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 | | The regional lending conference, to be held September 9-11 at the Tsetskhladze Hotel in Bakuriani, is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the development assistance agency for the U.S. government, and will also be attended by USAID/Caucasus Mission Director Michael Farbman and Shorebank President Ronald Gryzwinsky. |
 | | An important component of the project is the training of bankers in small and medium enterprise (SME) lending and the subsequent intensive mentoring of credit officers as they manage loans and loan applications. |
 | | At the conference in Bakuriani, senior banking experts from SAS headquarters in Chicago, Illinois will conduct specialized workshops for the personnel of nine leading banks from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
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