Global Symposium on Development Financial Institutions

Global Symposium on Development Financial Institutions is being held between September 19 and 20, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event is co-organized by the World Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia.

The theme “Balancing Sustainability and Social Mandate: Development Financial Institutions in a New World” of the Global Symposium conveys an avenue for various stakeholders of DFIs, which include government officials, regulators, DFIs, academia and researchers; to share, learn as well as exchanging of ideas on the global trends, current and future outlook, best practices & regulations, innovations and contemporary issues surrounding the development finance ecosystem.

The Objectives of the Global Symposium are to:

• Assess the role and recent evolution of DFIs, including global trends, new paradigms in development finance, and new role for DFIs in fulfilling the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
• Showcase successful cases of DFIs in SME finance, agriculture finance, export-import finance, infrastructure finance.
• Distill sound practices on  corporate governance, regulation & supervision, risk management, and monitoring and evaluation of DFIs
• Identify social and environmental standards for DFIs; and
• Discuss the challenges faced by DFIs looking forward.

Event Holder: World Bank

Source of data: The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), 2017, Poverty and Equity Database, 2015, Global Financial Development, November 2015