BY THE GUARDIAN REPORTER
11th December 2013
Queen Máxima leads a delegation in her capacity as UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
A statement issued by the World Food Programme in Dar es Salaam yesterday said the delegation is scheduled to stay until December13.
While in the country, the Queen will meet with senior government officials and high officials of national and international financial organisations.
During fieldtrips, they will meet rural community members and smallholder farmers and discuss how expanding access to financial services can help farmers to manage irregular cash flows and respond to external shocks such as drought and flood, invest in capital to improve their productivity, reach markets and access insurance to mitigate risks of crop loss.
Tomorrow Queen Máxima will give a keynote speech at the launch of the National Financial Inclusion Framework at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT).
The UNSGSA and the three food agencies are working together with governments and the private sector to extend financial services to marginalised groups, especially women, who often face legal and policy barriers, as well as disproportionate obstacles to services, training and information.
Greater financial inclusion can also help increase the success of small producers who are not served by microfinance, but are also often perceived as ‘too risky’ by commercial banks.
Prior to visiting Tanzania, Queen Máxima and the senior representatives of the three Rome-based UN food agencies – FAO, IFAD and WFP – also visited Ethiopia.
The Queen’s delegation comprises senior officials namely Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Maria-Helena Semedo, Deputy-Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and Adolfo Brizzi, the Director of Policy and Technical Advisory Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
No comments :
Post a Comment