DG Ayumi Konishi kicks off the first of a series of ADB lectures on development for SNAI 2016 international students
The first lecture of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Lecture Series on Development 2017 was given by Director-General of East Asia Regional Department of the ADB Mr. Ayumi Konishi on April 6. President Li Kouqing moderated this very first session. 25 international students attended the session.
In the first lecture, Mr. Ayumi Konishi gave a presentation themed “Role of Multilateral Development Banks in a Developing Country’s Growth Process: a Case Study of ADB-PRC Partnership”. He gave an overview of the historical development of ADB-PRC partnership and its evolution, ADB's sovereign lending business in China and major shifts in its projects in China over the past three decades.
During the next two to three months, the ADB will send more than 10 senior officials and economists to share their knowledge and experience on international development with SNAI 2016 international students. The topics of the lecture series include ADB-PRC partnership, green urban development and green finance, transport, water resources management, trade facilitation, ecosystem restoration, inclusion and gender equality, China-Mongolia cooperation, and so on.
The ADB Lecture Series on Development is a key project under the Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI) of the ADB and also an important area of cooperation between ADB and AFDI.
