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January 2004
Pakistan is a country with a relatively nascent microfinance sector, building on a conducive regulatory environment, a rich history of regional support programs, and a growing number of microfinance providers, who have recently increased their outreach and efficiency. 

In January 2004, in partnership with the Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN) the Banking with the Poor Network Secretariat conducted a series of individual consultations with leading practitioners and other supporters (wholesalers, government, central banks, training and networking organisations, commercial banks and regulated companies), which was the opportunity to build the base of a collaborative relationship with local organisations, to integrate them in the regional information sharing platform put in place by the BWTP network, the Asia Resource Centre for Microfinance (ARCM), and to collect essential and updated information. 

These consultations focussed on the four topics defined in the workshop organised on the 29 January 2004 in Islamabad and presented below. Local experts and leading practitioners were asked to present relevant papers and to participate to discussion panels. The central theme of the workshop was "Sharing microfinance resources and knowledge in South Asia". 

For each topic included in the workshop agenda, two speakers provided their views and perspectives through a short presentation, summarising in some cases a more elaborated paper.

  1. Cooperation between microfinance and regulated commercial finance

  • Amjad A. Arbab, Executive Vice President, Bank of Khyber (presentation, click here). 

  • Monira Jamshed, VP Area Executive, Punjab region, First Women Bank Ltd (paper, click here)

  1. Innovations in Pakistan Microfinance and benefits for Asia

  • Muhammad Imaduddin, Assistant Director, State Bank of Pakistan (presentation, click here). 

  • Sadaffe Abid, Chief Operating Officer, Kashf Foundation (presentation, click here). 

  1. Best Practices in Pakistan and regional standards in Microfinance

  • Agha A. Javad, General Manager, National Rural Support Programme.

  • Syed Mohsin Ahmed, Finance Manager, Pakistan Microfinance Network (presentation, click here).

  1. Forms of regional cooperation in microfinance

  • Ayesha Khan, Programme Officer, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (paper, click here). 

  • Zulfiqar Ahmad, Chief Financial Officer, National Commission for Human Development (paper, click here).

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