Myanmar to host ASEAN financial inclusion conference

Myanmar will host an ASEAN conference to discuss challenges for countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam -- in striving for access to finance.

The meeting, slated for Oct. 29-30, is expected to see key stakeholders in the region, including ASEAN finance ministers, policy makers, academics, practitioners and officials from UN Development Program, UN Capital Development Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

During the conference, two key papers will be presented on issues of how financial inclusion can help government policies and measures to ensure sustainable and equitable economic growth in ASEAN, reducing inequity and creating sustainability as well as women's economic empowerment in the role of finance.

Founded in 1967, ASEAN now groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.