February 22, 2019/IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will host a seminar on Scaling up Access to Finance for SMEs. The event will take place at the IMF’s headquarters 2 in Washington, DC.
Small and medium-sized enterprises, which make key contributions to GDP and employment, face significant challenges in accessing finance. Discussions during this seminar will focus on policies to improve access to finance for SMEs, including based on the recently published IMF paper on this topic, available at
The event is webcast live at: https://www.imf.org/en
When: Wednesday, February 27, 10:00 to 11:30 p.m.
Where: HQ2, Conference Hall 2, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20431 .
What: Panel discussion and Q&A
Who:
- Opening remarks by David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
- Presentation and panel moderation by Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
Speakers:
- Ceyla Pazarbasioglu-Dutz, Vice President, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank
- Tim Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of International Finance\
- Ayman El Tarabishy, Executive Director, International Council of Small Business and Teaching Professor, George Washington University
The event is open for media. For media registration please RSVP by no later than February 26 to: media@imf.org
Media contact: Wafa Amr: wamr@imf.org and Randa Elnagar: relnagar@imf.org
IMF Press Center( presscenter.imf.org). Registration and login for the IMF Press Center: [ http://www.imf.org]
