IDB OFFICIALS TO SPEAK AT INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA

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November 4, 1997

IDB OFFICIALS TO SPEAK AT INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA

Three officials of the IDB Group will speak at the Infrastructure Opportunities in South America II conference, to be held in Atlanta Nov. 5-7, on business contracts that result from lending by the Inter-American Development Bank and its affiliate, the Inter-American Investment Corporation.

Ron Scheman, IDB executive director for the United States, will be among the opening speakers at the Nov. 6 plenary session, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Gerhard Lair, an IDB cofinancing specialist, and Robert McEntire, a liaison officer of the U.S. Department of Commerce who is attached to the IDB, will speak on "Doing Business with the Multilateral Development Banks," in a session on Nov. 5 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Steven Reed, a regional coordinator for the Inter-American Investment Corporation, will describe the activities of the IIC in a session from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, and he will outline opportunities that result from equity investments and project financing by the IIC for small- and medium-sized firms.

The conference, to be held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza on 210 Peachtree St., N.W., is sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

For more information contact Hiroko Miyakawa at the IDB at tel. (202) 623-2652

E-Mail hirokom@iadb.org, or Barbara Bradford of the US. Trade and Development Agency at (703) 875-4357, fax (703) 875-4009.