Regional Bank Conferences on Development Economics

Recent
RBCDE Beijing 2007
This year's Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics was held in Beijing from Jan 16-17, 2007. The theme was on "Higher Education and Development". 

ABCDE St. Petersburg 2006
2006 January
The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) was in St. Petersburg on January 18-19, 2006 on the theme "Beyond Transition", drawing on the experience of over a decade of the deepest change in economic systems yet undertaken in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

RBCDE Senegal 2005
2005 January
The 17th Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) was held January 27, 2005 in Dakar, Senegal on the theme 'Growth and Development'. The keynote address was delivered by Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Finance and Economy, Senegal.

ABCDE Washington 2004
2004 May
The 16th ABCDE was held from May 3-4, 2004. The theme was 'Lessons of Experience'. The conference was inaugurated by President Wolfensohn and featured Keynote Addresses by Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith and Francois Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist.

ABCDE Bangalore 2003
2003 May
The 2003 ABCDE in Bangalore, India, was the first such conference to be held in a developing country. The change in locale reflects the growing importance of research done in developing countries and the desire to bring such conferences closer to participants in the developing world. The theme of the conference was 'Accelerating Development'.

ABCDE Washington 2002
2002 April
This conference included an opening address by World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn and keynote addresses by John Taylor, U.S. Treasury and Nicholas Stern, Chief Economist, World Bank.

ABCDE Washington 2001
2001 May
This conference included an opening address by World Bank president James Wolfensohn, and a keynote address by Nicholas H. Stern, chief economist and vice president, World Bank. Among the topics covered were: Globalization and Inequality, and Health and Development.

ABCDE Washington 2000
2000 April
This conference included keynote addresses by Joseph Stiglitz; Jeffrey Sachs, Harvard University; Janos Kornai, Harvard University/Collegium Budapest.

ABCDE Washington 1999
1999 June
This conference included keynote addresses by Kenneth Arrow of Stanford University; Lawrence Summers, Deputy Secretary U.S. Treasury; and Joseph Stiglitz