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OAP Speeches and Transcripts

2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

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2002

Conference on Foreign Direct Investment: Opportunities and Challenges for Cambodia, Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam
Co-hosted by the International Monetary Fund and the State Bank of Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam
August 16-17, 2002

2001

Designing Financial Systems in East Asia and Japan
Preface to the volume of papers presented at IMF-Hitotsubashi University Conference
Tokyo
September 24-25, 2001

Regional Economic Outlook
Presentation by Kunio Saito
The Economist Conference: First Tokyo International Automotive Roundtable: addressing the global slowdown preparing for recovery
Tokyo
July 18, 2001

Introductory Statement by Kunio Saito
Conference on Financial Sector Stability and development
Apia, Samoa
February 20-23, 2001

2000

Financial Sector Reform in Asia
Presentation by Kunio Saito
Wharton Asian Business Conference—Closing Session
Philadelphia
November 18, 2000

The Promise of Asia—Beyond 2000
Presentation by Kunio Saito
People to People International's 14th Worldwide Conference
Hong Kong
November 9, 2000

Private Sector Involvement
Presentation by Kunio Saito
APEC Financiers Group Meeting
Bandar Seri Begawan
September 9, 2000

1999

Presentation at the Forum Economic Minister's Meeting
Presentation by Kunio Saito
Apia, Samoa
June 30, 1999

ASEAN Recovery and Japan (550k pdf file)
David Nellor
Manila
June 7, 1999

Capital Flows -- Past, Present and Future (319k pdf file)
Securities Market Reforms in the Face of the Asian Financial Crisis
Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
David Nellor
OECD - ADBI Round Table
Tokyo
April 8-9, 1999

Pacific Islands Continue the Struggle to Reform
Asahi Evening News -- Point of View
Kunio Saito
March 16, 1999

1998

The IMF's Role in the International Monetary System and in Financial Crisis: The IMF Immediate Response to the Crisis
Kunio Saito
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 2, 1998

Asia's Changing Economic Landscape
David Nellor
Australia Summit Conference of the International Herald Tribune
Melbourne Australia
June 16, 1998

Seminar on ASEAN Financial Policy and Macroeconomic Management
Summary of Presentation by Kunio Saito
March 24, 1998

Korea's Economic Adjustments Under the IMF-supported Program
Presentation by Kunio Saito
Sogan University/Korea Economic Daily Conference
January 21, 1998