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Centre for Finance and Development
Wednesday
11
December
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Scale Local Currency Solutions in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

As part of the Building Bridges Action Days
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Room F - Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), Rue de Varembé 17, 1202 Geneva

To what extent can local currency solutions play a role in financing development, while containing risks to debt sustainability and financial stability? This workshop discusses what solutions are working, what is lacking and what could be scaled up to make capital markets in local currency a sustainable source of financing.

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Session

 

To what extent can local currency solutions play a role in financing development, while containing risks to debt sustainability and financial stability? This workshop discusses what solutions are working, what is lacking and what could be scaled up to make capital markets in local currency a sustainable source of financing.

 

Panelists

 

  • Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development - Geneva Graduate Institute 

 

  • Sivuyise Ngwane, Senior Financial Risk Manager and Quantitative Modelling Specialist - National Treasury South Africa 

 

  • Catiana Garcia-Kilroy, Lead Financial Sector Specialist; Program Manager for the Sustainable Finance Facility(World Bank) - The World Bank 

 

 

  • Nathan Sussman, Full Professor of International Economics and Director of the Centre for Finance and Development - Geneva Graduate Institute 

 

 

  • Thomas Venon, Executive Director - Centre for Development Finance Studies 

 

  • Sara Velco, Vice President, Strategy, Blended Finance & Structured Solutions - TCX Fund (The Currency Exchange Fund) 

 

Registration

 

Registration is required. Please register on the Building Bridges 2024 website.

 

Organisors

 

This Building Bridges session is jointly organised by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs - SECO and the Centre for Finance and Development - CFD.

 

                                

 

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