International Webinar on Impact of Pandemic to MSMEs (IWIPM-2021) will be an engaging online event where World’s round and eminent industry and academic expert speakers will deliver the presentation to a large audience who participate by submitting questions, responding to polls, and using other available interactive tools. It is an event held on the severity of the pandemic’s impact on them varies considerably depending on their characteristics. Using online survey data of MSMEs from eight developing economies in South, Southeast, and Northeast Asia, we attempt to deepen our understanding of the impact of the pandemic on MSMEs, especially their employment, sales revenue, and cash flow. We characterize those firms that began participating in online commerce and try to determine how their use of online commerce and their employment are related in this difficult time. We also examine the government support that MSMEs have received and the extent to which it has satisfied their support needs.

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The objective features of webinars will discuss the present study uses survey data of MSMEs in eight developing countries in South, Southeast, and Northeast Asia to examine the major disruptions that MSMEs are facing, the characteristics of hard-hit MSMEs, and their policy needs.