Opening remarks / Jörg Eberspächer -- ICT for the poor at large scale : innovative connections to markets and services / Joachim von Braun -- People driven innovation : how to create the demand for ICT solutions in underserved areas / Kazi Islam -- Transfer of services to emerging markets :...

Secularization : wonder drug or financial alchemy? / Michael Klein -- Mobilising capital for the poor : how does structured finance fit in emerging markets? / Klaus Maurer -- The role of public and private investors for structured finance in emerging markets / Peter Hartig -- Structured finance...

One result of the IMF's move to increased openness are independent external evaluations of important IMF policies, to complement its own in-house evaluations. This paper, prepared by a team of evaluators, includes in addition to the external evaluation, a statement by Bernd Esdar, Chairman of...