Workshop on Developing Sustainable Government Bond Markets Held in Shanghai
The workshop on developing sustainable government bond markets, jointly organized by Office of Regional Economic Integration of the Asian Development Bank and the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center was held at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute from August 15th to August 18th, 2011.
Over 50 government officials and regulators from ASEAN+3 countries and officials from ASEAN Secretariat and representatives of financial institutions joined the 4-day workshop. The training focused on developing liquid government bond markets in Asia and examined public debt sustainability and related development issues.
The speakers of the workshop came from a variety of international organizations and government agencies, including the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, Standard & Poor’s, J.P. Morgan, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Japan Ministry of Finance, and so on.
