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Capital for Development
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16th October, 2006 Speakers
Hans Dieter Seibel, University of Cologne
Christopher West, Shell Foundation
Introduction by Nickolaus Schultze,
Syngenta Foundation
Background
A recent World Bank study found that investment in entrepreneurial
activities is much more successful in helping poor families
achieve economic prosperity than traditional foreign aid.
A 'Blue' financial revolution is needed to repair critical
and too frequent market failures faced by small and medium
enterprises in developing countries, particularly in Africa.
In this symposium the speakers examine how innovative
funding mechanisms, including microfinance, can build
prosperous rural SME sectors, and offer examples on how
enterprise solutions are remarkably effective ways to
reduce poverty.
Bios of Speakers
Prof. Dr. Phil. Hans Dieter Siebel,
Head, Development Research Centre , University of Cologne,
is a specialist in rural and microfinance. His recent
research has examined linkages between banks and Microfinance
Institutions in developing countries, on principles and
products of Islamic finance, and on reforming agricultural
development banks. A complete list of his publications
and microfinance case studies.
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Chris West, Deputy Director,Shell Foundation,
has responsibilities for the Shell Foundation’s network
of Pan-African SME funds. His business and development
experience encompasses work in over 60 developing countries
and emerging economies. The Shell Foundation’s report
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty was described by The Times
as “essential reading in Downing Street”. The Foundation's
Aspire facility, launched in 2006, is specifically designed
to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Africa,
whose growth is often hampered by an inability to obtain
funding from risk-averse local banks.
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Nikolaus Schultze joined the Syngenta
Foundation in 2005 as Head, Strategy. He has held a number
of positions in financial management and business development
in both private and public sectors. He recently led the
Private Sector and Capital Markets operations of the International
Fund for Agricultural Development ‘IFAD' in Rome.
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Each year, on World Food Day, the Syngenta Foundation
invites internationally recognized experts to Basel, Switzerland
for guest lectures on subjects related to increasing opportunity
and choice for rural livelihood improvement in resource
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