Presentation file used during 8th Asia Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) Business Assembly, Suwon, Korea. 1) Role of emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain in transforming financial tools (credit/payments/insurance/impact investments/capital markets, etc) for sustainable development. 2) Examples of how technology has acted as a catalyst for sustainable development globally. 3) Importance of ethics in the adoption of technology for sustainable finance. 4) How technology aids in data-driven decision making (impact measurements to drive SDGs).

1. Leveraging Financial Tools for
Sustainable Development
22nd October, 2023
Suwon Convention Center, Korea
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2. There has never been problem
with the resources,
the problems lie
within the distribution.
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3. ➢ Role of emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain in transforming
financial tools (credit/payments/insurance/impact
investments/capital markets, etc) for sustainable development.
➢ Examples of how technology has acted as a catalyst for
sustainable development globally.
➢ Importance of ethics in the adoption of technology for sustainable
finance.
➢ How technology aids in data-driven decision-making (impact
measurements to drive SDGs).
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4. Leads to Power
Quantifiable Measureable
CLARITY
to relate
Image source: Evalueserve
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Social Capital
➢ Capitalism in the age of big data
➢ Data is new oil

5. Role of emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain in
transforming financial tools
(credit/payments/insurance/impact investments/capital markets, etc)
for sustainable development
➢ Overview of Innovative Financing Categories
➢ A Century of Technology Innovation
➢ A.I. and Digital Ledger Technology (DLT)
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6. Image Source: Innovative Finance: Putting your money to (decent) work by Patrick Elmer and Eileen Zhang (iGravity), Monica Marino and Patricia Richter (ILO), Geneva 2018
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7. Image Source: ABCDE The World
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8. Image Source Moody’s Investors Service:
AI and DLT transformation will shape credit metrics through five channels, Digital Transformation - Global
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9. Role of emerging technologies
like AI, Blockchain in
transforming financial tools
(credit/payments/insurance/impact
investments/capital markets, etc)
for sustainable development
An AI-drive, Blockchain-based
Cognitive resource management
system powered by Data,
Ethically will be our most handy
advisor cum assistant as we
progress towards a sustainable
future.
#ABCDEtheWorld
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10. Examples of how technology has acted
as a catalyst for sustainable development globally.
➢ Dashboard
➢ “Uberization” / Resource Management
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11. Dashboard https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/map
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12. “Uberization” / Resource Management https://beezeelinx.com/
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13. Importance of ethics
in the adoption of technology for sustainable finance.
➢ Can ethics be programmed?
➢ Conditional Cash Transfer
➢ Preserve and Enhance Wealth
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14. Blockchain, Bitcoin, Money
Transparency Trust
More Transparent, More Trust.
Programmable Money > Sound money / Hard money > Financial Tools
Fix the money, fix the world?
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People, Process, Technology

15. Conditional Cash Transfer
Conventional
Method
Fund
Beneficiaries
Layers of
intermediaries
Fund
Beneficiaries
Direct to
beneficiaries’
digital wallet
Pre-programmed allowable aids avenues for
benefit claims
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16. Can we turn charity dollar and resources into social capital?
01
02
03
04
Charity Dollar
"A charity dollar has only one
life; a Social Business dollar
can be invested over and
over again." ~ Muhammad
Yunus
Social Capital
➢ Capitalism in the
age of big data
➢ Data is new oil
Social Enterprise
Mission-driven problems-
solving
Impact Investing
People, Planet, Profit
Money
Makes the
World Goes
Round
Data is new oil.
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17. How about burnt-expenses into gold before being spent?
Conventional Method
Earn -> Spend -> Save whatever is left (if any)
Techfin Method
Earn -> Buy Asset -> Liquidate -> Spend while
preserving wealth via hard asset
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18. How technology aids in data-driven decision making
(impact measurements to drive SDGs).
➢ Connecting The Dots
➢ Incentivization (Data is The New Oil)
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19. Connecting The Dots ⠂Formulate The Future
Clarity leads to power, the power to relate.
The power to relate connects the dot.
Connecting the dots forward enable us to formulate the future.
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20. How technology aids in
data-driven decision
making (impact
measurements to drive
SDGs)
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21. How technology aids in data-driven
decision making
(impact measurements to drive
SDGs)
Depending on size and quality of
data, analytics (descriptive,
diagnostic, predictive, and
prescriptive) allow us to make
better, informed decision.
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22. Thank You
Connect the dots
Formulate the future
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