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;

Aziz Yusupov

An Uzbekistan national, Aziz Yusupov has 15 years of project financing experience in sectors such as power, gas, and urban development spanning across South Asia and Central and West Asia regions. In his current role as Bangladesh country focal for the energy sector, he conducts policy dialogue with the government to facilitate legal and regulatory improvements enabling sustainable and inclusive energy sector development.