Podcasts Government Asia's Developing Future Asia and the Pacific need to do more to spur financial inclusion

Asia and the Pacific need to do more to spur financial inclusion

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 11:52 p.m.

Asia and the Pacific need to ensure not only that more people have access to financial products and services but also that the poor can wield them to build wealth.\n\nWhile the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC broadly recognizes that financial inclusion is key to fighting poverty and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, more needs to be done to improve financial inclusion. \n\nRead the transcript\nhttps://bit.ly/2Oj0rHR\n\nAbout the speakers\nLoi M. Bakani is governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea.\nNobuhide Hayashi is Mizuho Bank chair and a member of Japan\u2019s APEC Business Advisory Council.\nMichelle Curry is CEO of the Foundation for Development Cooperation, Australia. \n\nKnow more about ADBI\u2019s work\nhttps://bit.ly/2OTRrIM\nhttps://bit.ly/2E8lfgt