Speeches

At the IDH-CGAP Gender Transformative Business Models hybrid event, the UNSGSA urges companies to accelerate investments in gender transformation. These investments will boost companies' competitive edge and improve the lives of millions of rural women. Read more

The groups most vulnerable to climate risks are also most likely to be underserved or excluded from the formal financial system. Read more

The Special Advocate stressed the importance of building a more inclusive and responsible digital economy with expanded opportunities for consumers and micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima provides opening remarks at the UNGA G7 Partnership High-Level Event Digital Financial Inclusion for Women in Africa: A Path to Recovery, Resilience, and Innovation. Read more

By investing to understand where customers need the most help, insurance providers have a major opportunity to deliver solutions that support customer financial health. Read more

The Special Advocate encourages private sector innovators to use fintech as a tool for greater financial inclusion and improving financial health in the Netherlands and advanced economies. Read more

The COVID-19 crisis has created an appetite in many countries to invest in key digital public goods. These can provide the infrastructure rails and regulatory enabling environment to reach users and to build financial services which can improve their financial lives. Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima highlights the timely opportunity to invest in key digital public goods to empower the poor, close the digital divide and support equality. Read more

Addressing the estimated $42 billion-dollar financing gap for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa will require game-changing solutions. Read more

Our common challenge is to develop a financial and education system that promotes sensible financial behavior and – therefore – contributes to financial resilience. Because we know that financially resilient households are less affected by economic shocks. We’ve seen that in the 2008 crisis and we… Read more

The Special Advocate highlights the importance of access to insurance for COVID-19 response and recovery, and to achieve the SDGs. Read more

The Special Advocate encourages private sector innovators to use fintech as a tool for greater financial inclusion and improving financial health in the UK and advanced economies during a video message keynote at the UK Fintech Week on 19 April 2021. Read more