Steven Beck

Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance

Mr. Beck has managed the exponential growth of ADB’s Trade Finance Program, and implemented its first supply chain finance business. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and was an advisor to the Canadian Minister of Finance. Mr. Beck played a key role in the start-up of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, and was a consultant for USAID in Southern Africa and for a start-up financial institution in Armenia. Mr. Beck is on the Advisory Board of the International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission, and a member of the WTO Working Group for Trade Finance.

Paper-based trade is hobbling international trade in many countries. Photo: Wesley Tingey

Can the pandemic help end the paper chase that is hobbling international trade?

Paper-based trade is a drag on the efficiency of the global trading system. Digitization will make trade and supply chains more robust, and the world more secure.

Efforts to curb money laundering should not impinge on the economic activities of legitimate businesses, particularly in developing countries. Photo: Mufid Majnun

Fix money-laundering reporting requirements to stifle crime, boost trade

Improving the reporting system to deter money laundering and the financing of terrorism will make it easier to track down those using the global financial system for nefarious ends, while easing restraints on legitimate trade.

Steven Beck, Catherine Estrada

Asia’s vaunted supply chains will be put to the test by COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Photo: ADB

Asia’s fabled supply chains to be tested by COVID-19 vaccine delivery

The enormous logistical challenge of vaccine distribution will be aided by trade and supply chain finance guarantees.

新冠疫情改变了人们的工作环境。其中许多变化可用于为妇女创造公平竞争的环境。

如何帮助受新冠疫情影响的女性从业者

新冠疫情对工作及生活方式的长期影响有助于推动近年来的性别平等进程。

COVID-19 has changed the workplace. Many of these changes could be used to help level the playing field for women.

How to help women workers affected by COVID-19

The pandemic’s long-term effects on how we work and live could accelerate the progress made in recent years on gender equality.

Asia’s trade and supply chain ecosystem needs to up its digital game. Photo: Austin Distel

The global economy will emerge stronger if COVID-19 drives digitization

The health crisis should drive us to aggressively digitize global trade and supply chains so we can make the economic recovery stronger and the economy more robust.

მიწოდების ჯაჭვი, რომელიც მსოფლიოს სამედიცინო საქონლით და სურსათით ამარაგებს, პანდემიის დროს დიდი წნეხის ქვეშ მოექცა. ფოტო: iStock

საზღვრები ჩაიკეტა, მაგრამ ვაჭრობა უნდა გაგრძელდეს

კორონავირუსის პანდემიამ ვაჭრობის ხელშეწყობის აუცილებლობა დაგვანახა, არა მხოლოდ სამედიცინო ტვირთების მიმოცვლისთვის, არამედ ეკონომიკის გასაძლიერებლად.

During the pandemic, the supply chains that move medical goods and keep the world fed are under duress. Photo: iStock

Even with borders closing, we need to keep trade flowing

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need to support trade to not only move medical supplies but also to bolster economies

Trade finance increases women’s ability to fully participate in the global economy. Photo: Mimi Thian

The surprising link between trade finance and gender equality

To level the playing field in Asia and the Pacific, women-owned companies need financial backing to support their importing and exporting needs.

Developing international digital standards is the next big step for global trade. Photo: ADB

Why we need to act fast on international trade laws and standards

There’s one big element missing before we can create a truly transparent, seamless and open international trading framework.

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