The Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is organizing this event on “Financing for Sustainable Development: Local and Global Perspectives”. José Antonio Ocampo, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, will review current debates on multilateral financing, considering the roles of institutions such as the Islamic Development Bank and the new BRICS bank. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will discuss the potential for hometown investment trusts, recently adopted in Japan to finance small and medium enterprises (SMEs).  

date: 31 October 2014  
venue: UN Conference Centre  
location: Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand  
contact: Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section  
phone: +66-2-288-1865  
fax: +66-2-288-1052  
e-mail: escap-scas@un.org  
www: http://www.unescap.org/events/escap-executive-secretarys-seminar-31-october-2014
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