Name: Chain Reaction: How Does Blockchain Fit, (if at all) into Assessing the Value for Money of Education Projects in Developing Countries?
Start: 2019-09-05T14:30:00-0400
End: 2019-09-05T15:30:00-0400

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Chain Reaction: How Does Blockchain Fit, (if at all) into Assessing the Value for Money of Education Projects in Developing Countries?

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This panel, hosted by Christine Harris- Van Keuren from Salt Analytics, features use cases of blockchain to house the necessary data for value for money assessments. The panel will provide evidence of blockchain use to store activity and outcomes data, and its overall use in tracking the flow of finances from the donor to the end recipient. Case studies from Disberse, Truepic, and the UNCDF will be presented. We will advance the discussion around how technology, with or without blockchain, could potentially provide an easier lift for collecting the evaluation and financial data needed to analyze the cost of a project. Valentine Gandhi from NIRAS and The Development Café will serve as the discussant.

Speakers

Christine Harris-Van Keuren

Head, SALT Analytics

Chris Harris-Van Keuren is the President of SALT Analytics. SALT specializes in capacity building, policy analysis, and cost evaluations for education projects in developing countries.Chris is published with Harvard Business School, IADB, OECD, and USAID and has co-authored two Background... Read More →

Tara Vassefi

Washington Director of Strategic Initiatives, Truepic

Tara Vassefi is the Washington Director of Strategic Initiatives for Truepic, a technology company specializing in image authentication, where she collaborates with a range of incredible partners at various levels of government, civil society, and the private sector, to use digital... Read More →

David Mikhail

Communications Specialist, UNCDF

David Mikhail, United Nations Capital Development Fund, Communications Specialist David Mikhail is Communications Specialist for the United Nations Capital Development Fund, the capital investment agency focused on unlocking public and private finance for the 47 least developed countries... Read More →

Tillman Bruett

Secretariat Director, United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on the Digital Financing of the Su

Tillman Bruett has over 20 years of experience in commercial banking, microfinance and digital finance. He is currently the Secretariat Director for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on the Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Till joined... Read More →

Audrey Misquith

Digital Financial Solutions Expert, United Nations Capital Development Fund

Audrey Misquith is a Digital Financial Solutions (DFS) expert at the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Kathmandu, Nepal and a Senior Consultant for Amarante Consulting, a boutique DFS consulting enterprise. At UNCDF Nepal, Audrey oversees a remittance project that focuses on... Read More →

Ben Joakim

Founder & CEO, Disberse

Ben Joakim's background is in international development and social enterprise. He was a global advisor at SNV, led UK NGOs, and invested in early stage social ventures at UnLtd.

Valentine Gandhi

Principal Consultant, NIRAS Data Futures Hub

Dr Valentine (Val) Joseph Gandhi is an Implementation Scientist, Development Economist, Policy Advisor, Poverty and Livelihood Impact Evaluation Specialist, ICT4D and Knowledge Manager, currently based between Jakarta and Nairobi, with over 18 years of interdisciplinary, quantitative... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Balcony E FHI 360 Conference Center, 1825 Connecticut Ave, 8th Floor, Washington, DC

Emerging Approaches, 1 Hour Break Out

MERL Tech DC 2019