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LightCastle Partners take part in the “Small and Medium Businesses: Way Forward Amid the Pandemic” Webinar

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June 14, 2020
LightCastle Partners take part in the “Small and Medium Businesses: Way Forward Amid the Pandemic” Webinar

LightCastle Partners took part as a knowledge partner in the pre-budget webinar series titled “The 2020 Budget Dialogue” organized by Youth Policy Forum (YPF).  On 4th June, LightCastle conducted the session on ‘SMEs: Way Forward amid the Pandemic” to discuss policy-driven mechanisms for increasing the competitiveness of small and medium businesses in Bangladesh.


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Bijon Islam, Co-founder, and CEO of LightCastle Partners moderated the panel discussion attended by a distinguished group of panelists:

  • Dr. Akond Md. Rafiqul Islam, Sr. General Manager, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
  • Nazeem Hasan Sattar, General Manager, SME Foundation
  • Syed Abdul Momen, Head of SME Banking, BRAC BANK
  • Asif Iqbal, Joint Director, Bangladesh Bank

The webinar was initiated with LightCastle’s analysis of the government’s stimulus package for CMSMEs highlighting the potential challenges of implementing the stimulus package and recommendations for overcoming the hurdles.

The experts’ discussion following the presentation strengthened the recommendations and sparked conversations around the following topics: collaborating with MFIs to optimize the benefits of the stimulus package, increasing CMSMEs’ success at public and private procurement, increasing CMSMEs’ access to formal markets, and inclusive distribution of the stimulus package to marginalized CMSMEs.


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At LightCastle, we take a data-driven approach to create opportunities for growth and impact. We consult and collaborate with development partners, the public sector, and private organizations to promote inclusive economic growth that positively changes the lives of people at scale. Being a data-driven and transparent organization, we believe in democratizing knowledge and information among the stakeholders of the economy to drive inclusive growth.

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