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，本屆達沃斯論壇的討論大多集中于如何應對一場持續的危機，而非如何從當前的混亂中崛起。企業正在為暴風雨做準備；國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)正尋求支持，將其金融火力增加一倍，以應對危機擴散的風險；亞洲開發銀行(ADB)的官員告訴西方國家：“要解決當前的金融危機，滿足亞洲中期開發投資需求，需要增資200%。”他們正為印尼、泰國和越南等國的貸款要求做準備。