The future for multilateralism and role of development banks

This joint OMFIF-DBS Bank panel discussion focuses on the role multilateral development banks will play in a post-Covid-19 world. Following the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, this event brings together leading development banks to discuss ways of supporting the global economic recovery, manage debt sustainability and strengthen financial co-operation.
Themes of the panel discussion include:
- Outlook for MDBs’ assets and liabilities in a high inflation and increasing interest rate environment
- Strategies for mitigating current financing and investment challenges
- Measures and means for combatting rising inequality
- Managing debt sustainability in advanced and emerging economies
Panellists:

Taimur Baig
Managing Director and Chief Economist for Group Research
DBS Bank

Jonathan Grosvenor
Assistant Treasurer and Head of Client Solutions
Asian Development Bank

Leslie Maasdorp
Chief Financial Officer
New Development Bank

Isabelle Laurent
Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding
EBRD

Domenico Nardelli
Treasurer
Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank

Simon Ong
Head of the Financial Institutions Group
DBS Bank
Timings:
08:00-09:30 (London)
15:00-16:30 (Singapore)
In partnership with:
This meeting will be recorded and will be available on OMFIF On Demand
This virtual discussion is part of the OMFIF Sovereign Debt Institute. The SDI brings together DMOs, supranational agencies, public investors and capital market banks to promote high-level strategic dialogue and co-operation to help sovereign borrowers meet the challenges they face. Please contact melissa.roache@omfif.org directly for membership details.