Description

RCI Week will include:

• RCI Roundtable Conference on Economic Corridors, including presentation on the joint ADB, DFID, JICA, and World Bank report on economic corridors (27 November)
• Emerging RCI Initiatives, Financial Cooperation, and Regional Public Goods (28 November)

Objectives

The core purpose of RCI Week 2017 is to assess several strategic and operationally important RCI themes and associated innovative initiatives in the region, consider how to accelerate future operational cooperation on them involving RCI stakeholders in the region, and define ADB’s associated roles in the context of implementing ADB’s RCI Operational Plan, 2016-2020.

Target participants

Participants at RCI Week 2017 will include government officials of ADB's developing member countries (DMCs) working on RCI issues (such as cross-border infrastructure, trade, investment, and capital flows; and regional public goods); representatives of multilateral institutions and other development partners; private sector representatives; research institutes/think tanks; and ADB management and staff.

Resource speakers

Presenters, panelists, and discussants from DMC governments; multilateral institutions, including ADB; and the private sector