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Draft Agenda

G24/AFI Roundtable at IMF/WB Spring Meeting

22 April 2010

10.00 – 12.00

IMF HQ2 Room 1A-280

10.00am       Professor Ndung’u, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya and Chair of the AFI Steering Committee (TBC);

                    Luis Gustavo Mansur Siquiera, Deputy Head of the Department of International Affairs, Banco Central do Brasil

	Welcome and meeting opening
	Leadership and experiences of developing countries inputting into the future of financial inclusion policy

 10.10am       Paul Flanagan, International Finance and Development Division, Australian Treasury, ATISG Co-Chair

	Overview of the objectives and progress to-date on the G20 FIEG – Access Through Innovation Sub-Group
	Presentation of policy principles and main developments expected ahead of the November summit in Seoul

10.25am       Representative from South Africa, Co-Chair of the G20 FIEG SME Finance sub-group (TBC)

Provide a brief overview of progress by the subgroup focused on SME finance

10.30am       Alfred Hannig, Executive Director, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)

	Presentation of results from a survey of policymakers in developing countries on the state of financial inclusion policy
	Key topics include trends, barriers, lessons learned and future outlook

10.50am       Amar Bhattacharya, Director, G24 Secretariat

A facilitated discussion among participants to gain structured feedback on the G20 initiative and reactions to the AFI survey findings

11.50am       G20 ATISG Co-chairs

Discussion wrap-up

 12.00pm       Meeting adjourned

Alliance for Financial Inclusion website : http://www.afi-global.org

Background papers:

        Please click on the title to download

The AFI Survey on Financial Inclusion Policy in Developing Countries: Preliminary Findings

The AFI Survey on Financial Inclusion Policy in Developing Countries

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