Mr. Sanjay Pradhan visits the AFDC Beijing office
On February 25, Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, World Bank Vice President and head of the World Bank Institute (WBI), visited the Asia-Pacific Finance and
The two sides believe that the current global crisis resulting from the collapse of the
In discussing cooperation between the World Bank and the AFDC, Mr. Pradhan thinks highly of what the center has achieved in capacity building and its contribution to developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. He mentioned in particular the video conference seminar on the Wall Street Financial Crisis co-organized by the two sides in November of last year. Mr. Pradhan emphasized that the event garnered interest and effected change over many Asian economies. It provided opportunities for Asian economies to share experiences at dealing with economic crisis and the seminar was instructive with regard to capacity building within the World Bank Institute itself.
The two sides believe that the World Bank and the AFDC will strategically cooperate in knowledge exchange and training courses. They also had a frank discussion on the mode of bilateral cooperation.