"The Emerging Markets Century" discussed at the InfoShop on March 28, 2007, 3:00pm in J1-050

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            | (Embedded     |           The Emerging Markets Century           |
            | image moved   |   How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is    |
            | to file:      |               Overtaking the World               |
            | pic26667.jpg) |              by Antoine van Agtmael              |
            |               | In  this  vital  book,  visionary  international |
            |               | investment  manager  Antoine  van Agtmael -- the |
            |               | pioneer  who  coined the term "emerging markets" |
            |               | -- pulls back the curtain on the new powerhouses |
            |               | of  the  world  economy. Picking up where Thomas |
            |               | Friedman's  The  World  Is  Flat  left  off,  he |
            |               | persuasively   demonstrates   that  the  world's |
            |               | center  of gravity is already tipping decisively |
            |               | in  favor  of the emerging economies. New breeds |
            |               | of  world-leading  companies  are catching their |
            |               | Western competitors off guard. Understanding how |
            |               | they have become world-class market leaders, and |
            |               | where  they  are  taking  the  world economy, is |
            |               | crucial  to understanding not only the future of |
            |               | globalization,   but   the   future  of  Western |
            |               | competitiveness.                                 |
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            |               |  Wednesday, March 28, 2007 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm  |
            |               | World Bank J Building - J1-050 701 18th Street,  |
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            ?Antoine van Agtmael?s remarkably readable The Emerging Markets
            Century upends conventional wisdom by establishing that emerging
            markets boast a surprising number of world class multinational
            corporations. Drawing on insights gathered throughout van Agtmael?s
            iconic investment career, his book contains valuable lessons for
            policy makers and investors alike. The Emerging Markets Century
            belongs in the library of every serious student of markets.?   --
            David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Office, Yale University

                                       Presented by author
                              Antoine van Agtmael
       Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Management
            Antoine  van  Agtmael  founded  EMM with a vision: to offer superior
            returns  with  lower risk by applying modern techniques to investing
            in carefully selected emerging markets equities.  Mr. van Agtmael is
            widely  considered  a  pioneer in emerging markets investing, having
            coined  the  term  ?emerging  markets?  to  describe this unique and
            exciting  asset class.  Mr. van Agtmael has served as Division Chief
            in  the  World  Bank?s Treasury operations and as Deputy Director of
            the   Capital   Markets  Department  at  the  International  Finance
            Corporation.   At the IFC, Mr. van Agtmael created the world?s first
            emerging  markets  equity  index  and wrote a groundbreaking book on
            emerging markets.

                                         Chaired by
                                    Gumersindo Oliveros
                    Director of Pension Plan and Endowments, World Bank
            Sindo Oliveros manages the World Bank Pension Plan, which invests in
            emerging  markets  through long only, hedge funds and private equity
            instruments.   Mr.  Oliveros  initiated  the  issuance of World Bank
            bonds  in emerging market currencies in the mid-nineties when he was
            Director  of  the  Bank's  Capital Markets and Financial Engineering
            Department,  and  he  worked as IMF staff in emerging markets during
            the 1980s.
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            Endorsements
            ?If anyone knows emerging markets, it?s Antoine van Agtmael. Having
            invented the term, he?s now written the book! Immensely readable and
            thoroughly researched, it?s packed with useful insights and brings
            to life the strategic innovators behind the companies that are
            helping reshape the world.? -- Strobe Talbott, President, The
            Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State

            "The man who hatched the concept of 'emerging markets' takes us to
            the next stage with these incisive, highly-informed portraits of the
            companies that are emerging from these countries to be major players
            in the international marketplace.  Based upon in-depth analysis and
            hundreds of thousands of miles of trekking and on-location research,
            Antoine van Agtmael demonstrates how and why these companies will
            have big impact on the world economy -- and why some will surely go
            from the local presence of yesterday to the global brands of
            tomorrow." --Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research
            Associates; Author of The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and
            Power and Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy

            ?Free of the simplistic blather that often passes for advice in
            business books, The Emerging Markets Century is packed with superb
            analysis and truly actionable advice.?   -- Moises Naim, Editor in
            Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine
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