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South AsiaFEATURED PROJECTSFFThe Kunduz Provincial Council worked with the provincialadministration to move forward on a stalled plan to establish acommercial township in Sherkhan Bandar at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. Council members are now working to establishan industrial park. They have completed administrative andtechnical plans and secured the necessary land.The Laghman Provincial Council focused its efforts on truckdrivers who bribe officials to allow them to travel on the highwaybetween Jalalabad and Kabul with overweight trucks, whichis banned as it damages the road. Members of the provincialcouncil raised the issue with the weigh station employees andurged consistent enforcement.Pakistan: Rawalpindi Chamber, Peshawar Women’sChamber of CommerceStrengthening the Role of Business in Democratic DialogueCIPE has long supported the active and transparent participation of thebusiness community in formulating policy, partnering with chambersof commerce, think tanks, women’s business organizations, and keystakeholders affected by weak corporate governance in state-ownedenterprises (SOEs). Among this year’s highlights were the following:FFFIn the run-up to the 2013 elections, thecountry’s political parties presented theireconomic platforms at the RawalpindiChamber’s annual conference. Thismarked the first time that Pakistan’sparties campaigned on specific policyideas. The business community is nowmonitoring the winners’ progress inimplementing these promises.The Peshawar Women’s Chamber ofCommerce in Khyber Pakhtunkhwaprovince (KPK) formed four stakeholdergroups, which together developed aset of recommendations that werepresented to the KPK government andits governor in July 2013. Executivecommittee members of the PeshawarWomen’s Chamber secured positions onseveral government initiative groups.The State Bank of Pakistan created afocus group to look at financial productsfor women.Panelists at the “Corporate Governance in Public Sector Enterprises” event on September 24, 2013 in Islamabadfrom right to left: Head of ACCA Pakistan Arif Masud Mirza, Chairman of the Technical Committee of Task Force onCorporate Governance Syed Asad Ali Shah, Project Officer Mohsin Ali Chaudhry, Chairman of the Pakistan Instituteof Corporate Governance M. Abdullah Yusuf, and Director General of the Ministry of Finance Economic Reform UnitDr. Khaqan Najeeb.24 CIPE Annual Report 2013
South AsiaFEATURED PROJECTSFFThe Women’s Commission in KPK,dormant since 2009, was reactivated tolook at laws, regulations, and policiesthat make it difficult for women toparticipate in the economic, social, andpolitical spheres.CIPE played a key role in conveningstakeholders who successfully advocatedfor the implementation of corporategovernance rules in Pakistan’s SOEs.More than 30 such key enterprises willnow have professional CEOs appointedby their boards, rather than chosen by agovernment committee.CIPE at 30: BangladeshPromoting theSustainability ofWomen’s BusinessAdvocacy – 2006-2012In 2006, CIPE began working with theBangladesh Women’s Chamber of Commerceand Industry (BWCCI) on a long-termcampaign to improve economic opportunitiesfor women. CIPE invests in the organization’sinstitutional development as well as itsadvocacy activities. The goal is to ensurethat BWCCI will be a lasting, self-sustainingprofessional organization, capable ofeffectively advancing policy reform.CIPE designed and conducted an extensiveseries of training programs for theBWCCI board and staff, which has had atransformative effect. The organization hasgrown from 300 members to more than 2,500,with branches in key areas across the country.It now earns enough from dues and otherrevenues to cover its operating costs and hasbeen able to set aside sufficient cash reservesto function without donor support.CIPE assisted BWCCI as it launched aWomen’s National Business Agenda(WNBA), which contained 30 concretepolicy recommendations. Once the WNBABWCCI members from Dhaka and other parts of Bangladeshwork together to set the agenda for a meeting of the WNBAcoalition in 2009.was complete, CIPE helped BWCCI develop strategies to facilitateits implementation. These efforts were instrumental in producingchange:F The country’s central bank, The Bangladesh Bank, issued acircular instructing all commercial banks and non-bank financialinstitutions to increase lending to women entrepreneurs.F The $23 million in loans disbursed to more than 3,000 womenentrepreneurs helped create an estimated 20,000 new jobs.F The proportion of women entrepreneurs receiving bank loansincreased to 50 percent in 2011, from 19 percent in 2007.F Sixty-five percent of banks have now dedicated desks forwomen borrowers, helping move women from microfinance tolarger loans from commercial banks.F To encourage entrepreneurship, the country’s Small andMedium Enterprise Foundation started training programsfor women on subjects including marketing, beauty parlormanagement, and fashion design.CIPE-supported initiatives have helped BWCCI to raise its profilesignificantly. It was named a member of the National Council forIndustrial Development, which includes enterprises across Bangladesh.Three of BWCCI’s officers have recently been appointed as directorsat major banks in Bangladesh, which will further enhance women’spresence in the financial sector.CIPE Annual Report 2013 25
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