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Turning a century
Rabobank
Monthly newsletter for Rabobank International fQf j nt6ïfl QI US6 OtllV Issue 10 December 1999
Business as usual
Forecast 2000
RI review
International
Millennium update
Timeline
Working relations
What'sNewS
RI has joined farces with the World
Bank subsidiary, IFC, and the
Netherlands Development Finance
Corporation to support Indonesian
export industries - more on page 19.
Rabobank's view of the coming year
Riedlin on a decade of development 4
It has been a challenging year. We've
been through a lot that even the most
far-sighted among us could hardly have
predicted this time last year. Bnt we've
come through it all intact and, as the
above deal shows, in the kind of business
we do best - coming up with creative solu-
tions for cliënt problems. This issue of
What's NewS rounds off a century and a
millennium. Final preparations for the lat-
ter are covered (see page 9). But we've
also focused on our role as chronicler of
RI in this last issue of the century. In our
Timeline we look back on two decades of
internationalization, while asking Hanno
Riedlin to reflect on developments in the
I990s. Although the end of a year is al-
ways a time of reflection, it is equally a
moment to look ahead. Rabobank's Fore
cast for 2000, our progress on business
plans, what's happening on the DG-RI
joint venture and, of course, the creative
and customer focused deals that take us
into a new century they're all here, too.
We'll be back with you in the new year to
report on what comes next.
do's and don'ts for the holidays 9
we look back on 20 years of RI 1 o
Australia leads knowledge-
based banking 1 4
