Date: 21-22 March 2011, Monday and Tuesday
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Orchard Hotel , Singapore

The World Bank is launching a new conference series called Conference on East Asian Development (CEAD) which is envisioned to be an annual conference on important developmental opportunities and challenges facing East Asia.

The Conference will focus on global, regional, and domestic developments and public policy that affect the economics and social developments in East Asian developing countries (developing ASEAN countries + China) and the Pacific Islands countries.

IPS is co-organising the inaugural conference with the World Bank.

Please see here for the conference programme

• Today. 2011. Global economic growth could be dampened by twin crises: Tharman  22 March
• The Straits Times. 2011. Effect of Japan quake may last for months: Tharman  22 March
• The Straits Times. 2011. Time for Asia to lead in global public policy'  22 March

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