The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank gathered a multi-stakeholder forum that made six recommendations to improve dramatically the African remittances market.

The incapacity to finance sustainable development through philanthropic official assistance turned the Johannesburg Summit to business world and the financial industry. Pioneering financial institutions - including development banks and private banks - have developed a wide range of innovations that can support sustainable development. This article highlights a few innovative products and markets and focuses on the progress made by financial players on the level of standards, metrics and guidelines to improve sustainability management systems, reporting and accounting practices and the multi-stakeholder dynamic. The role of the socially responsible investing (SRI) community has been underexposed by the Summit. Through its voice and market success, SRI has moved from a green market niche to the mainstream, however not becoming mainstream. The invaluable levering effect of SRI has just been discovered by authorities and market regulators and is becoming instrumental. In order to show the business case of Corporate Social Responsibility and to prove the financial viability of the People, Planet, Prosperity investing approach, the SRI community should critically reflect on its own quality assurance systems, sound disclosure and verification practice

1. Rôle et responsabilité des opérateurs financiers 2. Une responsabilité mal perçue 3. Enjeux de responsabilité 4. Instruments de confiance  

A tough climate Time for Principles A meek response Ambition needed A different approach; the Kiribati Principles Engagement required

Part one: Theoretical and empirical issues in finance and real economy nexus Part two: The role of banks in the real economy Part three: Enterprises financing Part four: Capital markets and money laundering

A l’occasion de l’installation à Matignon du conseil national de lutte contre l’exclusion ce vendredi 16 septembre 2005, le premier ministre français Dominique de Villepin a annoncé la création en 2006 d’un service bancaire universel.