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The Annual Arab Banking Conference for 2009 “PAN-Arab Investment in Light of a New Global Economic Order” |
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Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel Beirut, Lebanon
November 18, 2009 - November 20, 2009
The Arab economies have shown distinction and ability in containing the implications of the international recession, retreat of investments, and turbulence in the financial markets. It was also clear that the Arab region enjoys a fairly good safe investment status. In this concern, the Arab countries have adopted strategic approaches either individually or collectively to face the impacts of the crisis. |
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| Background |
The Arab economies have shown distinction and ability in containing the implications of the international recession, retreat of investments, and turbulence in the financial markets. It was also clear that the Arab region enjoys a fairly good safe investment status.
In this concern,the Arab countries have adopted strategic approaches either individually or collectively to face the impacts of the crisis.
Such approaches are mainly focused on developing the Arab financial and banking cooperation, as well as deepening the compliance with international rules and regulations for risk management and corporate governance.
This in addition to pursuing the Arab business and finance community to avail balanced contribution between public and private sectors
to create more and more employment opportunities.
It is worthy to be mentioned that what the large industrial countries(resembled originally by the G8, which later included other effective
countries in the world economy like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to become G20) are adopting to amend and develop the international financial
and economic rules and systems,(inter alia restructuring international economic and financial institutions in order to combat the crisis),should invite Arab banks and regulatory authorities and economic and political decision-makers to cope with these measures through seeking to find the solid ground and sound atmosphere to activate Pan-Arab investments including facilitating the movement of capital, commodities,consumer goods and labor force among Arab countries.
This in addition to removing constraints and barriers, and working to deepen the concept
of transparency to shape up an integrated Arab economic system in line with stable Arab economic legislations and accord of economic performance standards between a country and the other, especially that Pan- Arab investment inflows during 2008 increased by 16 billion dollars, rising from 18 million dollars in 2007 to 34 billion dollars in 2008. These increases represent the bulk of increases of the overall foreign investment inflows to the Arab countries, which have risen by 18 billion dollars
to reach 89.2 billion dollars in comparison with 70.3 billion dollars in 2007.
From here, the Union of Arab Banks has deemed this is the time to organize this significant event to shed some light on the new approach
that Arab economic decision makers should comply with in the subject of Pan-Arab investment and how funds could benefit the Arab citizen leading
to achieve the well-being of Arabs from one part, and gain fair and safe revenue of the Arab capital from the other. This would take place in
an Arab environment that could have all the components of unified integrated Arab economic and financial activities that serve the rest of the Arab countries simultaneously.
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| Main Topics |
1-Towards a new world economic,financial and banking order
- The general framework of the new world financial order in light of the G20 committees’ suggestions
- Lessons learnt from the crisis and tackling its significant causes in light of the G20 committees’ suggestions (Governance, Rating
Agencies, Financial Engineering Tools)
- Assessing the new Basel Committee Suggestions (July 2009)
2-The growing investment role of Islamic Banks under the new economic order
3- Pan-Arab investments (challenges and opportunities)
- The role of Arab banks in Corporate Finance
- Financing medium and large enterprises and infrastructure projects in the Arab region
- Micro-finance loans, an evaluative outlook in light of the economic crisis.
4-The role of public and private sectors in stimulating Pan-Arab Investments
5- The role of Supervisory and control authorities in investment risk management
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| Targeted Participants |
- Prime Ministers
- Ministers of Economy, Trade and Finance
- Central Bank Governors
- Leaders of Banks and Financial Institutions
- Chairmen of Economic and Financial
- Organizations and Unions
- Businessmen and Investors
- Economists and Experts in Banking and Economic Fields
- Insurance and Pensions & investment funds representatives
- Representatives on International Financial Institutions
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