INTERNATIONAL
SEMINAR
ON
ATTACKING POVERTY WITH
MICROCREDIT
Seminar Program
*
Venue : PKSF Bhaban, Agargaon,
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
Working Session
Plenary
Session 1: Presentation of Papers on Global & National
Context
(14:00—16:00)
Chairperson: Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Governor,
Bangladesh Bank
A. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director,
Grameen Bank: Expanding Microcredit Outreach to Reach the Millennium
Development Goal- Some Issues for Attention
B. Dr.
Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF: Microcredit and Poverty:
New Realities and Strategic Issues
C. Ms. Marilou Jane D.Uy,
Director, FSD, The World Bank: A Review of Experience of Microcredit
:A Global Account
D. Mr. Kamal Hayat, Chief Executive,
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Pakistan: Experiences of
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Panel Discussants:
1. Mr. Bijaya Nath Bhattarai, Deputy Governor,Nepal
Rastra Bank
2. Professor Baqui Khalily, Chairman,
Department of Finance, Dhaka University
Open Discussion
Closing by the Chairperson
Plenary Session 2:
Presentation of Papers by GOB and Donor Agencies
(16:00—18:10)
Chairperson: Mr. Zakir Ahmed
Khan, Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance
A.
Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Nath, Secretary, Rural Development &
Cooperative Division , Government of Bangladesh : Assessment of
Microcredit Program in Bangladesh (Government Sector)
B. Mr.
Nigel Brett, Country Portfolio Manager, Asia & Pacific, IFAD :
Review of the IFAD Experience with Rural Credit in
Bangladesh
C. Mr. Frank Matsaert, Enterprise Development
Adviser,
DFID, Bangladesh : Donors' Perspectives on Interest
Rates.
D. Mr. Shankar Mann Shrestha, CEO, RMDC, Nepal :
Microfinance in Nepal : Experience of RMDC as an Apex Microfinance
Organization
E. Dr. D.S.K. Rao. Regional organizer, Asia ,
Global Campaign for Microcredit: Updates of Microcredit Summit
Campaign
Panel Discussants:
1. Mr. Syed. Hashemi, Consultative Group to Assist
the Poorest (CGAP)
2. Mr. Abdur Rouf Bhuiyan, ED, Credit
Development Forum, (CDF)
Open Discussion
Closing by the Chairperson
Dinner
(19.00-21.00)
Day 3 :
Thursday, January 9, 2003
Plenary Session 3: Presentation of Papers by
Researchers and Practitioners
(09:00—11:10)
Chairperson:
Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BRAC
A. Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director, BIDS,
Dhaka: Future Challenges Facing the MFIs of Bangladesh : Choice of
Target Groups, Loan Sizes and Rate of Interest
B. Dr. Sajjad
Johir, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, Dhaka: Microcredit: An
Alternative Perspective on its Dynamics in Bangladesh
C. Ms.
Simeen Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, Dhaka: Actually How
Empowering is Microcredit ?
D. Mr. Shabbir Ahmed, Head of
Microfinance Program, BRAC: BRAC’s Microfinance Canvass: Financial
Services and Strategic Lingkages
E. Mr. Md. Sohel Mahmud
‘Sagar’, General Manager, ASA: Poverty and Microfinance Program: ASA
Experience
F. Mr. Iqbal Ahmmed, Executive Director, Padakhep
MUK : Rates of Interest in Microcredit Sector: Comparing NGOs with
Commercial Banks
G. Mr. Martin Greeley, IDS, University of
Sussex: Sustainability and Poverty Outreach: Trade-off
Issues
Panel Discussants:
1. Dr. Harihar Dev Pant, Executive Director, Nirdhan
Utthan Bank, Nepal
2. Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Member,
General Body of PKSF & Executive Chairman, Power &
Participation Research Centre, Dhaka
3. Mr. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, Managing Director,
ASA
Open Discussion
Closing by the Chairperson
Tea Break (11.10- 11.30)
Plenary Session 4:
Voices from the Grassroots (11:30—13:10)
Chairperson: Mrs. Tahrunnesa Abdullah, Member,
Governing Body, PKSF/
Professor Najmunnesa Mahtab, Member, PKSF
General Body
A. Microcredit Borrowers
Questions and Answers
B. Experiences of Field Workers
Questions and Answers
Closing by the Chairperson
Lunch Break
(13.10-15.00)
Closing Session :
Summing up and “Looking ahead”
(15.00-16:30)
Chairperson: Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing
Director, Grameen Bank
Discussants:
1. Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman, PKSF
2. Dr.
Mahbub Hossain, Director, Social Sciences Division, IRRI, The
Phillipines
3. Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director,
PKSF
4. Dr. S.R. Osmani, Professor of Economics, University of
Ulster
Closing by the Chairperson
* An exhibition
of the products of MFIs of Bangladesh has been arranged at PKSF
premises from 7 to 9 January, 2003.
Photos of the seminar:
a) Inaugural
Session
b) Plenary Session
1
c) Plenary
Session 2
d) Plenary Session
3
e) Plenary Session 4
f) Exhibition
g) Socializing in the breaks
Inaugural
session
 
Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum
Khaleda Zia, is delivering her speech as chief
guest |
Ms. Zanele Mbeki, First Lady of South Africa,
is delivering her speech. |
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(From L to R) Mr. Bijaya Nath Bhattarai,
Deputy Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank, Ms. Marilou
Jane, D.Uy, Director, FSD, The World Bank,
Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen
Bank, Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh
Bank. |
Mr. Kamal Hayat, Chief Executive, Pakistan
Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Pakistan, is seen
speaking about the experiences of microfinance
program in Pakistan. |
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Mr. Edward Mallorie, Consultant,
IFAD
|
A segment
of the audience at the seminar is seen listening to
the speaker
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Plenary
session 4
Honorable guests
from home and abroad
|
(From
L to R) Stalls displaying handicrafts &
other produces of Integrated Development Foundation,
IDF, A combo picture of PKSF officials during
a relax time of the Seminar and Jagarani Chakra,
two partners organizations of PKSF. |
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Socializing
in the breaks
| (From L to R) Mr. Edward Mallorie, Consultant, IFAD, Mr.Nigel Brett,
Country Portfolio Manager, Asia & Pacific,
IFAD and Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, PKSF
are sharing views. |
(From
L to R) Ms. Marilou Jane, D.Uy, Director,
FSD, The World Bank
, Ms. Zanele Mbeki, First Lady of South Africa,
Professor Muhammad Yunus,
Managing Director, Grameen Bank, among others
are seen sharing their views.
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Ms.
Zanele Mbeki, First Lady of South Africa(c),
Mr. Mosharraf Hossain Khan, DMD, PKSF (R), and
Mr.Fazlul Kader, DGM (L), are seen along with
others. |
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