DUSHANBE , April 27, Asia-Plus - A delegation of Tajikistan will attend the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that will be held in Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) in Hyderabad , India from May 3-6, according to information from the ADB Dushanbe Office.

 Matlubkhon Davlatov, State Adviser to the Tajik President for Economic Matters, will head the Tajik delegation consisting of Abduqohir Nazirov, Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, and Abdurrahim Ashurov, Minister of Transport.   

The annual meeting is supposed to bring together economic and financial senior government officials, ministers, academics, journalists, government officials, business people, investment bankers, and representatives from international and non-government organizations.  

Among the issues expected to figure prominently this year are the development of challenges facing Asia in the face of global imbalances, and the Asia and Pacific regions’ massive infrastructure needs.  Delegates will be looking at how to address poverty in the context of these challenges and a rapidly changing Asia and, in particular,, how ADB can respond to the region’s changing needs.     

ABOUT: The work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than $2 a day.  Despite many success stories, Asia and the Pacific remains home to two thirds of the world''s poor.  ADB is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 64 members, 46 from the region and 18 from other parts of the globe.  ADB''s vision is a region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their citizens.