Community Development Events

Sixth Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference: Innovative Financial Services for the Underserved

Thursday, April 16 - Friday, April 17, 2009
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel, Washington, DC

Innovative Financial Services for the Underserved The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System invite you to attend the sixth biennial Community Affairs Research Conference to encourage objective research into financial services issues affecting low- and moderate-income individuals, families, and communities.

This year's conference explores the role, processes, and outcomes of innovation in financial services for low- and moderate-income consumers and underserved populations. Leading researchers will present original and objective research that can inform innovative market and product development through a framework that moves from:

Individual consumer preferences and behaviors, to
influences that affect market participation such as financial education and institutional structures, to
effects of mortgage products on both performance and wealth creation, to
approaches for shaping market participation.

This conference will be of interest to:

Executives, lenders, and compliance and community development officers of financial institutions;
Leaders and staff of community and economic development organizations;
Policymakers in community and economic development; and
Scholars of economics, finance and banking, and urban and rural development.

Visit www.kansascityfed.org/carc2009 for conference information and online registration.

Conference Resource

Conference Brochure and Agenda (1.32 MB, 2 pages)

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