International Development Finance Club



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.

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

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

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

Members
As of July 2018, IDFC had 23 members:


 * Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
 * French Development Agency
 * Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development
 * KfW
 * Industrial Development Bank of Turkey
 * Vnesheconombank
 * Small Industries Development Bank of India
 * Indonesia Exim Bank
 * China Development Bank
 * Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
 * Korea Development Bank
 * Japan International Cooperation Agency
 * Central American Bank for Economic Integration
 * CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
 * Nacional Financiera
 * Bancoldex
 * Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo
 * Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social
 * Banco Estado
 * Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion
 * Development Bank of Southern Africa
 * West African Development Bank
 * Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (formerly the PTA Bank)

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

Objectives

 * Identifying and developing joint business opportunities
 * Sharing know-how and best practice experiences for mutual learning
 * Agenda setting by joining forces and networking on issues of similar interest