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From 26-28 of December 2006, InM organized a training program titled “Poverty, Microfinance and Development” for Journalists of both Newspapers and Electronic Media. Twentyseven Journalists from both  newspapers and electronic media participated in the training program.

 
 

Day 1: 26th December

Session 1:
Inaugural Session

Chief Guest: Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh Bank.
Special Guest: Mr. Mosharraf Hossain Khan, DMD, PKSF.
Chair: Prof. M.A. Baqui Khalily, ED, InM.

Session 2:
Lecturers:

1. Dr. Hassan Zaman, Senior Economist, World Bank.
‘State of Poverty in Bangladesh, Trends and Dynamics’.
2. Mr. Dipal C. Barua, DMD, Grameen Bank.
‘Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: Grameen Bank Experience’.
3.  Dr. Imran Matin, Director (Research), BRAC.
‘Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: BRAC Experience’.


Session 3:
Lecturers:

1. Mr. Md. Enamul Haque, Executive Vice President, ASA.
‘Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: ASA Experience’.
2. Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman, Director, (Research), BIDS.
‘Reaching the Hardcore Poor’.
   

 

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed & Prof. M.A. Baqui Khalily

Dr. Hassan Zaman

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed

Dr. Imran Matin

 

Day 2: 27th December

 

Session 1 : Field Trip to Gazipur and Manikganj Grameen Bank Branch Offices and Field Meetings.
Session 2 : Debriefing on Grameen Bank Activities by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, MD, Grameen Bank at Grameen Bank head office, Mirpur, Dhaka.
   

Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Field Meeting at Gazipur

Field Meeting at Manikgonj

 

Day 3: 28th December

Session 1:
Lecturers:
 

1.   Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, MD, PKSF.
‘Financing Microfinance Institutions – PKSF Experience’
2.  Prof. M.A. Baqui Khalily, ED, InM.
‘Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions and the related debatable issues’.
3.   Dr. Sajjad Zohir, ED, ERG.
‘Impact of Microfinance at the Household Level’.



Session 2:

1.  Panel discussion with Prof. M.A. Baqui Khalily, ED, InM; Dr. Sajjad Zohir, ED, ERG and Dr. Jashimuddin, DGM, PKSF.
2.   Lecture by Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Chairman, InM on ‘Microfinance Sector Development: The Challenges Ahead’.


Session 3:
Concluding and Certificate Giving Ceremony.
Chair: Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud. Chairman, InM.

Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed

Prof. M.A. Baqui Khalily, Dr. Sajjad Zohir
& Dr. Jashimuddin

Certificate distributed by Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud

Certificate distributed by Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud