Poverty and Development Division (PDD)

Participants:

Government representatives and experts from Cambodia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Representatives from other UN agencies.

• Presentation of an overview paper by the Secretariat
• Presentation of issue papers
• Presentation of ten country experience
• Introduction of UNCTAD's debt management programme
• Discussions and recommendations

• Information note for participants
• Report of the meeting (30 kb doc)
• Opening statement (26 kb doc)
• ESCAP presentation "External Debt in Asia and the Pacific: Overview"

  	Word Document (480 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (736 kb)

• Issue papers:
  

  Trends in recent Debt Management and the Nature of Economic Crisis
  	Word Document (142 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (158 kb)
  Causes of External Debt Management Failure and Prevention of External Debt Crisis
  	Word Document (318 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (49 kb)

• Country Experiences on Debt Management:
  

  - Cambodia
  	PowerPoint Presentation (53 kb)
  - India
  	Word Document (402 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (542 kb)
  - Indonesia
  	Word Document (59 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (503 kb)
  - Kyrgyzstan
  	PowerPoint Presentation (1Mb)
  - Mongolia
  	Word Document (205 kb)
  - Nepal
  	Acrobat file (4.2 Mb)
  - Philippines
  	PowerPoint Presentation (1.9 Mb)
  - Republic of Korea
  	PowerPoint Presentation (84 kb)
  - Samoa
  	PowerPoint Presentation (113 kb)
  - Sri Lanka
  	Word Document (100 kb)
  	PowerPoint Presentation (50 kb)
  - Thailand
  	PowerPoint Presentation (425 kb)

• UNCTAD presentation:
  Debt Management: Some Issues and Changes over the Decade (320 kb ppt)
  Introduction to Debt Management - DMFAS Programme (185 kb ppt)
• IMF presentation "The Debt Manager's Contribution to Debt Sustainability Analysis" ( 267kb ppt)

• Royal Princess Hotel [Map] [Website]

Mr Raj Kumar
Chief, Poverty and Development Division
United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Telephone: (662) 288-1610; Fax: (662) 288-3007
E-mail: kumar.unescap@un.org
With copy to: wang.unescap@un.org