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Women-Centric Mini-Grid Enterprises in South Asia: Micro Hydropower in Nepal and Pakistan

18 June 2019
Renewable energy mini-grids are becoming a widely accepted solution for cost-effective and reliable energy access. Hydro mini-grids in Nepal and Pakistan reveal that the long-term sustainability of projects is dependent on whether they are run as enterprises that generate revenue which is re-…

Malaysia: Measures by the Public Sector to Support Financing for Renewables

18 June 2019
The presentation discussed intervention measures by Government to address financing for current RE programs spanning over the feed-in tariff (FiT), net energy metering (NEM) and large scale solar (LSS). Moving forward as Malaysia plans to further decarbonize our electricity sector, SEDA has been…

Accelerating Clean Energy Investment in Indonesia Through Financial Intervention

18 June 2019
This presentation gave an overview of PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur and the concrete steps they are taking to support the development of green energy Indonesia, and their initiatives in sustainable financing. It also discussed their strategic partnerships with bilateral and multilateral…

ADB Private Sector Financial Institutions (Russian Version)

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Azizov provides an introduction to ADB's Private Sector Financial Institutions as a single-window solution for ADB's Financial Institution clients. He also gave some insight into ADB's value addition, ADB's project approval workflow, and case studies that illustrate the…

Trade Finance Program in Central and West Asia

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Ms. Khurodze discussed ADB's Trade Finance Program, which provides guarantees and loans to banks to support trade. She also gave an overview of the program's main products, benefits, and highlights.​

PHOTO GALLERY: Seminar on International Rules and Practices for Secure International Trade

17 June 2019
A selection of official event photos taken during the Seminar on International Rules and Practices for Secure International Trade, which aimed to guide participants through the typical trade and supply chain finance cycle, identifying the correct trade product for different stages and situations…

Global Trade Trends

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien gave an overview of the trade trends from around the world. He cites emerging markets as the key to development, which may face a liquidity crunch due to trade finance blockage.

Agreeing International Contracts

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien discussed the role of documents in international trade. He also discussed the International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS), a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law.​

Documentary Credit Workflows

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien discussed the process involving documentary credits, a payment mechanism in international trade which provides an economic guarantee from a creditworthy bank to an exporter of goods. Also known as letters of credit, these are used in the financing of international…

Introduction to Trade-Based Money Laundering and Sanctions Compliance

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Anderson gave an introduction to money laundering, citing a few case studies to illustrate examples. He also emphasized the concept of trade-based money laundering, including red flags involving documents, transactions, payments, and shipping. He also discussed money…