Conference Agenda
June 2-4, 2003
International Trade Center / Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC

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Day 1: Monday, June 2 , 2003   General Session:  Welcome, Opening Remarks, Q&A Welcome: Emmy Simmons (Assistant Administrator - Economic Growth and Trade, USAID) Keynote Speaker: Andrew Natsios (Administrator - USAID)     Audio MP3 Andrew Natsios Opening Remarks (29:18)   General Session:  Macro Economic Policy & Reality Moderator: •Michael Carter (BASIS CRSP, UW-Madison) (slides) Presenter: •Claudio Gonzalez-Vega (Rural Finance Program of the Ohio State U.) Deepening Rural Financial Markets: Macroeconomic, Policy and Political Dimensions (slides) Discussants: •Carolina Trivelli (Peruvian Studies Institute) •Nimal Sanderatne (Sri Lanka P.G. Institute of Agricultural Economics)     Audio MP3 Q & A Macro Session (23:45)   General Session:  Legal Policy & Ramifications for Rural Finance Moderator: •Martin Hanratty (USAID) Presenters: •Heywood Fleisig and Nuria de la Peña (Center for the Economic Analysis of Law) Legal and Regulatory Requirements for Effective Rural Financial Markets (slides) Discussants: •Jolyne Sanjak (USAID) (slides) •Stefan Staschen (Consultant) • Audio MP3 Q & A Legal Session (20:04)   Luncheon:  Experience with Risk Management: What Worked, What was a Challenge Introduction: •Arthur Arnold (President and CEO - WOCCU) Keynote Speaker: •Carole Brookins (U.S. Executive Director -World Bank)   General Session:  Risk Management Moderator: •Lena Heron (USAID) Presenter: •Jerry Skees (GlobalAgRisk, Inc. & U. of Kentucky) Risk Management Challenges in Rural Financial Markets: Blending Risk Management Innovations with Rural Finance (slides) Discussants: •Tsend Munkh-Orgil (Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs of Mongolia) •Hector Ibarra (Agroasemex) (slides) •Ulrich Hess (World Bank) (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A Risk Mgmt. Session (25:31) Breakout #1 Regulation for Expanding Rural Financial Services Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #2 Surveys of Delivery Systems in Rural Finance Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #3 Risk Management: Pricing, Insurance, Guarantees Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #4 Agricultural Lending Practices: Non-Financial Services with Financial Products Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #5 Rural Finance Expansion: Experience in Commercialization Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #6 Risk Management: Islamic Financial Policies Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #7 Rural Finance in the Age of HIV/AIDS Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides   Evening Reception Introduction: •Michael Carter (BASIS CRSP, UW-Madison) Remarks: •Tom Hobgood (Director of EGAT-USAID) •Kate McKee (Director of OMD-USAID) •David Stanton (Enterprise Dev. Advisor -DFID)     Day 2: Tuesday, June 3, 2003   General Session:  Opening Remarks Speaker: •Michael Carter (BASIS CRSP, UW-Madison)   General Session:  Rural Finance Institutions & Systems Moderator: •Barry Lennon (USAID) Presenter: •Manfred Zeller (Inst. Rural Development -University of Gottingen) Models of Rural Financial Institutions (slides) Discussants: •Calvin Miller (CARE) •Robin Young (DAI) •Anthon Slangen (FAO) •David C. Richardson (WOCCU) (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A RFI's Session (32:10)   General Session:  Innovations in Rural Finance Moderator: •Beth Rhyne (ACCION) Presenter: •Juan Buchenau (Frontier Finance) Innovative Products and Adaptations for Rural Finance  (slides) Discussants: •Carlos Cuevas (World Bank) •Marguerite Robinson (Institute Fellow Emeritus – HIID) (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A Innovations Session (24:47)   Breakout Sessions (7 concurrent sessions) Breakout #8 Gender Targeting of Rural Financial Services: Is this Appropriate? Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #9 Agribusiness: Vendor Financing in Input Markets Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #10 Agricultural Lending Practices: Methodologies and Programs Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #11 Rural Financial Institutions: Start-Ups Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #12 Rural Financial Institutions: Restructuring and Post-Restructure Results Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #13 Risk Management: Information Technology Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides Breakout #14 Rural Financial Institutions: Savings Mobilization Summary and notes from this section Case Studies and Slides   General Session:  Rural Finance Innovation Case Study Moderator: •Juan Buchenau (Frontier Finance) Presenters: •Manuel Orozco (Inter-American Dialogue) Remittances, the Rural Sector, and Policy Options in Latin America (slides) •Douglas Pearce (CGAP) Buyer and Supplier Credit to Farmers: Do Donors have a Role to Play? (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A Innovations Case Study Session (29:43)     Day 3: Wednesday, June 4, 2003   Opening Remarks Introduction: •Lucy Ito (WOCCU) Speaker: •Kate McKee (USAID)   General Session:  Rural Finance Outreach & Sustainability Moderator: •Lucy Ito (WOCCU) Presenter: •J.D. Von Pischke (Frontier Finance) The Evolution of Institutional Issues in Rural Finance Outreach, Risk Management and Sustainability (slides) Discussants: •Richard Rosenberg (CGAP) •Richard L. Meyer (Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University) (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A Outreach Session (13:45)   General Session:  Framework for Rural Finance Development Moderator: • Michael Carter (BASIS CRSP, UW-Madison) Speaker: • Emmy Simmons (Assistant Administrator, USAID) The Value and Challenges of Donor Programming Principles Presenter: • Brian Branch (WOCCU) Rural Finance Programming Principles (slides) • Audio MP3 Q & A Donor Framework (35:38)   General Session:  Donor Perspectives on Rural Finance Programming Moderator: • Michael Carter (BASIS CRSP, UW-Madison) Panel Members: •David Stanton (DFID) •Mark Wenner (IDB) •Thorsten Giehler (GTZ) •Henri Dommel (IFAD) •Kevin Cleaver (World Bank) •Jock Conly (USAID) • Brigit Helms (CGAP) • Audio MP3 Q & A Donor Panel (20:31)   Closing Remarks       •Emmy Simmons (Assistant Administrator - Economic Growth and Trade, USAID)       • Audio MP3 Emmy Simmons Closing Remarks (14:29)

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