Program

Registration

Welcome Remarks - Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Session I : SMEs' ACCESS TO FINANCE: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND LESSONS FROM JAPAN DURING CRISIS PERIOD

Chairperson: Hank Lim, Research Director, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Paper 1: Development of Corporate Credit Information Database and Credit Guarantee System

Presenters:
Naoyuki Yoshino, Professor, Keio University
Koichi Suzuki, President, Hachinohe University
Yasuhiro Maehara, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Kazutomo Abe, Professor, Tokyo Denki University

Comments by Discussants
Mukesh Bhattarai, Director, Research and Planning Department, Asian Productivity Organization (APO)
Susan Stone, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Coffee Break

Paper 2: Japanese Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises under Long-term Recession

Presenter: Shuji Uchikawa, Senior Researcher, Bangkok Research Center, Japan External Trade Organization

Comments by Discussants
Siripong Pansanit, Vice President, Internal Audit Office, Small Business Credit Guarantee Corporation
Douglas Brooks, Economic Research Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Open Floor Discussion

Session II : IMPACTS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SMEs: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND SOUTH ASIA

Chairperson: John West, Senior Consultant, ADBI

Paper 3: Impacts of Global Financial Crisis on SMEs in China

Presenter: Xiangfeng Liu, Deputy Director, Institute for International Economic Research, (NDRC)

Comments by Discussants
Kazutomo Abe, Professor, Tokyo Denki University
Zhai Fan, Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Photo Session

Lunch Break

Paper 4: SMEs and SME Financing in South Asia: Global Financial Crisis and Beyond

Presenter: Keshab Das, Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research

Comments by Discussants
Liberty S. Patiu, Associate Professor, De la Salle University
Azmi Khalid, Senior Analyst, The International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA)

Open Floor Discussion

Session III : IMPACTS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SMEs: SOUTHEAST ASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

Chairperson: Mario B. Lamberte, Director of Research, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Paper 5: An Assessment of the Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis on SMEs in Southeast Asia

Presenter: Tulus Tambunan, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti

Comments by Discussants
Sharifah Alhabshi, Senior Lecturer, International Institute Of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA)
Xiangfeng Liu, Deputy Director, Institute for International Economic Research (NDRC)

Paper 6: SMEs Finance in Global Economic Crisis: The Case of Central Asia

Presenter: Gloria O. Pasadilla, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

Comments by Discussants
Shuji Uchikawa, Senior Researcher, Bangkok Research Center, Japan External Trade Organization
Peter Morgan, Senior Research Consultant, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Open Floor Discussion

Coffee Break

Session IV : TRADE FINANCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS

Chairperson: Naoyuki Yoshino, Professor, Keio University

Paper 7: Trade, Trade Finance, and Financial Crises

Presenters:
Douglas Brooks, Economic Research Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Doo Yong Yang, Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Elvira Kurmanalieva, Research Associate, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Comments by Discussants
Hiroyuki Ito, Professor, Portland State University and Visiting Scholar, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Keshab Das, Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research

Open Floor Discussion

Session V : PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Panelists:
Hank Lim – summary of key issues discussed
Naoyuki Yoshino, Keio University
Keshab Das, Gujarat Institute of Development Research
Xiangfeng Liu, NDRC
Siripong Pansanit, Small Business Credit Guarantee Corporation
Tulus Tambunan, University of Trisakti

Master of Ceremony: Mario B. Lamberte, Director of Research, ADBI

Cocktail Dinner (by invitation only)