NEDLAC HOLDS INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN PREPARATION FOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR SUMMIT
Nedlac's task team on the financial sector will interact
intensively with eleven foreign delegates over the next two days in
order to learn from international experience on the restructuring
of financial sectors, and to gain new perspectives on their own
positions and debates. They will also interact with local experts
from the Reserve Bank and Micro-Finance sector.
The workshop has been kept intentionally small, so as to be able
to extract the best benefit from the interactions with the local
and foreign delegates.
The topics up for discussion are the following:
THIRD TIER BANKING SECTOR
Speakers: Arthur Arnold, Henry Jackelen, and Carlos Salas
Arthur Arnold, the Netherlands, CEO of the World Council of
Credit Unions Inc; specializing in financial management, financial
co-operatives, access to financial services for the poor.
Henry Jackelen, from Brazil, is the Deputy Resident
Representative UNDP Brazil, specializing in enterprise and
financial sector development, as well as microfinance in developing
countries.
Carlos Salas Páez, from the Department of Sociology,
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico, specializing in labour
economics, alternative policies for development and the critical
assessment of the foundations of Neoclassical Economic Theory
Paul Murgatroyd, United States; World Bank Lead Specialist for
Finance in the Africa Region, specializing in financial sector
policy, banking system issues and bank restructuring, development
banking and rural and SME finance.
SMME's
Speakers: Betty Wilkinson, Jenny Hoffman and Sizwe Tati
Betty Wilkinson, United States; Associate Director, Centre for
Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS); specializing
in microfinance, small business development, private sector
promotion and related financial service access. Experience in
Zambia, Bahrain, Nepal, Tajikistan, Papua New Guinea,
Jenny Hoffman, South Africa; CEO of TEBA bank, specializing in
Micro-Finance
Sizwe Tati, South Africa, CEO of Khula Enterprise Finance,
specializing in loan and equity finance to SMMEs.
CAPITAL MARKETS AND INVESTMENTS
Speakers: Gerald Epstein, and Jens Reinke
Gerald Epstein, United States; Professor of Economics and
Co-director of Political Economy Research Institute; University of
Massachusetts, Amherst;
Focusing on Interest Rate Policies for High Employment,
Productive Investment and Stable Foreign Exchange Rates in South
Africa.
Jens Reinke; United Kingdom; Senior Researcher at the Centre for
Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa at the
London School of Economics; specializing in balance of payments
issues; foreign direct investment; microfinance, specifically
financial regulation, linkages with the commercial banking sector
and financial sustainability.
Roger Manring: United States; a senior vice president at Nathan
Associates, has 27 years of professional experience in applied
economic and financial analysis, privatization, strategic planning
and project evaluation.
SAVINGS
Speakers: Robert Pollin and J D Von Pischke
Robert Pollin; United States; Professor of Economics and
Co-director of Political Economy Research Institute, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst; specializing in macroeconomic theory, money,
credit and macroeconomy; labour markets, distribution and
macroeconomic activity; applied econometrics.
J D Von Pischke; United States; President of Frontier Finance
International Inc, which provides financial management and
consulting services for small and microenterprise credit
activities.
OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS(REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT)
Speakers: Chas Cadwell and Gill Marcus
Charles Cadwell; United States; Chair and Principle Investigator
of the IRIS Centre at the University of Maryland; specialising in
the identification and reform of policies affecting investment
climates, SMME development and finance, regulatory reform and entry
barrier reduction, business advocacy, political economy and
business and law.
Gill Marcus; South Africa; Deputy Governor of the South African
Reserve Bank. Responsible for the Bank Supervision; Exchange
Control; Financial Services; Financial Stability and National
Payment System Departments. Chair of the Budget Committee;
Financial Stability Committee; Financial Markets Advisory Board;
Standing Committee for the Revision of the Banks Act; Policy Board
for Financial Services and Regulation. Member: Governors'
Committee; Monetary Policy Committee; Trustee: Pension Fund.
Heading the delegations on the Nedlac task team are:
Government: Elias Masilela (National Treasury)
Business: Cas Coovadia (Banking Council)
Labour: Neva Makgetla (Cosatu)
Community: David Masondo (SACP)
The Transformation of the Financial Sector Summit is planned for
the end of May.
Issued by Nedlac
4 April 2002
Contact Jennifer Wilson
011 328 4211/ 083 652 8524