Update - High level panel on inclusive financing at the European Development Days 2012

Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development

Date & time: Wed, 17/10/2012 - 16:00 - 17:30

Venue: Tour & Taxis, Auditorium C, Brussels

Today, about 2.7 billion people and 400 million businesses around the world lack basic access to financial services, impeding the development of individuals, businesses, and economies. Access to financial services provides stability and accelerates equitable development and growth for households and businesses. In addition, making financial and microfinance programs accessible for excluded groups such as persons with disabilities —1 billion people worldwide— has great social and economic impact.

This gap is a global challenge, but also an opportunity. New business models are making it possible to provide financial services to those once thought unreachable, thus tackling pervasive development challenges. This high-level panel will showcase how finance can work for inclusive development, highlighting innovative approaches to tackling the needs of financially excluded households, entrepreneurs, and vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities. 

Panelists:

• §  Flavia Bwire, Programme Coordinator Micro Finance and Disability Program, Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda
• §  Henri Dommel, Director, Financial Inclusion Division, United Nations Capital Development Fund
• §  Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Coordinator, Office for Disability and Inclusive Development, United States Agency of International Development
• §  Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European Commission
• §  Imoni Akpofure, Director, Western Europe, International Finance Corporation

Moderator: Chris Burns, Talk Show Host, Euronews

 For more information on the EDD 2012: http://eudevdays.eu/