Conferences and Workshops
Dates: 6 – 7 November 2025
Venue: ODI Global, 4 Millbank, London and Online via Zoom
Organisers: ODI Global, SOAS Centre for Global Finance and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Time: 22-23 July 2024
Venue: Wivenhoe House, University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3FA
Registration Link: https://twimbit.typeform.com/to/LwNF6uZc?typeform-source=ukindiafintrade.com
Time: Wednesday 9th December (13.00-16.30hrs, GMT)
Host: Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED)
Venue: Zoom
Hosted by Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) in Nairobi, this event will discuss the major developments regarding research on financial inclusion, including financial technologies (Fintech) and field experiments applied to microfinance.
This unique summer school on financial inclusion is developed by three renowned professors from Université Laval (Canada), the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). This summer school is alternately offered in each of these three universities in three different continents. This year, it is held at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Financial inclusion has emerged as a major policy agenda in many developing and developed countries with the aim to increase access to formal financial services. In particular, households with lower incomes and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experience financial exclusion. This results in underinvestment in human capital, health and capital stock, diminishing economic growth. Financial technology (Fintech) promises to enhance financial inclusion offering technological solutions that reduce information asymmetry (e.g. rating systems), transaction costs, and the need for intermediation (e.g. peer-to-peer lending platforms). Will these innovations eliminate financial constraints? Is there a future without banks? Can new technologies promote sustainable investment?
This workshop will feature 14 papers from the DFID-ESRC research project – ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’. In addition, this workshop is specially dedicated to a member of the research team of the project – Professor Christopher J. Green (Loughborough University).
This is the launch event of a report on Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries.
This workshop is part of the collaborative research project with Nankai University and Zhejiang University on Developing financial systems to support sustainable growth in China – The role of innovation, diversity and financial regulation.
