The institute of the economic law q and a discussion. With david cohen. Bill trainer will be bro deucing david in just a couple seconds. But as the director i want to kick things off. First with the big word of thanks to the atlantic counsel. Partner in helping to organize this event. Helping to do a lot of the important work with not only other regular tors, but also some of the foreign partners and friends at embassies across the city. I want to just give a word or tw on the institute of int International Law since i see students here. Found by the late john jackson. The focus over a decade ago was that on international trade. But over the last decade or so, the institute has grown to cover other issues as well. Economic sanctions, financial regulation, Monetary Affairs and international tax. We have one of the largest faculties focusing on these issues. And we like to do things in an interdisciplinary way. That takes an interesting take on International Economic and global affairs.
But as the director i want to kick things off. First with the big word of thanks to the atlantic counsel. Partner in helping to organize this event. Helping to do a lot of the important work with not only other regular tors, but also some of the foreign partners and friends at embassies across the city. I want to just give a word or tw on the institute of int International Law since i see students here. Found by the late john jackson. The focus over a decade ago was that on international trade. But over the last decade or so, the institute has grown to cover other issues as well. Economic sanctions, financial regulation, Monetary Affairs and international tax. We have one of the largest faculties focusing on these issues. And we like to do things in an interdisciplinary way. That takes an interesting take on International Economic and global affairs. That is integrate and analysis into real world affairs. Talking to many of the leaders. Here in washington who are on the front lines of
Next, a look at how Digital Technologies have impacted Financial Inclusion in the u. S. And abroad. Researchers at the Brookings Institution spoke about the data followed by a panel on the challenges that still exist. This is just under 90 minutes. Good morning. Im gerald west, Vice President of government stud sxwriz director of the center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. And i would like to welcome you to our forum on Financial Inclusion. And we are webcasting this event live. So wed like to welcome our viewe viewers. And also those of you who have tuned in via cspan. For those of you who are wishing to post comments, during the forum we have set up a twitter feed at financialinclusion. Thats financialinclusion. So youre welcome to make any comments that you would like. So there are nearly 2 billion adults globally who do not have bank accounts. This makes it very difficult to Access Financial services, pay bills, or transfer money to relatives. In addition, it