ADFIAP Member co-authors health diagnostic tool for public development banks
Ottawa-based ADFIAP Sustaining Member, the International Financial Consulting Ltd. represented by its CEO, Ms. Diana Smallridge, has co-authored with Mr. Fernando de Olloqui for the Inter-American Development Bank, a technical paper entitled, “A Health Diagnostic Tool for Public Development Banks”. This study defines in normative terms what good health looks like across various dimensions which […]
ALIDE launches awards 2011
Latin America and the Caribbean Developing Banking has become a source of permanent innovation in developing technologies, financial and non financial products and services that are made available to productive and social sectors. The relevance of developing banking is shown in its never-ending activity creating and developing markets in its activity, strengthening and developing new […]
ADFIAP Secretariat releases year-end report
The ADFIAP Secretariat has summarized through a one-page enewsletter, the achievements and accomplishments of the Association in 2010 which were categorized into “4P’s” – Programs, Partnerships, Participation and Progress. Programs cover the various conferences, forums, capacity-building programs and training events conducted by the Association during the year. Partnerships highlight the cooperation agreements that ADFIAP has […]
AADFI CEOs opt for enhanced partnership
The 2010 Annual AADFI Forum for CEOs of African Development Banks and Finance Institutions on the theme “Development Financing in Africa – 50 Years and After : Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives for African DFIs”, was held at the White Sands Hotel & Resort, Dar-Es-Salaam, in the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 – 3 December, […]
ADFIAP represented in Latin American climate change forum for DFIs
ADFIAP, on invitation by the Lima, Peru-based Latin American Financial Institutions Development (ALIDE), was represented in the Seminar on “Mitigation of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Development Banks” which was organized by ALIDE and the Colombian Development Bank for Foreign Trade (Bancoldex) and was held in Bogotá, Colombia, from November 18 to […]
ADFIMI-IDWBE Joint Training Seminar on Operational Risk Management & Basel II
Operational risk differs from credit and market (and other specific risks) in that it is transverse in nature. The non-specific nature poses challenges in managing operational risk. Challenges include creating the suitable framework in the institution; seeking business lines and support functions and top management buy-in; collecting and analyzing data. These challenges must be overcome […]
Emerging from the global crisis—macroeconomic challenges facing low-income countries-ADFIMI
Low-income countries (LICs) were more resilient during the global crisis than in past downturns. The impact of the crisis was severe, but economic growth stayed positive in two-thirds of LICs, in contrast to richer countries. Growth was supported by a robust countercyclical domestic policy response—a first for LICs and in contrast to past crises when […]
ADFIAP speaks at financial inclusion forum in China
ADFIAP, represented by its Secretary General, Octavio B. Peralta, spoke before 46 participants from government ministries, NGOs, microfinance institutions and the academe in 18 countries at a financial inclusion conference held on October 20-22, 2010 in Shanghai, PRC. The event was organized by the ADB Institute, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and the Asia-Pacific […]
ALIDE in IDB workshop: “Development Banking Efficiency Contributes to Economic Growth”
During the international workshop carried out by the IDB together with ALIDE, Rommel Acevedo, ALIDE General Secretary stated that development financial institutions not only have a social and institutional role but also an entrepreneurial role. During the international workshop “Public Development Banking: A Prospective Vision” that was organized by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) […]
ADFIAP’s Sustainability Report 2009 now GRI-registered
The ADFIAP Sustainability Report 2009, as was its 2008 report, has been registered by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in its list of organizations adhering to its sustainability reporting guidelines. The ADFIAP report, which is among the 868 reports world-wide registered as of this writing, focused on the Association Secretariat’s sustainability performance as measured […]