Overview of the Workshop

· Workshop Objectives

• Review Critical Issues facing African Policy makers in Mobilizing Resources to Finance Development.
• Identify Enhanced Forms of Financial Intermediation and Promoting Sound, Well-Functioning and Resilient Financial Systems.
• Identify Financial Sector Policies needed to support Financial Stability and Security, and Pro-Poor Patterns of Growth in Africa.
• Address Regulatory and Legal Deficiencies in the Financial Systems.
• Draw on the Experiences of other Developing Countries.

· Intended Outcomes

• Clear Policy Recommendations to African Governments.
• Practical Advice on Implementation

· Workshop Themes

• Domestic Resource Mobilization Strategy and Policies for Poverty Reduction.
• The Role of Financial Systems in Development.
• Regulation Policy and Supervision of the Financial Sector.
• Private Resource Mobilization through Capital Markets: Foreign Direct Investment and other Private Flows.
• Experiences from African Countries and other Developing Countries.
• Finance for the Poor: The Role of Fiscal, Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies;
• Regional Co-operation and Harmonization.
• Policy Recommendations.
  

· Experts
  Leading experts from the following:

• Citigroup International
• HSBC Group
• Goldman Sachs International
• Fieldstone Private Capital Group
• USA
• UK