USAID and Treasury Host Second Financial Inclusion Forum

For Immediate Release

Monday, November 28, 2016

WASHINGTON -  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury will co-host the second annual Financial Inclusion Forum onThursday, December 1, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The forum will convene leaders from government, international organizations, financial institutions, corporations and nonprofits to explore ways to increase access to safe and affordable financial products and services in the United States and abroad.

WHO
Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury  
Gayle E. Smith, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development  
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund  
Elizabeth Littlefield, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)  
Carolina Trivelli, Senior Researcher, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos & former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Peru
Paul Romer, Chief Economist, World Bank
Andrea Levere, President, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
WHEN Thursday December 1, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. EST
 
WHERE The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
 
RSVP Accredited press only. Invitation transferrable upon request. Cameras welcome. RSVP to usaidpressofficers@usaid.gov

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For more information about the Financial Inclusion Forum, please visit: http://fiforum.us/. To learn more about USAID's financial inclusion efforts in developing countries, please visit https://www.usaid.gov/digital-development/digital-finance.