Report
of the

Asia Pacific Region Microcredit Summit
Meeting of Councils (APRMS) 2004

Dhaka, Bangladesh
16-19 February 2004

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Contents

Foreword  
Introduction  
Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions:
Opening ceremony  
Plenary Session-1


 Discussion on Commissioned paper: Ensuring Impact: Reaching the poorest while building financially self-sufficient institutions and showing improvements in the lives of the poorest families
Plenary Session- 2 Presentation of institutional Action Plans
Plenary Session- 3

 Discussion on Commissioned paper: Creating Autonomous National and Sub-Regional Microcredit Funds
Plenary Session- 4



 Discussion on Commissioned Paper: Building Better Lives: Sustainable Integration of Microfinance and Education in Child Survival, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention for the Poorest Entrepreneurs
Plenary Session- 5 Financing Microfinance for Poverty Reduction
Plenary Session- 6

 Innovations for empowering women through Microcredit: Voices from the Field: Panelists with one person to initiate discussion
Plenary Session- 7

 Policies, regulations and systems that promote sustainable financial services to the poor and the poorest
Closing Ceremony  
List of Different Sessions
List of Workshops and Panelists
List of Associated Sessions and Panelists
List of Meeting of Councils and Panelists
List of Day-Long Courses and Panelists
Annexures  
1. Organizers of the Summit
2. The Program
3. List of Participants (Home & Abroad)
4. Message from the United Nations Secretary General
5. Participating Countries
6. (a) List of Co-sponsors
....(b) List of Funding Agencies