ADB’s virtual double-header a far cry from party days

Is the party over for the annual meeting extravaganzas?

History will look back with curiosity at the 2020 Asian Development Bank annual meeting. It was split into two, one in May and one in September, initially in the hope that Covid-19 would have retreated in time to allow the second half to happen in person in Incheon, South Korea. It was not to be: in the end both halves had to be done virtually.

For the moment, the ADB is still planning to hold its 54th annual meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, next May: a promotional video aired in mid-September of gorgeous Georgian mountains (“This feels like a painting… are we dreaming?”) along with various kids, crops, wine and people on horseback.

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