DAY 1:
Session 1: Designing an MSME Ecosystem in Asia and the Pacific: Lessons from the Asia SME Monitor 2024 Main Report
Trends and Challenges in MSME Development
in Developing Asia and the Pacific
by Shigehiro Shinozaki
Session 2: MSME Participation in Global Value Chains – Constraints and Challenges in Asia and the Pacific
Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) participation in Global Value Chains
- Constraints and Challenges in the Pacific
by Sameer Deshpande
Challenges and Opportunities for MSMEs
in Global Value Chains
by Neil Foster-McGregor
Session 3: A New Regime of MSME Financing for Economic Diversification in Asia and the Pacific
A New Regime of MSME Financing for Economic Diversification in Asia and the Pacific
by Dilrukshini Watudura
A New Regime of MSME Financing for Economic Diversification in Asia and the Pacific
by Samuel Weng Yew Lee
Session 4: Challenges and Policy Actions to Create an Ecosystem of Vibrant MSMEs in Asia and the Pacific
Challenges and Policy Actions for Vibrant MSMEs
in Asia and the Pacific (Bangladesh Context)
by Anwar Hossain Chowdhury
Financial Measures of State Support in Kazakhstan
by Bakhytzhan Makazhanov
DAY 2:
Session 1: Private Sector Development and Inclusive Growth – Role of MSMEsunder Global Agendas
Session 2: Building Gender-Responsive MSME Ecosystems
for Women: Data, Financing, and Policies
Empowering Women-Led MSMEs - Fiji's Story
by Caroline Waqabaca
Building Gender-Responsive MSME Ecosystem for Women: Data, Financing and Policies
by Malarmathy Gangatharan
Session 3: Promoting ESG for MSMEs and Investment Opportunities
ESG Investments, Credit Guarantee,
and Debt Overhang by MSMEs
by Naoyuki Yoshino
Promoting ESG for MSMEs and
Investment Opportunities
by Anar Yusufzada
Session 4: Rethinking Regional Cooperation and Integration – Trade and MSMEs
Rethinking Regional Cooperation and Integration
by Emmanuel San Andres
Session 5: Business Digitalization and Digital Finance for MSMEs
DAY 3:
ADB–ADBI–University of Tokyo Conference on the Ecosystem of Vibrant MSMEs for Resilient Growth in Asia and the Pacific (For Asia SME Monitor 2024 Volume II)
Session 1: MSMEs and Digitalization
Session 2: MSMEs and Gender Mainstreaming
Session 3: Entrepreneurship Development
Paper 5: What Factors Encourage
the Entrepreneurial Spirit?
Barriers and Enablers in Three Pacific Island Nation
by Sameer Deshpande / Shawn Hunter
Session 4: MSMEs and Finance
Paper 7: ESG Investment, Green Bond,
and SMEs in Asia
by Naoyuki Yoshino
Session 5: MSME Policies and Data Science
Paper 9: Strategies and Resilience of Firms
Facing Competition from the Informal Sector
by Media Wahyudi Askar