Building Bridges: National Developpement Banks in the Global Financial Architecture

Agenda

Moderator: Carolyn Neunuebel, WRI 

Speakers: 

• Edgardo Álvarez, ALIDE;
• Elise Dufief, IDDRI;
• Claire Eschalier, I4CE;
• Carolina España, CAF;
• Valerie Laxton, WRI;
• Vivian Machado, BNDES;
• Régis Marodon, AFD;
• Thomas Marois, SOAS University;
• Thomas Melonio, AFD;
• Laura Sabogal, E3G;
• Alfredo Schclarek Curutchet, University of Córdoba;
• Mark Swilling, DBSA. 

15:45-15:50: Introduction by moderator 

15:50-16:00: Keynote speech

• Diego Alejandro Guevara Castañeda, Ministry of Finance of Colombia;
• Anderson Caputo, IDB.

16:00-16:15: Discussion on the role of PDBs in financing the transition.

Papers to be discussed include:

• From multi- to national- and back again: realizing the SDG potential of public development banks – AFD (by Marodon, Marois, Stewart, published January 2023) 
• Local Currency Loans in the Global Development Finance Architecture – CONICET, INSE (by Schclarek Curutchet, Xu, forthcoming) 

16:15-16:30: Discussion on the alignment of PDBs.

Papers to be discussed include: 

• Supporting financial institutions in developing countries in their alignment journey with climate goals – I4CE, NewClimate Institute (by Pauthier, Kachi, published March 2023) 
• What would the ideal development and climate MDB look like? – CGDev, WRI (by Lee, Laxton, Matthews, published June 2023) 

16:30-16:45: Discussion on how to improve cooperation between national PDBs and international PDBs. 

Papers to be discussed include: 

• Enhancing coordination between European donors, development agencies and DFIs/PDBs – Insights and recommendations – ETTG (by Bilal, Karaki, published September 2022) 
• What shapes paths to Paris alignment among NDBs and what are the implications for MDB-NDB on-lending? – E3G, CPI (by Sabogal, Ahlgren, Pinko, Chin, Bagnera, forthcoming) 

16:45-17:10: Q&A with the audience

17:10-17:15: Closing remarks by Edgardo Alvarez Chávez, ALIDE