What’s on in Bali

Bali, a name of dream, it is also said that if you ask ‘a Balinese what heaven is like, he would say, just like Bali, without the worries of ordinary life. They want to live in Bali, to be cremated in Bali when they die, and to reincarnate in Bali’.
Only a few days in hand, while Asian Development Bank`s  42th Annual General Meeting is going to be held in Bali. In the eve of AGM there are hundreds of people including honourable Ministers, Government official’s social activist, women leaders, human rights activists, environmentalist and economist, around the globe are heading to Bali. Everybody has enormous curiosity around the AGM of ADB.  It is known to all that ADB, a lending agency in the region, is criticised for their role and economic policy in Developing Member Countries also now recognized one of the main player for climate change!

NGO Forum on ADD, an ADB watcher, one of the renowned civil society network based in Manila, who is critically observing and monitoring ADB`s policies and projects. Every year during ADB`s AGM, Forum organizes its AGM. Likewise, from 28th to 30th April 2009 Forum is organizing its AGM in Bali. There are more than 75 participants from different organization are participating in the Forum general meeting.

Ths is the first I am here in Bali, joining in Forum AGM. It’s pretty much exciting for me. I am surprised to know that ‘Indonesia is the ADB's biggest debtor, having received 291 loans worth a total of US$22.56 million and 491 technical assistance projects worth a total of US$253.66 million’. What impacts are on the ground of these huge money? Let’s talk about more in the FAM and later as well. Get back to you soon...

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