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International Forum on Remittances 2007
Agenda
18-19 October 2007
Inter-American Development Bank
Conference Center
1330 New York Av, NW
Washington, DC
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Globalization, Remittances & Rural Development:
Reality and Prospects
8:00
Registration Opens
Session I
Inauguration International Remittance Forum
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
9:00
Welcome and Introductory Remark
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Lennart Båge, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
9:30
Migration and Remittances:
Implications and prospects for Europe and the Western Hemisphere
Charles Klingman, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, United States Department of the
Treasury
Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza , Ambassador of Spain to the United States
Angelo Baglio, Assistant Deputy Director-General, EuropeAid Co-operation Office
Session II
Migration and Remittances Worldwide: Human Face of Globalization
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
10:00
Measuring Remittance Flows: History and Context
Donald Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
Country-by-Country Map of Worldwide Remittances: A Rural Development Opportunity?
Kevin Cleaver, Assistant President, Programme Management Department (IFAD)
11:00
Coffee Break
Impact of Remittances:
From a Poverty Reduction Tool to a Development Plan
Session III
Remittances: Enabling Environment and Realities
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
11: 15
Moderator
Richard Lapper, Latin America Editor, Financial Times
Accounting for Remittances Flows Worldwide
Manuel Orozco, , Professor, Remittances and Development Program, Inter-American Dialogue (IAD)
Regulatory Environment in the Remittance Market in 2007
Nikos Passas, Professor, Northeastern University (US)
Microfinance: Keystone for Rural Remittances
Jennifer Isern, Lead Microfinance Specialist, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Postal Networks and Remittances: Outreach and Financial Services
Serguei Nanba, Coordinator, Financial postal Services, Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Microfinance, Remittances and Housing: Building a dream
Kai Schmitz, Executive Vice President/COO, Microfinance International (MFIC)
13: 00
Questions and Answers
13: 15
Lunch break
Session IV
Round table discussion
Billions in Motion: Social, Economic and Wealth Opportunities
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
14:45
Kathleen Newland, Director, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Raul Hinojosa, Research Director, NAID Center, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles
Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
15: 30
Questions and Answers
15: 45
Coffee Break
Session V
Remittances and International Development Effort
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
16:00
Moderator
Pedro De Vasconcelos, Remittances Program Coordinator , IFAD
Remittances as a Development Tool in LAC
Natasha Bajuk , Remittances Program Coordinator , Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
Facilitate the Flow of Remittances
Thomas Debass, Senior Remittance and Diaspora Advisor, United States Agency for International
Development (USAID)
World Bank/CPSS Task force on Remittances
Massimo Cirasino, World Bank
Euro-Mediterranean Remittances: Investments and Partnerships
Pedro J. F. de Lima , Deputy Economic Advisor, European Investment Bank
Questions and Answers
17:15
17:30
Conclusions of the day
Donald Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
18:00
Cocktail
IDB Atrium
End of Day 1
Friday, 19 October 2007
Enhancing the Remittance Market
Financial Inclusion, Business Models & Technology
9:30
11:15
Session VI-A
Session VI-B
Financial Inclusion
Connecting Financial Opportunities
Investment Opportunities
for Migrant’s Capital in Rural Areas
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
Conference Room 2 (CR-2)
Moderator
Moderator
Henri Dommel, Director, Financial Inclusion
Practice Area
United Nations Capital Development Fund
(UNCDF)
Manuel Orozco, Professor,
Remittances and Development Program,
Inter-American Dialogue (US)
Panelists
Panelists
Diwa Guinigundo, Deputy Governor, Monetary
Stability Sector
Central Bank of the Philippines
Ildefonso F. Bagasao, Chair,
Economic Resource Center for Overseas Filipinos (ERCOF)
(Philippines)
Henrik Parl, Managing Director ,
Eurogiro Network A/S (Denmark)
Danny Bradlow, Professor,
American University, Washington College of Law(US)
Mónica Brand, Vice President and Program
Manager ACCION Internacional
Rodolfo Garcia Zamora, Professor, University of Zacatecas,
Diaspora business plans (Mexico)
Carlos Heisecke-Rivarola, Director ,
Financiera El Comercio, S.A.E.C.A (Paraguay)
Leila Rispens-Noel, Programme Officer
Bureau Popular Campaigning , Oxfam-Novib, Netherlands
Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
Coffee Break
11:30
Session VII-A
Session VII-B
Innovation in Services and Technology
SMS and e-Banking for the Rural Poor
Gender Dimension of Migration and
Remittances for Rural Development
IDB Auditorium (A-3)
Conference Room 2 (CR-2)
11:45
Moderator
Moderator
Pedro De Vasconcelos, Remittances Program
Coordinator (IFAD)
Rosemary Vargas-Lundius, Policy Coordinator, Policy Division
(IFAD)
Panelists
Panelists
Richard Schweger, CFO/COO BGS Smartcard
Systems
13:15
13:30
Carmen Moreno, Director, INSTRAW
Chris Martin, VP and Treasury, Obopay, Inc.
Petra Mezzetti , Researcher , CESPI
Joe Barboza, CEO, Cyphermint
Odile Ngo Mbilla Moukouri , Association des femmes de
l’Afrique Subsaharienne A.D.A.S.
Jeff Slowik, Exec VP , PayQuik
Linda Mayoux, Initiative International Development
Consultancy
Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
End of Forum
For updated agendas and information please visit,
www.ifad.org/remittances
www.iadb.org/mif