The International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and the World Federation of

Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI)

jointly call for a Summit of Development Banks to fully tap the potential of Development

Finance institutions towards the Paris Agreement and SDGs agendas

For the first time, the WFDFI, the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions, regrouping the Continental Associations of Development Finance Institutions in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and IDFC, the international group of 26 leading national and regional development banks, invited each other to participate at their respective Board of Governors Meeting (WFDFI) and Annual Meeting (IDFC), both held in Washington, D.C. on October 18 and 20, to bundle the potential of all development banks worldwide to promote and leverage sustainable development investment.

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