Events

REGISTER: Launch of UNCDF Publication: Mobilizing Capital for Local Development Funds: A Longitudinal Case Study in Leveraging Millions to Billions

  • September 09, 2021

  • New York, USA

Amadou Sy
Communication and RBM Analyst, UNCDF
amadou.sy@uncdf.org

Nan Zhang
Policy Analyst,UNCDF nan.zhang@uncdf.org

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Mobilizing capital for local development funds: A longitudinal case study in leveraging millions to billions tells the story of how UNCDF’s signature product – the local development fund (LDF) – was able to generate billions of dollars for local social and economic development in the world’s underserved and underinvested regions. The publication consists of a synthesis overview and 10 country cases (Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania and Uganda).


In this context, UNCDF is organizing an event for the official launch of the publication and to showcase the leverage and impact of the UNCDF-supported LDFs with concrete country examples.

Event Details

  • Title: “Launch of UNCDF Publication: Mobilizing Capital for Local Development Funds: A Longitudinal Case Study in Leveraging Millions to Billions"
  • Location: Webinar Registration - Zoom
  • Date: September 15, 2021
  • Time: 9:00 – 10 am EDT
  • Format: Virtual (English)

AGENDA:

9.00-9.10am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Ms. Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, UNCDF
  • Mr. David Jackson, Director of Local Development Finance, UNCDF

9.10-9.25am

Presentation of the Study

  • Mr. Jesper Steffensen, Senior Partner and Board Member, Dege Consult ApS

9.25-9.55am

Panel Discussion and Country Experience on Local Development Funds

  • Mr. Ganga Datta Awasthi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Local Development, Nepal
  • Eng. Paul Kasule-Mukasa, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Local Government, Uganda
  • Mr. Roland White, Global Lead for City Management, Finance and Governance, World Bank
  • Mr. Leonardo Romeo, NYU Adjunct Professor of International Development Planning, President of Local Development International (LDI)

Moderator: Ms. Christel Alvergne, Africa Team Lead, UNCDF

9.55-10.00am

Closing Remarks

  • Mr. David Jackson, Director of Local Development Finance, UNCDF