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The
First United Nations Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty (1997-2006): Progress and the Road Ahead
ROUND TABLE ON POVERTY AND MICROFINANCE
8 July 2005
Conference Room 4, United Nations Conference Centre,
UN building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
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8 July |
ROUNDTABLE
ON POVERTY AND MICROFINANCE: ON BUILDING INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL
SECTORS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
To mark the International Year of Microcredit, 2005 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:20 |
Opening
Opening statement by Mr Shigeru Mochida,
Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Special Address by H.E. Mr. Shahed
Akhtar Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
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| 9:20 – 9:30 |
Coffee
break
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| 9:30 – 12:00 |
The International
Year of Microcredit, 2005 Presentations
Mr. Donald Lee, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations, New York.
[on the International Year of Microcredit, 2005: overview,
objectives, progress]
Ms. Pia Bernadette M. Roman, Central Bank of the
Philippines (BSP), Microfinance Unit, Manila, Philippines.
[on the Philippines national coordinating committee for
the Year of Microcredit: progress report]
Mr. Akond Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Assistant General
Manager (Operations) and focal point of the Bangladesh National
Committee for observance of the UN International Year of
Microcredit 2005.
[on the Bangladesh national committee for the Year of Microcredit:
progress report]
Ms. Nining Sri Astuti, Director, SME Centre, University
of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
[on the Indonesia national experience for the Year of Microcredit:
progress report]
Screening of video
[on Cambodian winner of Global Micro-entrepreneur Award
and Microfinance in Cambodia]
Open discussion
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The Blue Book
on building inclusive financial sectors Presentations
Mr. Donald Lee, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations, New York.
[on the Blue Book project: overview, objectives, progress]
Mr. Fodé Ndiaye, Regional Technical Manager,
Regional Unit for Southern and Eastern Africa, UNCDF.
[on Blue Book multi-stakeholder dialogue in Africa]
Open discussion
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Lunch break |
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13:00 –16:00
(coffee break 14:30 – 14:45)
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Panel: What
can Microfinance and Microcredit do for poverty eradication?
Chair: Mr Kioe Sheng Yap, Chief, Poverty Reduction
Section, Poverty and Development Division, ESCAP . Presentations
Professor Joe Remenyi, Faculty of Arts, Deakin
University, Australia.
[on the role of microfinance and microcredit in strategies
for poverty eradication]
Dr. John Weiss, Asian Development Bank Institute,
Tokyo.
[on regional overview - Asia]
Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, Project Director, Participatory
Rural Development Project (PRDP), Bangladesh Rural Development
Board (BRDB).
[on national experience of Bangladesh]
Open discussion |
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Panel: What
are the lessons learnt from the experience with microfinance
and poverty eradication in Thailand?
Chair: Professor Joe Remenyi, Faculty of Art, Deakin
University, Australia.
Presentations
Ms. Somsook Boonyabancha, Director, Community
Organization Development Institute (CODI).
Mr. Chamnan Wattanasiri, Chief, International Relations
Sub-Division, Community Development Department, Ministry
of Interior, Thailand.
[on community based microfinance for poverty reduction]
Ms. Elenita V. San Roque, Association of Asian
Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU).
[on credit unions and microfinance innovations]
Ms. Patareepan Pongwat, Manager, Women and Enterprise
Development Department, Credit Union League of Thailand
(CULT).
[on Thai credit union case study of enterprise development]
Mr. Kittipong Boonying, Vice President, Social
and Community Credit Department, Government Saving Bank,
Bangkok, THAILAND.
[on the Role of Government Savings Bank]
Open discussion
Closing Remarks
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