The next ABCDE will take place in Bled, Slovenia on May 17-18, 2007 and it will be co-organized by the World Bank and Government of Slovenia, under the theme of Private Sector and Development.
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Thanks to the support of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, the ABCDE was held for the first time in East Asia on May 29-30, 2006 at Mita House in Tokyo. Over the two days, nearly 900 people participated in the conference, marking an attendance record in the history of the ABCDE. The overall theme of the conference was “Rethinking Infrastructure for Development” and addressed several major topics related to infrastructure and growth, climate change, energy efficiency, rural development, agriculture and the implications for regional cooperation. The conference featured research papers on the following four topics, as well as working sessions: Infrastructure and growth Infrastructure and sustainable development: climate change, clean energy, and energy efficiency Rural infrastructure and agricultural development Infrastructure and regional cooperation
To know more about the conference, read the feature story. You can also access the text of the opening speeches of Sadakazu Tanigaki, Minister of Finance, Japan and Paul Wolfowitz, President, The World Bank Group.
The full ABCDE Tokyo conference is now availlable on video!
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What's New? - News and Announcements June 13, 2006 Papers and presentations from parallel sessions are now available in the Conference papers' section of this website.
May 31, 2006
The ABCDE Tokyo 2006 ended on May 30, 2006. Over the two days nearly 900 partecipants attended the conference. The papers presented in the plenary sessions are now posted on the Conference Papers' section of this website. The parallel session papers will be shortly available on this website. May 22, 2006
The final agenda of the ABCDE Tokyo 2006 is now online.
For further information please contact Gaetano Vivo at the World Bank Paris office. |
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