Further, I neither expect nor want either internal or external members to vote as a bloc – insiders versus outsiders. Rather each member should exercise her or his independent professional judgment on the issues at hand.
I would like to emphasize from the outset that the essence of my remarks is to enable practitioners extend the cache of financing options available for expanding their businesses. In low income countries, the banking sector is relatively not well developed such that supply side constraints are still a big challenge to accessing financial services.