Int'l workshop on global financial crisis today
Monday, 27 July 2009
FE Report
A high profile international workshop will begin today (Monday) at the Sonargaon Hotel in the city where participants will brainstorm on the global financial crisis.
The workshop has been organised by the macroeconomic policy and development division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the regional arm of the United Nations headquartered in Bangkok, and hosted by the Bangladesh Bank.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is scheduled to inaugurate the workshop at 9:30am, followed by an opening message from Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive secretary of ESCAP.
The governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Dr. Atiur Rahman, will deliver the keynote address.
Senior finance and central bank officials from 17 Asia-Pacific countries will meet in the four-day workshop on "Strengthening the response of the global financial crisis in Asia-Pacific: the role of monetary, fiscal and external debt policies," to look at various economic policies used by regional governments in dealing with the global crisis.
The participating countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
A high profile international workshop will begin today (Monday) at the Sonargaon Hotel in the city where participants will brainstorm on the global financial crisis.
The workshop has been organised by the macroeconomic policy and development division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the regional arm of the United Nations headquartered in Bangkok, and hosted by the Bangladesh Bank.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is scheduled to inaugurate the workshop at 9:30am, followed by an opening message from Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive secretary of ESCAP.
The governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Dr. Atiur Rahman, will deliver the keynote address.
Senior finance and central bank officials from 17 Asia-Pacific countries will meet in the four-day workshop on "Strengthening the response of the global financial crisis in Asia-Pacific: the role of monetary, fiscal and external debt policies," to look at various economic policies used by regional governments in dealing with the global crisis.
The participating countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.