The Conference will focus (not exclusively) on the following:

• Financing Social Development;
  
• Development Finance and Corporate Governance;
  
• Sustainable Competition in Development Banking;
  
• Risk, Assets and Liability Management in Development Finance;
• Managing Problem Loans;
• Organisational Management
  

• Development Finance and Corporate Social Responsibility
  
• Environmental Finance;
  
• Optimal Ethical & Environmental Banking;
  
• Credit Ratings in Development Finance;
• Regulatory Issues Impacting on DFIs
• Project Finance
  

• Strategic Planning for DFIs;
  
• Audit and Internal Control in DFIs ;
  
• Infrastructure and Project Finance;
  
• Islamic Finance
  
• Key Performance Indicators: Measuring Performance and Impact of DFIs
• Financial and Economic Appraisal of Investment Projects

Who should attend? Staff of:

• Financial Consultants, Risk Management Professionals, Research Analysts; 
  
• Researchers from central and commercial banks
  
• Doctoral and other postgraduate students
  
• Professional Economists

• Academic Researchers
  
• Researchers from Development Finance Institutions
  
• Researchers from Investment Banks
  
• Professional financial analysts
  

Scientific Committee of Conference:

• Professor Nicholas Biekpe (Conference Chairman, University of Cape Town & Africagrowth Institute, S. Africa)
  
• Professor Joshua Abor (University of Ghana Business School, Ghana)
  
• Professor Paul Alagidede (Wits Business School, S. Africa)
  
• Professor Kwaku Opong (University of Glasgow, UK)
  
• Professor Kalu Ojah (Wits Business School, S. Africa)

• Professor Smile Dube (California State University, USA)
  
• Professor Danny Cassimon (University of Antwerp)
  
• Professor Andy Mullineux (University of Bournemouth, UK)
  
• Dr Sawsan Halbouni (University of Sharjah, UAE)
  
• Professors: Nasim Shirazi, Turkhan Manap and Mohd Azmi
• Omar (Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia)
  
• Prof Sundaram Janakiramanan (SIM University, Singapore)
  

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