Instead, most talk in Davos was centred on how to deal with a continuing crisis, rather than how to emerge from the current mess. Companies were preparing to batten down the hatches; the International Monetary Fund was drumming up support for a doubling of its financial firepower to deal with the risk of the crisis spreading; Asian Development Bank officials told western countries: “A 200 per cent capital increase is needed to address the current financial crisis as well as medium-term development investment needs in Asia,” as they prepared for loan demands from countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
相反，本届达沃斯论坛的讨论大多集中于如何应对一场持续的危机，而非如何从当前的混乱中崛起。企业正在为暴风雨做准备；国际货币基金组织(IMF)正寻求支持，将其金融火力增加一倍，以应对危机扩散的风险；亚洲开发银行(ADB)的官员告诉西方国家：“要解决当前的金融危机，满足亚洲中期开发投资需求，需要增资200%。”他们正为印尼、泰国和越南等国的贷款要求做准备。