What we read at MIC this week

Links to interesting reads/posts this week:

• Cebu Action Plan: This plan was launched this past week at the APEC Finance Ministers 22nd Meeting. The 'Roadmap' for this plan consists of four pillars: 1) Promoting financial integration; 2) Advancing fiscal reforms and transparency; 3) Enhancing financial resiliency; and 4) Accelerating infrastructure development and financing. Pillar 3 entails the development of innovative disaster risk financing and insurance mechanisms including microinsurance. Read more here.  

• Africa Micro-Pension and Retirement Planning Summit 2015: An important topic for this period of global aging, especially in the African region. The theme is "Rethinking Retirement Planning - towards a sustainable micro-pension". The event will take place 19 - 20 November, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. 

• Does anti-poverty work actually work?: Interesting and thought-provoking post on NextBillion by Carmen Velasco, one of the founders of Pro Mujer. 

• New Model for Disaster Preparation and Response for MFIs: This publication by VisionFund explores how MFIs can bounce back and help their clients post-disaster, but also proposes "before the event" funding model using insurance-backed disaster response funds.