of all donor agencies, and beneficiaries in capturing implementation of MDF’s projects. Read more | |    | JAPAN: Recent Global Economic Developments - Implications for East Asia
This symposium, to be held on October 30, 2008 at the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), will examine how the recent global economic developments affect and play out in the region. Keynote speaker is Jim Adams, World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific. Read more | | Â Â Â | LAO PDR: PRSO Mission confirmed progress on Government's Reform Agenda
PRSO partners, including the World Bank, Australia, the European Commission and Japan, discussed with representatives of the Lao PDR Government key reforms the PRSO aims to support during its fifth cycle, as well as possible reforms to be included in the next operation which will commence in June 2009. Read more | | Â Â Â | MONGOLIA: Mongolia Economic Policy Conference
The conference, happening on October 28, 2008 in Ulaanbaatar, aims to engage policymakers from the rest of the world with those in Mongolia in finding ways to address Mongolia's development challenges. Read more | | Â Â Â | SINGAPORE: Workshop on How to do Business in World Bank-Assisted Projects
On November 5-6, 2008 (not Nov. 14 as earlier advised), this workshop will highlight the project cycle in the context of World Bank-assisted projects and the corresponding business opportunities at each stage of the cycle. Read more |
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