MICROFINANCE EVENT: Independent Evaluation Group of International Finance Corporation (IFC) to Hold Panel at the World Bank on Its New Book "Financing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises through Financial Intermediaries"

PANEL DISCUSSION ON “FINANCING MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES THROUGH FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES”

APRIL 11, 2008, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank InfoShop Public Information Center will host a panel discussion at the launch of the IEG Study on Financing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises through Financial Intermediaries. The event will bring together evaluators, financiers, practitioners and a microfinance bank to will talk about micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the developing world. The chair of the discussion will be Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director of IEG. The panelists for the discussion include:

* Amitava Banerjee, Manager, IEG
* James Scriven, Director, Global Financial Markets Group, IFC
* Elizabeth Littlefield, Director, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
* Javier Fernández Cueto, Director, Strategy and New Business, Banco Compartamos

The event will take place from 10 am until noon at the IFC Auditorium, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC (Entrance on K Street). It is free of charge, but RSVP is requested via infoshopevents@worldbank.org. The InfoShop can reached at +1 202 458 4500, and more details are available here.

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Independent Evaluation Group of International Finance Corporation (IFC) to Hold Panel at the World Bank on Its New Book “Financing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises through Financial Intermediaries”

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