Just landed in #Thailand & looking forward to speaking at the @AfiForum. At the event? Come say hello. #AFIF2019.
500+ of the world’s leading #investors & #FI will explore investment opportunities to foster inclusive financial markets across #AsiaPacific
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#Davos #WEF19 or here at the Asia Financial Institutions Forum @AfiForum #AFIForum 2019 in #Bangkok: something to ponder this #MLKDay weekend & beyond.

https://twitter.com/curtisschin/status/1085334672991834112?s=21

#microfinance #accessstocapital #fintech #finance #inequality

No, not #Davos. Warmer! Welcome to #Bangkok! Let’s get this #hashtag trending too…
#WEF19👉#AFIF2019

@AfiForum @SongbaeLee @calvertimpcap @TriodosIM @GOGLAssociation @BlueOrchardLtd @FMO_development
@nexusfordev @LauraSundblad #impinv #accesstocapital #financialinclusion

A favorite short #video / #animation(s), underscoring how much more there’s to do even as life (per @billgates) has overall improved significantly over the last 2 centuries. Watch—If 100 people lived on earth.
#perspective #inequality #AFIF2019 @AfiForum

The short history of global living conditions & why it matters that we know it: #OurWorldinData
ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-g… @MaxCRoser @OurWorldInData Ht @BillGates Much achieved

#TuesdayThoughts ... but much more to do (& a #MLKDay #MLK90 quote for you).
#AFIF2019 @AfiForum #data

So, what’s your 1st #selfie 🤳 of the @AfiForum… Here w/ friend & former @ADB_HQ colleague, Shamshad Akhtar, previously also Finance Minister of #Pakistan 🇵🇰 & Governor of the Pakistani central bank, not to mention @WorldBank VP & @UNESCAP head. #reuniontime #AFIF2019 #impact

Keeping the spotlight on #sustainablefinance, #capitalmarkets & the #SDGs.

Here w/ Shamshad Akhtar. “Private finance…is critical for development….” Indeed (& here’s a helpful reminder #infographic: what are the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals?) #inclusive #finance #ESG #AFIF2019

My friend Shamshad Akhtar puts the focus on #innovation, #impact, #accesstocapital & four critical aspects of development #financing:
🙌 here at #AFIF2019
1. #BlendedFinance
2. #ImpactInvestment
3. #FinancialInclusion
4. #Fintech
Take note: #WEF19! #MIGlobal

#sustainablefinance #impinv #fintech #accesstocspital ↕️ thread.

@1sakhtar @AfiForum

The CEO of the Dutch development bank @FMO_development Peter van Mierlo
fmo.nl/news-detail/c3… says the heart & soul of FMO’s focus: addressing issues of #climate & #inequality. #AFIF2019 @AfiForum | 30% of portfolio in #Asia

#Mongolia is in the house. 🙌🇲🇳
@AfiForum #AFIF2019 #Gobi
cc: @TLkhagvadorj

Best place for #DoingBiz in SE Asia.
How #ASEAN ranks (2019), Best to Worst, @worldbank @wb_research: #AFIF2019
2 🇸🇬 #Singapore
15 🇲🇾 #Malaysia
27 🇹🇭 #Thailand
55 🇧🇳 #Brunei
69 🇻🇳 #Vietnam
73 🇮🇩 #Indonesia
124 🇵🇭 #Philippines
138 🇰🇭 #Cambodia
154 🇱🇦 #Laos
171 🇲🇲 #Myanmar

#Corruption in Southeast Asia? The #ASEAN rankings, from least to most corrupt; #Transparency Int’l #CPI2017
6 #Singapore 🇸🇬
32 #Brunei🇧🇳
62 #Malaysia🇲🇾
96 #Indonesia🇮🇩
96 #Thailand🇹🇭
107 #Vietnam🇻🇳
111 #Philippines🇵🇭
130 #Myanmar🇲🇲
135 #Laos🇱🇦
161 #Cambodia🇰🇭
#AFIF2019

#CaughtInTheAct. Look closely at photo 1 & you’ll see me taking notes on my long-time friend Dr. Shamshad Akhtar’s @1sakhtar address opening the inaugural edition of the #Asia Financial Institutions Forum (&/or Tweeting about @AfiForum #AFIF2019). #sustainablefinance #fintech

Wrapping Day 1 of the Asian Financial Institutions Forum #AFIF2019 with a useful reminder for both here 🌴 in Asia & there at #WEF19 ☃️ in #Davos: what are the #SDGs? Here you go: Tweeps, here's to achieving all our goals, big & small, in the years ahead. @AfiForum @Davos

About those #BRIC nations…
@AfiForum #AFIF19 #AFIF2019 #WEF19

https://twitter.com/curtisschin/status/966398768290476032?s=21

An intriguing & important question 👇 Ht @caterinameloni. Good meeting you, Caterina, just now at the inaugural Asian Financial Institutions Forum @AfiForum #AFIF19 #AFIF2019 #investing #impact #women #womeninfinance

And it’s a wrap. Not so sure they’re “forgotten markets” but forgotten or not, do take note of them now! #impinv #finance #Nepal #Bhutan #TimorLeste & so many more…Honored to join in &/or moderate a number of @AfiForum #AFIF19 panels this week, including one on the #Philippines

Congrats to Team @AfiForum Asian Financial Institutions Forum on their inaugural event & thanks @FMO_development, @USAIDAsia & all supporters, sponsors & participants.
📸: pics from #AFIF2019 #AFI19

#impinv #microfinance #climate #finance #fintech