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REJUVENATING BANK FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC



Special Event:
Round-table Discussion on the Asian Banking Sector and Launch of UNESCAP-ADB Joint Publication "Rejuvenating Bank Finance for Development in Asia and the Pacific"
(23 October 2002)

Contents

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Preface

I. MOBILIZING DOMESTIC RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: AN OVERVIEW

A. Savings and investment
B. Instruments and institutions
C. Conclusion
II. MOBILIZING DOMESTIC FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CREDIT CRUNCH CAUSES AND CURES: SOME EVIDENCE FROM THAILAND AND OTHER EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
A. The importance of bank finance
B. So what is the bottleneck?
C. Some way out?
D. Preliminary results
E.

Other approaches in East Asia

Annex. Credit crunch: some macro evidence?
III. BANKING SECTOR REFORMS IN CHINA
A. The financial reforms of the 1990s
B. Performance of the commercial banking sector
C. Main issues and the testing of hypotheses on the performance of commercial banks
D. Assessment of the performance of policy-lending banks
E. Conclusions
IV. ASSESSMENT OF INDIA'S BANKING SECTOR REFORMS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM
A. Main issues and hypotheses
B. Appraisal of the performance of the banking sector
C. Testing hypotheses
D. Conclusions
V. DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE MICROFINANCE SYSTEMS
A. Microfinance in the Asian and Pacific region
B. Towards a sustainable microfinance system
C. Conclusions
VI. FINANCING FOR MICRO-ENTERPRISES, SMALL, MEDIUM-SIZED AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE
A. The origin and operational framework of microfinance
Institutions, especially Grameen Bank
B. The impact of the loan programmes of microfinance
Institutions, especially Grameen Bank
C. Financing small, medium-sized and cottage industries:
a closer look
D. Problems and prospects of microfinance institutions
in Bangladesh
E. Suggested measures and concluding remarks
VII. FINANCING FOR MICRO-ENTERPRISES, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS AND POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PHILIPPINES
A. Overview of the Philippine financial system
B. Existing policy framework and programmes for Bank lending
C. Current status of bank lending
D. Constraints and issues in bank lending
Annex. Notes on microfinance
VIII. BANK LOANS TO MICRO-ENTERPRISES, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES AND POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
A. Economic development and SMEs
B. Financing small and medium-sized enterprises
C. The financial crisis and SMEs
D. Financial assistance to small enterprises
E. Financial assistance to poor households
F. Conclusion


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