The volatile economic environment and its impact on the most vulnerable communities have underlined the increasingly important role of financial literacy as key skill that can help assure personal financial security, wealth-building, and financial inclusion for those still outside the banking system. Financial education can be the difference between surviving and thriving.
But what is the best way to provide this form of education, taking into consideration the different cultural and market development needs? Which channels are most productive and what policies should regulators put in place to support financial literacy initiatives? What types of partnerships are needed between the public sector, private financial institutions, academia and civil society to ensure that financial education programmes achieve their desired outcome? How are programmes customised for different financial levels, age groups, life cycles and specific financial challenges?
Visa and the Financial Times will gather policy-makers, educators, financial service providers and other experts and thought leaders for a series of lunch forums to discuss how to optimise the provision of financial education in different emerging economies - the basic foundations that have to be in place, and the regional characteristics that need to be addressed, both in terms of programme development and the channels used to maximise reach and impact.
These high-level forums - each chaired by a Financial Times journalist - will be held in South Asia, East Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe from June to October, and will lead up to the ninth Citi-FT Financial Education Summit, the most established annual international conference on financial capability, co-sponsored by Visa and to be held in the Philippines in December.
Events List
5 June 2012 - Trident Hotel, Mumbai
9 July 2012 - Nairobi
17 October 2012 - Dubai, UAE
November 2012 - Russia(coming soon)
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