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Title About Scaling Up Slum Improvement - Engaging Slum Dwellers and the Private Sector Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR10 Event Description This event will provide an opportunity for dialogue among all participants in an open forum. The forum will debate how to move toward the Millennium Development Goal on slum improvement by scaling up slum improvement programs to a level commensurate with the rapid growth of slum populations. This event will consider the theory of enabling slum dwellers to improve their housing circumstances on a financially sustainable basis in order to achieve large-scale results. The forum will examine ways to micro-finance housing and private sector financing for municipal infrastructure and improve housing conditions for slum dwellers on a self-sustaining basis. Specific country examples will include India, South Africa, and Mexico. Session Language English Arabic Speakers (information as provided by host organization) David Painter & Lauren Moser (Moderators), Michael Mutter, Sr. Upgrading Advisor, UN Habitat Jawaid Akhtar, Managing Director, KUIDFC; Olivia van Rooyen, Exec. Director, Kuyasa Fund Fernando Gama, Sr. V.P., Evensen Dodge International, & Sheela Patel, Director, SPARC Olivia van Rooyen, Executive Director, Kuyasa Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization TCG International, LLC (TCGI) Host Organization Description TCGI is an international consultancy specializing in innovative development finance. Headquartered in Washington, DC with a subsidiary office in Chennai, India, TCGI is one of the leading firms working on the structuring of locally financed municipal infrastructure in the developing world. TCGI has assisted more than 40 developing cities to finance water, wastewater, and solid waste projects. Our practice focuses on advising cities on how to improve their creditworthiness and develop commercially viable projects that can attract private participation in their financing. For the World Urban Forum, TCGI is collaborating with ShoreBank International Ltd., the consulting arm of ShoreBank Corporation, dedicated to working with financial institutions globally to create greater access to capital for underserved clients and to generating economic wealth within target markets. In the last 15 years, SBI has assisted over 50 microfinance and commercial banking institutions disburse over $310 million in small business and housing loans across 15 countries. SBI is managing the Global Financial Innovations Partnership with USAID, created to link slum dwellers with commercial sources of finance so that they may improve their lives. Website (Organizer and partners) www.tcgillc.com www.intlhc.org www.sbksbi.com www.intlhc.org

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