Financial Information Infrastructure and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Finance
Agenda

Registration

Opening Session

Welcoming Remarks by Peter McCawley, Dean, ADBI

Opening Presentation by Sang-Woo Nam, Consultant, Capacity Building & Training, ADBI

Group Photo

Session 1: Improving Demand Side of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Finance
Speaker: Yasuo Izumi, Advisor and Senior Consultant on Private and Financial Sector Development, IC Net (Ex World Bank Specialist)

• Paper: Improving Demand Side of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Finance [ PDF 190.6KB | 15 pages ]
• Presentation: Improving Demand Side of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Finance [ PDF 591.6KB | 28 pages ]

Session 2: The Role of Credit Scoring in Small Business Lending
Speaker: Arito Ono, Senior Economist, Mizuho Research Institute

• Paper: The Role of Credit Scoring in Small Business Lending [ PDF 341.5KB | 15 pages ]
• Presentation: The Role of Credit Scoring in Small Business Lending PDF 615KB | 30 pages ]

Session 3: Relationship Banking and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Asian Transition Economies
Speaker: Tracy Yang, Research Associate, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University & Visiting Researcher, ADBI

• Paper: Relationship Banking and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Asian Transition Economies [ PDF 202.8KB | 14 pages ]
• Presentation: Relationship Banking and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Asian Transition Economies [ PDF 271.2KB | 30 pages ]

Welcoming Dinner Hosted by the Dean, ADBI

Session 4: Community-based Financial Institutions
Speaker: John Thompson, Ex OECD Expert

• Paper: Community-based Financial Institutions [ PDF 255.7KB | 17 pages ]
• Presentation: Community-based Financial Institutions [ PDF 139.5KB | 25 pages ]

Session 5: Effectiveness of Credit Guarantees in the Japanese Loan Market
Speaker: Iichiro Uesugi, Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

• Paper: Effectiveness of Credit Guarantees in the Japanese Loan Market [ PDF 342.5KB | 25 pages ]
• Presentation: Effectiveness of Credit Guarantees in the Japanese Loan Market [ PDF 294.3KB | 30 pages ]

Country Presentation 1
Speakers: Country delegates

Session 6: Information Sharing in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Financing
Speaker: Yasuhiro Maehara, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

• Paper: Information Sharing in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Financing [ PDF 133KB | 11 pages ]
• Presentation: Information Sharing in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Financing [ PDF 262.8KB | 24 pages ]

Session 7: Leasing and Factoring
Speaker: Yasuo Izumi, Advisor and Senior Consultant on Private and Financial Sector Development, IC Net (Ex World Bank Specialist)

• Paper: Leasing and Factoring [ PDF 276.1KB | 15 pages ]
• Presentation: Leasing and Factoring [ PDF 528.2KB | 25 pages ]

Session 8: Private Equity and Venture Capital for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Speaker: John Thompson, Ex OECD Expert

• Paper: Private Equity and Venture Capital for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 307.9KB | 24 pages ]
• Presentation: Private Equity and Venture Capital for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 280.5KB | 33 pages ]

Country Presentation 2
Speakers: Country delegates

Session 9: Microlending: Principles, Practices, and Limitations
Speaker: Thomas Moyes, Credit Specialist, Governance, Finance, and Trade Division, Southeast Asia Department, ADB

• Presentation: Microlending: Principles, Practices, and Limitations [ PDF 97.9KB | 18 pages ]

Session 10: Securitization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Speaker: Jae-Ha Park, Senior Fellow, Korea Institute of Finance, Seoul, Korea

• Paper: Securitization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 381KB | 14 pages ]
• Presentation: Securitization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 567.6KB | 38 pages ]

Session 11: E-Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Speaker: Ananya Raihan, Executive Director, D.Net, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Paper: E-Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 240.4KB | 21 pages ]
• Presentation: E-Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [ PDF 202.2KB | 22 pages ]

Country Presentation 3
Speakers: Country delegates

Closing Session

Summing up by Sang-Woo Nam, Capacity Building Consultant, ADBI

Handing out Certificates

Closing Remarks by Peter McCawley, Dean, ADBI