This report follows a two-day conference on Credit Bureau
Development in South Asia, organized jointly by the World Bank, the
Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB), on May 10–11, 2004, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The workshop focused on promoting the development of credit information systems
in the region and covered various topics— the legal, regulatory, and information technology needed to support a credit information sharing bureau and the current and potential sharing of credit information in
the region. Presentations and group discussions addressed the efforts in the South Asia region to create the necessary conditions for the development of a bureau and the distinct challenges faced by this
region. The goal of the workshop was to provide government officials with a better understanding of the collection and use of credit information and to identify how the international community can help countries in the region develop credit information systems. In attendance were representatives from the private sector and government officials from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

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