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Issue Four of FDC Development Links Published

Thu 6 December 2012

FDC Development Links is our quarterly online publication created to provide FDC stakeholders with an overview of leading edge readings from a variety of international sources across the development sector.

Pro-poor Private Sector Development and AUSAID

Tue 6 November 2012

In August this year AusAID launched its private sector development thematic strategy. Sean Rooney provides several insights on this new initiative.

Financial Capability as a 21st Century Life Skill

Mon 22 October 2012

The Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2012 will take place in Manila, Philippines from 5-6 December. Now in its ninth year, the Summit, organised by the Citi Foundation, the Pearson Foundation and the Financial Times, has become the leading annual global forum on financial capability.

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2012 Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion

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The 2012 Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion took take place in Shanghai, China from 25-27 June at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute. This was the 3rd Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion and was co-organized by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC) in collaboration with the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), the Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP) and the China Association of Microfinance (CAM). The Forum has also received long-term support from the Citi Foundation.