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SUMMARY:How FinTech can tackle global poverty
DESCRIPTION:But innovations in financial technology – or FinTech – have the potential to break the cycle of poverty. Participants learned how new technologies at the forefront of the FinTech revolution\, such as mobile banking\, can unlock new opportunities for the world’s poor\, by providing access to new markets and promoting financial inclusion. \nAga Khan Foundation Canada\, Invest Ottawa\, and MaRS brought together the FinTech and international development community in Canada like never before\, in order to foster new collaborations\, increase community engagement\, and share knowledge. \n  \n \n\nThe MaRS #FinTechCA series crossed three cities in three weeks—Ottawa\, Vancouver and Montreal—for a national series of fireside chats and keynotes to address the latest technology trends\, global opportunities\, and regulatory changes rocking the financial world. \nWhat was discussed? \n• What does the future of FinTech look like from an innovation and regulatory perspective?• The flow of venture capital into Canadian FinTech.• What do VCs look for in FinTech companies?• FinTech in the global context: what opportunities exist?• Which Canadian cities are making an impact on the FinTech ecosystem?• How FinTech can help alleviate poverty globally.• How can we nurture more innovation and investment in FinTech?• How is MaRS bringing together the major players in FinTech? \n\nArti Modi\, CEO\, LendingArch | @artimodi_ \nAdam Nanjee\, Head of Financial Technology\, MaRS Discovery District | @adamnanjee \nTim Attia\, CEO\, Slice Labs | @TAttia \nLaurence Cooke\, Founder & CEO\, nanoPay | @laurencecooke \nGlenn Campbell\, Director\, Financial Institutions Division\, Financial Sector Policy\, Finance Canada \nBenoit Destouches\, Finance Director\, Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance \nKaren Letain\, Director of Marketing and Communications\, Invest Ottawa | @kletain  \n\nThe MaRS FinTech cluster connects the financial services sector with startups developing next generation technology in emerging payments\, financial services\, peer-to-peer transactions\, alternative lending and crypto-currencies. MaRS offers high-growth fintech startups the most comprehensive set of resources in Canada. Through a strategic network of partners\, the FinTech cluster supports entrepreneurs with rapid validation\, access to investment\, product feedback\, sales opportunities and business advisory services. \n\nIn partnership with: \n                    \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/mars-fintech/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Cautionary tales of complex causation: Qualitative and mixed method impact assessment of climate change and livelihood transformations in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Participants joined Aga Khan Foundation Canada for the fifth event of our series Measuring Development Impact with Professor James Copestake from the University of Bath. Dr. Copestake’s research takes a fresh\, empirically grounded look at how we can strengthen qualitative and mixed method impact evaluation by benchmarking different methods against each other. Dr. Copestake drew upon his own action research into the complex causal attribution problems arising from climate change and livelihood transformations in Ethiopia and Malawi. \n  \n \n\nJames Copestake is Professor of International Development at the University of Bath. His research interests include rural development and agrarian change; development finance\, microfinance and aid management; definition and measurement of well-being and poverty; and the global political economy of development. James was Principal Investigator for the ESRC-DFID funded ‘Assessing Rural Transformations’ (ART) project. The ART consortium includes Evidence for Development alongside the University of Bath\, Gorta Self Help Africa and Farm Africa\, and seeks to broaden the range of credible and cost-effective evaluation methodologies available for assessing rural development interventions in complex contexts. \n  \n  \n  \n\nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/complex-causation/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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