KEY FIGURES OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION | FRANCE

Personal microcredit: a springboard to paid employment Unlike its “professional” counterpart, the “personal” microcredit does not have a purpose directly linked to employment as it does not finance business creation. In France, the law states that it must finance...

Blockchain and microfinance: hype or promise?

In April 2018, 73 people in Sindhu­palchowk, Nepal, received 583,000 Nepali Rupees (approximately 5,500 dollars) using Sikka, an appli­cation funded and created by World Vision’s Nepal Innovation Lab. This was like any other cash transfer in a disaster-striken...

[Relive the 11th World Convergences Forum] SDG 11 : TOMORROW’S CITIES

SDG 11 : Tomorrow's cities The world demographic explosion, the world population increased from 225 million in 1820 to 7.5 billion today, has led to a total reorganization of urban areas. By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people are expected to live in cities. In...

[Relive the 11th World Convergences Forum] Youth We Can ! Evening show

Youth We Can ! Evening show   La jeunesse qui bouge !  “You can’t reach new destinations with old roads (…) build and follow new roads”. As he usually does, it was with an elegant and accurate expression that Professor Muhammad Yunus began...

[Relive the 11th World Convergences Forum] Media Evening : Impact Journalism

Media Evening   Impact Journalism To fight exclusion, address climate change and reduce poverty, it is now essential to bring together a wide range of actors around a shared vision and a common agenda. And in particular the media. Media companies talk about...

[Relive the 11th World Convergences Forum] Opening – Tribunal for future Generations

Tribunal for Future Generations   L’aide publique au développement est-elle une arnaque ?  Future generations are never legally represented. And for good reason: they do not exist yet! With the Future Generations Tribunal, an event designed by Usbek &...