[isoc-ny] VIDEO: Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion @BrookingsGov #FinancialInclusion #fintech

[ISOC-NY announcements]

Any one following the AfPIF webcast
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2015>would have seen Richard
Bell yesterday morning talking about just how mainstream MPESA has become
in Kenya, which is in fact way ahead of the USA in terms of mobile
payments. In fact the same venue in Maputo next week hosts a major
conference
<http://www.afi-global.org/news/2015/8/24/countdown-maputo-mozambique-set-welcome-afi-network-2015-gpf>
on the topic, which will also be webcast. But also yesterday, and thanks to
Judith Hellerstein of our DC Chapter for bringing it to our attention,
there was an event closer to home that marked a the release of a new report
on the topic.. A panel looked specifically at the adoption of such
technology by one certain underserved segment - women.  Judith, who
considers digital inclusion to be a topic that ISOC should pursue
vigorously, recommends it. She notes that NYC is well represented on the
panel by
*​*Karen Miller,

joly posted: "On August 26 2015 the Brookings Institution held a forum
Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion to launch the
Brookings Financial and Digital Inclu­sion Project (FDIP) Report and
Scorecard which seeks to help answer a set of fundamental qu"

On *August 26 2015* the *Brookings Institution* <http://www.brookings.edu/>
held a forum *Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion*
<http://www.brookings.edu/events/2015/08/26-financial-digital-inclusion-progress-west-villasenor>
to launch the *Brookings Financial and Digital Inclu­sion Project (FDIP)
Report and Scorecard*
<http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2015/fdip_2015> which seeks
to help answer a set of fundamental questions about today’s global
financial inclusion efforts, including: Do country commitments make a
difference in progress toward financial inclusion?; To what extent do
mobile and other digital technologies advance finan­cial inclusion?; and,
What legal, policy, and regulatory approaches promote financial inclusion?
Speakers:* Darrell M. West* and *John Villasenor*, both of Brooking; plus
panelists:* Leora Klapper*, Lead Economist, Development Research Group,
World Bank; *Tidhar Wald*, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist,
Better Than Cash Alliance; *Jeremiah Grossman*, Senior Advocacy and
Regulatory Specialist, Mobile Money, GSMA;
*​​*
*Karen Miller*, Chief Knowledge and Communications Officer, Women's World
Banking; *Loretta Michaels*, Senior Policy Advisor for Financial Inclusion,
U.S. Department of the Treasury;. Moderator: *Shawn Donnan*, World Trade
Editor, Financial Times. The event was webcast live via YouTube and also
carried live on CSPAN. Video below.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_k2Gv6Wfe4?rel=0&showinfo=0&start=1017>

*View on YouTube*: https://youtu.be/B_k2Gv6Wfe4?t=16m56s
*View on C-SPAN*:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?327816-1/discussion-financial-accessibility
*Download*: audio
<http://7515766d70db9af98b83-7a8dffca7ab41e0acde077bdb93c9343.r43.cf1.rackcdn.com/150826_DigitalInclusion.mp3>
*Twitter*: #FinancialInclusion
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/financialinclusion?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash>

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