Southeast Asia Department (SERD)

Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division (SEPF)

Hiroyuki Aoki Senior Financial Sector Specialist, SEPF haoki@adb.org

Southeast Asian Region

The Southeast Asia Department covers:
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia* Indonesia* Lao Peoples Democratic Republic* Malaysia* Myanmar Philippines* Singapore Thailand * Viet Nam *

* Countries where SEPF has ongoing and pipeline projects

Main Focus of Interventions

Public Management Public Financial Management Reform, Fiscal Decentralization, Justice Reform, SOE Re-structuring.
Finance Banking and Non-banking Institutions, Capital Markets, Insurance, Social Security, Pension Funds, Micro-finance/insurance. Trade Business Environment, SME, Trade Facilitation

TA PROJECTS IN CAMBODIA
Financial Sector Development
CDTA 2012: Implementing Financial Sector Program III SP3 ($1.2M)

PPTA 2013: Financial Sector Program Cluster 4 ($0.8M)

Public Sector Management

PPTA 2012: Promoting Economic Diversification Program II ($1.0M)

PPTA 2013: Public Financial Management ($0.8M)

TA PROJECTS IN INDONESIA
Capital Market Development
CDTA 2012: Support for Second Capital Markets Development Program ($1.0M)

Public Sector Reform

CDTA 2012: Support for Social Security Reform ($0.8M)

CDTA 2012: Second Local Government Financing and Budget Reform Program (SP2) ($0.8M)
PPTA 2013: Third Local Government Finance and Governance Reform ($1.0M)

TA PROJECTS IN LAO PDR

Financial Sector Development
CDTA 2012: Financial Sector Development and Stability ($1.5M) CDTA 2013: Strengthening Microfinance Provider ($1.0M)

Private Sector Development

PATA 2013:Post-partnership for Second Generation PSME Program

Public Sector Governance

PATA 2012: Regulatory Impact Assessment ($0.5M) CDTA 2013: Accounting and Budget Formulation ($0.7M)

TA PROJECTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Public Sector Management/Governance
CDTA 2012: Public Sector Management Phase 3 ($0.8M)
CDTA 2012: Local Government and Budget Reform Program Phase 2 ($0.7M) CDTA 2013: Justice Sector Reform ($2.0M)

Financial Sector Development

CDTA 2012: Capacity Building for Microinsurance in the Philippines ($1.0M) CDTA 2012: Deepening Financial Inclusion ($1.5M)

Inclusive Growth
ICIGTA 2012: Skills Development for Competitiveness ($2.0M)

TA PROJECTS IN THAILAND
Financial Sector Development
PATA 2012: Support for Mortgage Insurance Company ($0.8M) PATA 2012: Support for Pilot PPP Projects ($0.8M) PATA 2013: Pension Development for the Informal Sector ($0.8M) PATA 2013: Development of Strategic Framework for Financial Inclusion in Thailand Phase 2 ($0.8M)

Public Sector Management

PATA 2013: Support for Local Government Fiscal Management ($1.0M) PATA 2013: Broadening Social Protection ($0.8M)

TA PROJECTS IN VIET NAM

Financial Sector Development
CDTA 2012: Capacity Building for Microfinance Sector Development ($0.5M) PPTA 2013: Microfinance Sector Development SP2 ($0.5M) PPTA 2013: Financial Sector Program Loan IV SP2 ($0.6M) CDTA 2013: Strengthening Microfinance Sector Operation and Supervision ($1.0M)

Public Sector Reform

PPTA 2012: SOE Reform and Corporate Governance Facility II ($0.95M)

Private Sector Development

PPTA 2012: SME Development Phase 2 (SP2) ($0.8M)

REGIONAL TA PROJECT
Islamic Finance
PATA 2012: Implementing Prudential Standards for Islamic Finance ($0.8M)

Trade
R-CDTA 2012: Capacity Building for Trade Facilitation: Improved SPS Handling in GMS ($3.5M) R-PPTA 2013: Modernization of Trade Facilitation Agencies ($1.5M)

SEPF CONTACT PERSONS:

Cambodia: Samiuela Tukuafu, Principal Financial Sector Specialist (stukuafu@adb.org) Indonesia: Stephen Schuster, Senior Financial Sector Specialist ( sschuster@adb.org) Lao PDR: Kelly Bird, Principal Economist (kbird@adb.org) Malaysia: Michael Montelibano, Private Sector Development Specialist (mmontelibano@adb.org)

SEPF CONTACT PERSONS:

Philippines: Kelly Bird, Principal Economist (kbird@adb.org)
Thailand: Lingling Ding, Principal Trade Specialist (lding@adb.org) Viet Nam: Juan Luis Gomez Reino, Senior Public Management Specialist (jlgomez@adb.org)