Lessons from Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2021: Accelerating Dynamics of MSMEs post COVID-19 in South Asia
This webinar comprised five sessions:
1. Trends and challenges in MSME development in South Asia: lessons from the Asia SME Monitor 2021, which summarized key findings from the ASM 2021 Volume I;
2. National efforts to scale up MSMEs and challenges against the pandemic, which discussed selected governments’ efforts to develop the MSME sector with key challenges during the COVID-19 crisis;
3. Enhancing MSME access to finance–financing models post COVID-19, which discusses central banks’ efforts to enhance MSME access to finance and their financial inclusion strategies, addressing digital financial services solutions and new financing modalities amid the pandemic;
4. How Asia’s small businesses survived one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, which summarizes key findings from the ASM 2021 Volume II; and
5. Panel discussion – policy actions fighting against the pandemic, which discusses how governments coordinate ongoing MSME policies and what policy approaches and actions would be required post-COVID-19.
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 01 Dec 2021 | Opening | Opening Remarks | Bambang Susantono |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Opening | Introductory Remarks | Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Jr |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 1 | Trends and Challenges in MSME Development in South Asia: Lessons from the Asia SME Monitor 2021 | Moderator: Satoru Yamadera |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 1 |
Trends and Challenges in MSME Development and Access to Finance in South Asia: Key Findings from Asia SME Monitor 2021 - Volume I This presentation gives an overview of challenges and development of MSMEs relevant to building a resilient recovery. |
Shigehiro Shinozaki |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 2 | National Efforts to Scale Up MSMEs and Challenges Against the Pandemic | Moderator: Shigehiro Shinozaki |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations | India’s Efforts and Challenges for Scaling up MSMEs | Ishita Ganguli Tripathy |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations |
Accelerating Dynamics of MSMEs Post COVID-19 in South Asia : A Case Study of Pakistan This presentation gives an overview of the efforts and challenges in scaling up MSMEs in Pakistan. |
Nadia J Seth |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations | Nepal’s Efforts and Challenges for Scaling up MSMEs | Mr. Narayan Prasad Duwadee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Industries Commerce and Supplies, Nepal |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 3 | Enhancing MSME Access to Finance – Financing Models Post COVID- 19 | Moderator: Cyn-Young Park |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations | Bangladesh’s Efforts and Challenges on MSME Access to Finance | Abu Farah Md. Nasser |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations | Sri Lanka’s Efforts and Challenges on MSME Access to Finance | J P R Karunaratne |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Presentations |
India’s Efforts and Challenges on MSME Access to Finance This presentation gives an overview of the challenges and development of financing the MSME sector in India. |
Anil Kumar Sharma |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 4 | How Asia’s Small Businesses Survived One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Moderator: Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Jr Presentation: Shigehiro Shinozaki |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 5 | Panel Discussion – Policy Actions Fighting Against the Pandemic | Moderator: Sabyasachi Mitra |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 5 |
Panelists: Md. Mafizur Rahman Manjula Hettiarachchi |
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| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 5 |
Launch Seminar of Asia Small and Medium Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2021 This presentation gives an overview of the policy actions to support MSMEs in Pakistan. |
Fatima Javaid |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Session 5 |
MSMEs Related Policy Actions in the COVID Context in Nepal This presentation gives an overview of the policy actions to support MSMEs in Nepal. |
Gunakar Bhatta |
| 01 Dec 2021 | Closing | Wrap-up and Closing Remarks | Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Jr |