DFID-ESRC-SOAS-InclusiveFinanceProject

DFID/ESRC/SOAS/Inclusive Finance Project is a research consortium funded under the @DFID-@ESRC Growth Research programme and managed by @SOAS SFM

[Royal Economic Society @RoyalEconSoc]

📺The recording of the #APL2023 is now available to view. This year’s lecture is given by @WendyCarlinEcon @EconUCL on ‘Capitalism, carbon, and colonies – looking back and looking forward’.

Watch👉https://t.co/3m57jxF2I0

#EconTwitter #RESEvents #Schools

[DFID-ESRC-SOAS-InclusiveFinanceProject @IFPSOAS]

@ojblanchard1 better to discuss with ChatGPT :)

[CENTRE FOR GLOBAL FINANCE @CGFSOAS]

The volume on Inclusive Financial Development, edited by Ahmad Hassan Ahmad, David T. Llewellyn and Victor Murinde is forthcoming from Edward Elgar Publishing. The book provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the nature of financial inclusion. https://t.co/JTv4lwwWuq

[Asli Demirgüç-Kunt @ademirguckunt]

What assets can banks pledge to obtain central bank funding? It has important implications for the corporates. This post in our job market series comes from Matthias Kaldorf and Florian Wicknig, both from University of Cologne
https://t.co/HIlWMkKq2P

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Colombia’s financial supervisors are helping financial institutions prepare for the growing risks of climate change through stress-testing with the help of the World Bank. Learn more about how they are doing. https://t.co/fSAjOLeztm #ClimateActionWBG

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Recent bold commitments may mobilize trillions in private capital towards #NetZero emissions.

Evidence from a recent @WorldBank_IEG #evaluation offers suggestions how to help #climatefinance reach developing countries. https://t.co/qeRraId1Aq #COP26

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Keynote Address by FTMM Chair, Hon Faiyaz Koya at the Regional Trade Facilitation Strategy Workshop. https://t.co/tuayvF1zjA

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Ever wondered how to meet the growing demand for rural access to finance?

11/3 | 9 – 10:30am ET
Find out more in the CFI International Symposium’s 1st panel session hosted by the @WorldBank and @Rabobank

Register: https://t.co/2Va4JjHGsU #financialinclusion #ruraldevelopment

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Climate finance 💲
Adaptation & resilience 👩‍👩‍👧
Just transition out of coal ⚫
Net-zero emissions 📉

These are some of the topics being discussed at #COP26. Join us live from Glasgow: https://t.co/gksIkfcgDN #ClimateActionWBG

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Can greening public credit guarantee schemes get us closer to #NetZero? A new installment in our #blogseries on #greenfinance https://t.co/H9LLIOSh9q

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Can fintech democratize access to finance and move the unbanked closer to achieving #FinancialInclusion? Read and find out! https://t.co/hMy3pmi0DU

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

REGISTER NOW!

Kick-off the CFI International Symposium with us in our Opening Session on 2-Nov from 10 – 11:15am ET, featuring a panel discussion among CFI practitioners and regulators.

#financialinclusion #cooperatives #ruraldevelopment

Register: https://t.co/zYMsVwNmuB

[CENTRE FOR GLOBAL FINANCE @CGFSOAS]

Today's seminar on "Venture Capital Experience and Portfolio Firms’ Long-Run Performance in China" will be delivered by Prof Victor Murinde, SOAS University of London, UK. Join us at 13:00 https://t.co/A0JuTi1EbP

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

In case you missed it! @NOIweala & @Mari_Pangestu joined us to discuss the new opportunities for promoting trade diversification in the transition to a low-carbon world. https://t.co/Z3gLihxRm4 #TradeForClimate #COP26

[CENTRE FOR GLOBAL FINANCE @CGFSOAS]

Concluding remarks from today's presentation on "Venture Capital Experience and Portfolio Firms’ Long-Run Performance in China" delivered by Prof Murinde

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

Financial instruments such as sovereign sustainability-linked loans and bonds (SLBs) can help reward sustainable policy making and make climate and environmental factors a natural part of investment decisions. https://t.co/XQum0iVMom

[Leora Klapper @LeoraKlapper]

Congratulations #GFLEC on 10-years of success encouraging new data collection and research on financial literacy!
Thanks for the opportunity to join today's excellent discussion on building the evidence base to deliver effective and impactful financial education. @Dr_AnnaLusardi

[Dani Rodrik @rodrikdani]

Re utility of classics in Economics, I’d like to take a position that I think is intermediate between @BrankoMilan and @florianederer. There's a sense in which Economics is like the natural sciences, with cumulative progress and you only need to read the latest articulation. +

[Asli Demirgüç-Kunt @ademirguckunt]

This week on All About Finance, Africa’s gender gap in start-up finance …and what to do about it.
https://t.co/lwzVBJwYPH

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

How can policymakers from low- and middle-income countries shape trade to address #ClimateChange? Join us on Sept. 29 | 8:30 – 10:00am ET to find out! https://t.co/B4ELY9MSHM #TradeForClimate