Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



Enterprises and Poverty Reduction

Chairperson

His Excellency Sangay Ngedup, Minister for Agriculture of the Kingdom of Bhutan

Discussants

  • Mr Vijay Mahajan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BASIX, India
  • Dr Franklin P. Bunoan, Executive Director, Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC), Department of Trade and Industry, The Philippines
  • Mr Dongwen Liu, Director, Monitoring and Researching Department, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), China
  • Ms Cristina M. Liamzon, Representative of the Asian Non-Governmental Organization Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, The Philippines
  • Mr Erik Martens, Officer-in-Charge, Asia and the Pacific Division, IFAD, Italy
  • Mr Ganesh Thapa, Regional Economist, Asia and the Pacific Division, IFAD, Italy
  • Ms Aira Maria Htenas, Consultant, Asia and the Pacific Division, IFAD, Italy