Guarantee Insurance Scheme for SMEs

Guarantee insurance schemes and products such as surety bonds have reduced credit risk embedded in businesses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and have helped expand SMEs' participation in economic activities.

This webinar shared lessons from ROK's experience in guaranteeing insurance schemes and products for SMEs and the implications of these schemes for Asian developing economies

This webinar aimed to:

Tamar Tsiklauri

Tamar is a Project Analyst at ADB's Georgia Resident Mission. Prior to this, she works as a freelance at Business Developer for Fintech Companies. She also worked as Main Analyst, Project ManagerMain Analyst, Project Manager at Georgia Revenue Service. 

Tamar graduated from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies with a Master's Degree in Public Finance at GRIPS. 

 

Manjula Hettiarachchi

Manjula Hettiarachchi is the Additional Director General, Department of Development Finance, Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka. In addition, he is covering the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Trust Fund Board. Further, he has been working as the Project Director of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Line of Credit Project (SMELoC) funded by the ADB.

Md. Mafizur Rahman

Md. Mafizur Rahman is the Managing Director of the Small and Medium Industries Foundation. He is a Former Additional Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh. Md. Mafizur Rahman joined as the Managing Director (MD) of Small and Medium Industries Foundation (SMEF) on 28 December 2020. Prior to joining this post, he was the Director General of Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center (BITAC) from 27 February 2018 to 31 August 2020. Dr. Rahman was born on 01 September 1971 in an aristocratic Muslim family at Hijla upazila of Barisal district.

Anil Kumar Sharma

Anil Kumar Sharma is the Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India. Before taking over as ED, he was headed the Enforcement Department of Reserve Bank of India as Chief General Manager. He has done his Masters in Economics from Doaba College Jalandhar, Punjab and was UGC Fellow at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune before joining RBI in 1986. He holds a Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. His experience in the Bank lies in the area of management of currency and banking, rural credit, and supervision.

Fatima Javaid

Fatima Javaid is the Joint Director for Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department of the State Bank of Pakistan. Joining the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in October 2005, Ms. Fatima Javaid has a central banking experience of over 16 years. She has vast experience of working in policy, regulations refinance schemes and promotion and development of SME sector and Islamic banking. She is currently working on SME policy and regulations related assignments.

Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2020 – Volume II: COVID-19 Impact on Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Developing Asia

This second volume of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing Asia.

Eddy Satriya

Eddy Satriya dedicated most of his career in information and communication technology (ICT), energy, utility, infrastructure, and bureaucratic reform for more than 25 years.

He was previously the Deputy Assistant for ICT and Utility and the Division Head for International Cooperation at the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. He was also the Deputy Director for Development and Utilization of Energy at the Directorate of Energy, Telecommunication and Informatics of BAPPENAS, Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency.