Event Name: microLINKS After Hours Seminar #54: Government Payments and Savings: A Last Mile Approach
Event Date: August 25, 2011, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Event Location: Online or at QED Group LLC, 1250 Eye Street NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA
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Cost: Free
Summary of Event:
This seminar will feature four presenters: Fermin Vivanco, Natasha Bajuk and Maria Luisa Hayem from the Inter-American Development ADD “(IDB)” Bank, a US-based multilateral finance institution that operates in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Florencia Spangaro from the Citi Foundation, a US-based international financial services conglomerate. The speakers will discuss a multi-donor approach that the Multilateral Investment Fund, a member of the IDB group, is taking to link savings to government payments such as conditional cash transfers. In addition, the panel will discuss challenges faced by government payment recipients to access financial services as well as business models that address these constraints.
Online Registration Address: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/459290858
For additional information you may contact: +1 202 521 1900 or afterhours@qedgroupllc.com
Submit your event at: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events
About USAID:
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a government agency that provides international economic and humanitarian assistance. It focuses on areas such as economic growth, agriculture, trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. Under its Development Credit Authority (DCA), it provides credit guarantees that cover up to 50 percent of defaults on wholesale loans made by private financial institutions to institutions that lend on a retail basis to underserved borrowers.
USAID offers a suite of resources aimed at improving the outcomes of microenterprise development research and practice at http://microlinks.kdid.org/
By Ashim Kar, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources:
MicroLINKS story, Government Payments and Savings: A Last Mile Approach, http://microlinks.kdid.org/learning-marketplace/after-hours/government-payments-and-savings-last-mile-approach
MicroCapital.org story, May 3, 2011, “United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Host Seminar, “Is Microfinance Ready for Social Performance Certification?”, available in Person and Online on Microenterprise Learning Information and Knowledge Sharing (microLINKS), Knowledge-Driven International Development (KDID) Portal, May 4, 2011”, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-united-states-agency-for-international-development-usaid-to-host-seminar-%E2%80%9Cis-microfinance-ready-for-social-performance-certification%E2%80%9D-available-in-person-and-o/
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