Midday Session: Theme: Lessons of Bangladesh Experience Dr. Ahsan Mansur, Executive Director of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh:

GGrameen phone requires no introduction in Bangladesh in particular. It is the largest listed company in Bangladesh and making news everyday in many ways. We would like to hear about that from the Deputy CEO Mr. Raihan Shamsi. We also have, Mr. Arif Dowla, Managing Director of ACI with us, who will speak about the success in their operations and also the problems they are facing in their day to day operations and future expansion plans. We will also hear about a new venture established in Bangladesh related to small enterprise development. The name of the company is Venture Investment Partners of Bangladesh. This new venture is operating in territories that really have not been chartered before, and we would like to hear the experience directly from Dr. Zia. As you all know, our thrust for employment and also industrialization would depend on small and medium enterprises. We also have our discussant Mr. Ifty Islam, Managing Partner of Asian Tigers Capital.