Les études à la disposition du PADEL/PNDL qui est financé par l’UNCDF, sur l’économie locale du département de Kébémer permettent de comprendre le fonctionnement et les causes structurelles des inégalités, notamment de genre, dans le système économique.

(KPL ) The World Bank Group, the UN Capital Development Fund and the Bank of Lao PDR are promoting innovative payment systems, including mobile banking, to provide entrepreneurs in rural areas an access to finance, in support of private sector growth and poverty reduction. 

A summit on innovative payment systems and inclusive finance was held in Vientiane Capital on May 7 where its participants representing government bodies, domestic and international financial institutes, and mobile network operators learned from experts and exchange ideas on how to build an inclusive financial system using innovative retail payment mechanisms, such as agent-based models and mobile money. 

CleanStart organized a five-day training on business plan development for energy microfinance for nine financial institutions from Nepal in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on 24-28 April, 2013. The purpose of the training was to guide institutions that have been successfully short-listed for the CleanStart programme through a step-by-step process of formulating a business plan for energy financing, as well as learn from the successes and challenges of fellow practitioners in India through knowledge sharing sessions and field visits. 

UNCDF’s Head of Policy, Nicola Crosta, addressed an audience of policymakers and researchers on the topic of inequality and the post-2015 framework. In his remarks - building on UNCDF’s recent ‘Inclusive Future’ report - Mr Crosta insisted on the need to address inequality as a critical development challenge for both advanced and developing countries and to integrate inclusion as a key element of the development framework that will succeed the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The talk was organized by the Urban Institute and chaired by Mr. Charles Cadwell, Director, Urban Institute Center on International Development and Governance. Comments on Mr Crosta’s keynote speech were delivered by Mr.