Nadia J Seth Keywords SME small and medium-sized enterprise small businesses policy actions Read more about Nadia J Seth Nadia J. Seth is the General Manager of Policy and Planning Division of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA). Highly motivated, results driven research & policy analyst with over 19 years of development experience. A graduate of Kinnaird College, Lahore, Nadia obtained her Master’s degree in Economics from GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. Later to further her academic goals she obtained a degree in Development Management with honors from the University of Turin, Italy in 2010.
Policies to Support MSMEs Amidst COVID COVID-19 Pandemic Read more about Policies to Support MSMEs Amidst COVID COVID-19 Pandemic This presentation gives an overview of Indonesia's support for MSMEs during the pandemic as well as structural reform initiatives.
Adi Budiarso Keywords ADB economics COVID-19 pandemic Indonesia small firms small businesses ERCD Read more about Adi Budiarso Dr. Adi Budiarso is the Head of the Climate Change and Multilateral Policy Center of the Fiscal Policy Agency in the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia He was the Human Capital Advisor to the Secretary-General of the MOF and has acted as Head of the Finance Profession Regulatory Agency and the Deputy of Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance for Human Capital from 7 January 2019 to 8 July 2019.
How Smaller Firms in Indonesia Survive One Year into the Pandemic Read more about How Smaller Firms in Indonesia Survive One Year into the Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about forced changes in people’s lives and work styles as fit to contactless societies under the “new normal.” One year after the outbreak in 2020, how could Indonesia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) survive and change their business models in response to the crisis? To what extent could the government assistance programs support MSMEs in overcoming the hardships?