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The IsDB President was a key feature speaker at a virtual panel session on ‘Redefining ESG: Towards Inclusive Global Sustainable Development’ where other speakers from the United States, Bahrain and Nigeria were in attendance. ... He stated: “Developing countries look forward to source the needed investments to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The South Centre is an intergovernmental policy research think-tank composed of and accountable to its 54 developing country Member States. ... This is specifically recognized in the Nairobi Outcome document, which states the particular need for “strengthening institutional and technical capacities” for SSTrC.
In 2001, she joined the United Nations Development Programme and served its Vietnam Country Office as a Junior Professional Officer. ... She has also previously worked as an international business development consultant in higher education in the United Kingdom.
UNOPS is the first United Nations organization to be included in IsDB’s COVID-19 Global Coordination Platform for the provision of health procurement services. ... The two organizations are committed to working together to support countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on fragile and conflict-affected states.
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Speaking at the International Conference on Somalia in London, he further stated that the IDB would assist the Government in the fields of Islamic banking and finance and improve legislation on investment so that the private sector can play its role in the country’s economic and social development. ... The London Conference was attended by representatives of 50 countries and organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the African Union, the Arab League, Arab funds, the International Monetary Fund, etc.
The objective of the conference is to set up a Special Emergency Fund at the OIC General Secretariat in order to raise funds from the international community, including the United Nations organs, to enable Niger to face the immediate and dramatic impact of the droughts through the establishment of a Strategic Food Reserve. ... Ahmad Mohamed Ali stated that the Bank has been supporting the strategy of the republic of Niger in facing the impact of drought which it suffered since 2004.
The lecture was a part of the agenda of the tenth meeting of the Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) Prize Committee meeting and served as a session to inform participants of the various avenues that may be utilized in an effort to alleviate global poverty. ... Yunus stated as Grameen Bank’s efforts to “make sure [they] reached the poorest people.”
Jeddah, KSA - The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF) in order to support less privileged women in Arab countries to unleash their economic potentials and increase their participation in the economy. The MoU was signed by RT Honorable Desmond Swayne, UK’s Minister of State for International Development and Dr.
Birama Sidibe, IDB Vice President (Operations) stated that in 2008 IDB pledged US $ 4 billion for the SPDA which is added to the US $ 8 billion from member countries and other development partners, making the total amount for the SPDA to US $ 12 billion. The expected output from the SPDA include over 500 MW of Power transmitted over 1800 KM, over 2000 KM of Asphalt Roads at national and regional level and 800 housing units as well as 548 street lights among others in the African continent.