Ceyla Pazarbasigolu, Senior Director, Finance & Markets Global Pratice, World Bank Group, summarizes the event in this blog post: Steps to increase cooperation between national development banks, the private sector and multilateral banks
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National Development Banks (NDBs) are key in mobilizing private sector funding to close the finance gap to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. This roundtable provided a forum to exchange views on how to strengthen cooperation among NDBs, private sector financial institutions and multilateral development organizations.
Panelists:
- Clemente del Valle, President, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional de Colombia (FDN)
- Patrick Khulekani Dlamini, CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
- Joachim Nagel, General Manager and Member of the Executive Committee, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
- Shaharuddin Zainuddin, President, Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (BPMB)
- Joaquim Levy, Managing Director and CFO, World Bank Group
Commentators:
- Remy Rioux, CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President, European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Gerardo Rodriguez, Managing Director, Blackrock
Moderator:
- Danny Leipziger, Professor, GWU & Managing Director, The Growth Dialogue