Events

February 28, 2012
USAID

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an independent inter-governmental body recognized by the G-20, the UN, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund as the international standard-setting body for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) safeguards. The FATF and a global network of FATF-style regional bodies conduct periodic peer reviews to ensure adequate global implementation of the FATF Recommendations. Recently, the FATF has completed a revision of its 40 recommendations.

February 23, 2012

This session will share practical activities that can sustainably ignite private sector development where inter-firm trust is missing, business relationships are fragile, and commercial excess and market linkages are minimal. In 2005, Cambodian supply chains were fractured, production was uncompetitive, and technical assistance was unavailable. In addition, most government officers played an unhelpful role in economic development through predatory enforcement of poorly written laws and regulations.

February 16, 2012

Financial access can be critical to reducing hunger and poverty in three ways. First, financial access for agricultural value chain development is needed throughout the value chain to achieve broad-based economic growth for low-income households. Second, diversification out of agriculture is a hallmark of economic growth, but rural entrepreneurs require financial access in order to invest in non-farm enterprises.

February 15, 2012
USAID

Diaspora community, organizations, and individuals are increasingly vocal and influential in their countries of origin and of settlement. Diaspora advocates are speaking up on a range of issues affecting their status ranging from citizenship and migration status to human rights, good governance and political participation in their homeland. Members of diaspora communities at times have differing grievances, ambitions, and/or agendas that they promote by enlisting the support of other actors.

January 30, 2012

David Roodman, the author of "Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance" and Milford Bateman, the author of "Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism" will participate in a modified parliamentary style debate moderated by Chuck Waterfield, founder of MFTransparency.

January 26, 2012

This presentation will promote a dialogue between the food security and health development sectors asking whether strategies and approaches can be applied to sustain positive development outcomes learned through the health sector to food security.

December 15, 2011
USAID

Philanthropy is regarded as one of the most common ways that diasporas support development efforts in their countries of origin. Although diaspora philanthropy is by no means a new phenomenon, its relation to global trends in giving and the increasing role it plays in development are rarely explored. Philanthropic resources—both monetary and in-kind—flow from diaspora communities through multiple channels, representing a shift from traditional philanthropy practiced primarily by wealthy individuals and corporations.

November 29, 2011 - December 1, 2011

This Speakers Corner will take place over three days as a follow up to the four USAID Seminars on Mobile Financial Services. Each day of this online discussion will reference the prior seminars, so please take a moment to review the discussion resources prior to joining us on November 29.

November 18, 2011
USAID

Chris Hencke will discuss the FDIC’s treatment of funds underlying stored value cards and other nontraditional access mechanisms such as mobile phones. Specifically, he will explain when such funds are treated as insured deposits under the FDIC’s General Counsel’s Opinion No. 8. He will also talk about the potential risks faced by customers when the payment stream involves multiple parties who may be subject to varying degrees of supervision.

November 4, 2011

CARE’s 5-year Strengthening the Dairy Value Chain (SDVC) project is successfully doubling the dairy-related incomes of over 35,000 producers in Northwest Bangladesh, over 70 percent of whom are smallholder or landless women. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the project has successfully engaged private sector actors at every level of the value chain.