WSBI ESBG
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Ukraine: ESBG members reaffirm their social responsibility (page 2)
News from Latin America (page 3 & 4)
News from Asia (page 4)
News from Europe (page 5)
EU MiFID 2: If it’s not broken, don’t fix it (page 5)
News from Africa (page 6)
The savings bank idea was always a very modern idea (page 7)
Scale2Save intensifies knowledge sharing and engagement
in Nigeria and Uganda (page 8)
Sustainable Development Goal 13 aims at raising awareness on climate change through promoting climate change national policies and strategies in order for countries to be able to face and be adaptive to climate-related hazards and natural disasters to come. In particular, it urges the least development countries to have effective action plans for all including women, youth and rural communities. It strives also to make the Green Climate Fund fully operational through capitalization so to address the needs of developing countries
Sustainable Development Goal 4 aims at ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training so that a substantial amount of the population achieves literacy and numeracy allowing them to apply for decent jobs and create business opportunities. It also strives to build and upgrade education facilities as well as providing safe and effective learning environments for everyone. The increase in qualified teachers would also facilitate the learning process for everyone. Knowledge and skills acquired through education would promote sustainable development.
Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims at improving health conditions by striving to end epidemics, fight water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases, promote effective treatment and vaccines, reduce mortality, strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse, whether narcotic drugs or alcohol, and ensure access to healthcare services. It is therefore striving to achieve health coverage for all, including health insurance, as well as to increase health financing. Globally, it is recognising health as a key factor for development which would lead to better living standards and well-being.
Sustainable Development Goal 17 highlights the importance of macroeconomic stability and of mobilising financial resources for developing countries
Sustainable Development Goal 10 aims at encouraging social, economic and political inclusion for all through equal opportunities, appropriate legislation, social protection policies and the abolishment of discrimination laws and practices. It would promote for the developing countries to be better included and represented in the decision-making in the global sphere of international economic and financial institutions
Sustainable Development Goal 9 aims at encouraging sustainable and resilient infrastructures to increase economic development and human well-being. It would promote good and reliable roads and transportation to facilitate access to healthcare, education, and jobs. It would strive to develop the enterprises access to financial services including affordable credit to expand their business. It would encourage broader access to information and communications technology with enhanced quality technical support especially in the underdeveloped countries.
Sustainable Development Goal 8 aims at relaunching the economic productivity after the Covid pandemic slow down. It strives at strengthening development-oriented policies pushing micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) to grow through access to financial services. It would look to reinforce labour rights for safe and secure working environments and eradicate forced labour. The aim is also to reduce unemployment especially for youth through education and training, and develop global strategies to boost youth employment. Domestic financial institutions would be encouraged to facilitate access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Sustainable Development Goal 5 aims at ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere by encouraging legal frameworks and reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, access to any form of ownership whether being property, financial services or inheritance. It also strives at abolishing any harmful practices, such as child forced marriage and female genital mutilation as well as any form of violence against all women and girls. It would in particular support women’s empowerment by strengthening policies that would allow them equal opportunities for leadership in the political and economic sphere, and in public life.
Using village savings groups as a stepping-stone to financial inclusion
WSBI and ESBG produce a quarterly publication covering the latest news from the two associations as well as insight pieces from leaders in the savings and retail banking world. We also produce periodic brochures and reports.
More than 50,000 low-income Senegalese women will gain access to basic financial services like savings thanks to a new tech-savvy project by COFINA Senegal and WSBI
Connecting smallholder farmers to inputs, from finance to fertiliser, that can transform their lives
Helping mothers save towards the welfare of their children
Helping smallholder farmers to smooth their cash flows between harvests and improving their financial resilience
Helping smallholder farmers to smooth their cash flows between harvests and improving their financial resilience
