Dear GKD Members,
If you have not registered yet, this is your last chance:
Inter-American Development Bank & World Resources Institute invite you
to attend a workshop on:
The Technology of Remittances
San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2004
Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel
By Invitation only (Space Limited)
Topics will include:
* Innovative Solutions: Technology Embedded in Context
(including cell phone, Internet, and wire-transfer platforms)
* Business Models and Institutional Contexts
(including entrepreneurial, bank, and credit union models)
* Regulatory and legal issues
Confirmed speakers and discussants already include: Isabel Cruz, Mexican
Assoc. of Social Credit Unions; Brayan Peralt, VISA Latin America;
Charles Fote, Chairman, First Data Corporation; Monica Hernandez, Banco
Solidario/Ecuador; Raul Hinojosa, UCLA/No Borders; Nick Hughes,
Vodafone/Africa; Lois E. Quinn, US Treasury; Jan Riedberg, consultant;
Cerstin Sander, Bannock Consulting Group; Miguel Sekeley, Undersecretary
of Social Development, Government of Mexico; Rosemary Vargas,
UNIFAD/Rome; Ramon Isberto, Smart Communications/Philippines; Jim Wells,
consultant.
This workshop is being held in connection with WRI's Eradicating Poverty
Through Profits conference, Dec. 12-14, on business approaches to
bottom-of-the-pyramid markets, featuring speakers from ABN-Amro,
Citigroup, HP, ICICI (India), Microsoft, Prodem (Bolivia), Visa,
Vodafone, and other leading companies from developed and developing
countries. See conference details at <http://povertyprofit.wri.org>
Final Agenda and Registration for the workshop at
http://povertyprofit.wri.org/registration/remittances.html
When confirmed, confirmation email will be sent.
World Resources Institute
10 G Street NE, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20002 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wri.org
http://povertyprofit.wri.org
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