The forum will discuss unleashing the potential of Islamic finance to revive IsDB MCs’

economies and address extreme poverty in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The forum’s first panel session will highlight the extent of multidimensional poverty in IsDB MCs and adverse impact of Covid-19 in this regard. The second session will focus on Islamic finance public-private partnerships as a tool to mobilize resources to support MCs’ economic recovery efforts.

IsDB President and Chairman of the IsDB Group, H.E. Dr. Mohammad Al Jasser, is expected to deliver the keynote opening speech, to be followed by a presentation of awards to the winners of the 2021 IsDB Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics.