International Development Finance Club

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A view of the Roland-Barthes Street, in Paris, where the IDFC is headquartered.

The International Development Finance Club (IDFC) is a partnership of development banks whose aim is to complement each other's needs for a more efficient global development. [1]

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IDFC's Secretariat is headquartered in Paris, in the same building as the French Development Agency (5 rue Roland-Barthes, Paris). [1]

History

IDFC was founded in 2011 during the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. [2]

The current IDFC's President (appointed in October 2017) [3] is Rémy Rioux, chief executive of the French Development Agency.

Members

As of July 2018, IDFC had 23 members: [4]

The International Investment Bank was due to join IDFC by October 2018. [2]

Objectives

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Who we are - Our vision – collaborating for the common good". International Development Finance Club. IDFC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "IIB to join International Development Finance Club (IDFC)". IIB official site. International Investment Bank. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "RÉMY RIOUX, ES NOMBRADO PRESIDENTE DEL INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CLUB (IDFC)". AFD Agence Française de Développement. AFD. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. "Members - Global challenges local know-how". IDFC official website. International Development Finance Club. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Our Objectives We aim to serve". IDFC official website. International Development Finance Club. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.