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Treasury and USAID to Host Second Financial Inclusion Forum

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will co-host the second annual Financial Inclusion Forum on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The forum will convene leaders from government, international organizations, financial institutions, corporations and nonprofits to explore ways to increase access to safe and affordable financial products and services in the United States and abroad.
WHO:            Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury
Gayle Smith, Administrator, U.S. Agency for  International Development
 
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
 
Elizabeth Littlefield, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  
Carolina Trivelli, Senior Researcher, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos & former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Peru
 
Paul Romer, Chief Economist, World Bank
Andrea Levere, President, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
WHEN:Thursday December 1, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. EST
WHERE:       The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
RSVP:  Accredited press only. Invitation transferrable upon request. Cameras welcome. RSVP to usaidpressofficers@usaid.gov
Follow the conversation on Twitter at @GlobalDevLab, @USTreasury and #2016FIF, and on Periscope at @USAID.
For more information about the Financial Inclusion Forum, please visit: http://fiforum.us/.
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