Asia & Pacific
FIG Asia: Supporting Clients During the COVID-19 Crisis (as of December 22)
FIG Asia has delivered 143 virtual events that have reached more than 10,000 participants on crucial topics, including the following: Digital Financial Services, Gender Finance, Housing Finance, Knowledge Management, Microfinance, Risk Management, SME Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Financial Infrastructure and Climate Finance.
The team has brought IFC's attention to every corner of Asia by...
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Delivering 139 webinars, and four sector-level events with regulators and policymakers since February 2020, to more than 10,000 participants from financial institutions in Asia, Africa, and Europe
- Planning another 12 virtual events to be delivered by the end of February 2021
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Drawing participants from senior management (CEO, CFO, CROs), business unit managers, women entrepreneurs and MSMEs working with large commercial banks, microfinance institutions, and the like
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Generating 39 business-development leads, six engagements and four proposals
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Covering topics such as the following in recent events & webinars:
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Climate business, green banking and inclusive climate finance
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MSMEs & international trade in a post-COVID world
- Innovations in Evaluating SME Credit Risk
- Financial Infrastructure Support for Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery in Asia Pacific
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Client Strategic Dialogues: As part our systematic approach to helping FIG clients cope with the COVID-19 crisis, FIG Asia has launched a “Strategic Dialogues” Series. We hold the dialogues to better understand clients’ needs and priorities through the pandemic. We have held 51 Strategic Dialogues with clients across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea.
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Middle East & Africa
FIG MEA’s Advisory Services has helped clients and their customers since the beginning of the pandemic in the region. Here’s a quick synopsis:
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Organizing 151 webinars, reaching more than 12,198 beneficiaries, from 1,650 financial institutions across 36 countries, covering topics such as human resources management, stress-testing, portfolio management, supply chain finance, business planning, and more.
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Producing 128 Covid-19-response webinars for SMEs, in partnership with 31 financial institutions, reaching more than 10,548 SME participants from 17 different MEA countries.
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Delivering two webinars on supply chain finance to financial institutions in the MEA region, reaching more than 110 participants from the regional banks.
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Developing COVID-19 Business Impact Surveys. Co-conducting the surveys with help from financial institutions across the region to find out the kind of support MSME clients need. We have shared the Surveys in eight countries and with 22 financial institutions, which have 1,438 client MSMEs across MEA. Results are showing a need for capacity-building and long-term financing for MSMEs. Survey results are published through a series of country notes. The first one, on Guinea, was published in October.
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