Opening Remarks

World Bank Special Representative to Japan Mr. Lester J.Dally welcomed participants to Tokyo and called the meeting “a milestone for the Association….  serving to remind us of the value that the GDLN AP brings to development initiatives in the region”. He added that it was fitting for the First General Meeting to be held in Japan, the largest donor to the regional GDLN. Mr. Dally also expressed hopes to make the partnership with the Bank stronger and more substantive. 

Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Mr.Osamu Yoshida, Deputy Director, Development Institutions Division, International Bureau, underscored the significance that the Government of Japan attaches to human resources development, part of the reason for the Government’s 25 million dollar contribution towards the TDLC and its activities. “As time passes, the way of learning changes, and this kind of global network will provide a cutting edge way of supplying new knowledge which is needed in each region”, said Mr. Yoshida.

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