Global Forum on Remittance, Investment and Development 2018 | International Fund for Agricultural Development | 8 May 2018 | Sasana Kijang – 2, Jalan Dato’ Onn 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Global Forums on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) are a series of international forums
aimed at bringing together stakeholders from around the world involved in the field of remittances, migration and
development, to stimulate the creation of partnerships and long-lasting synergies among public and private
sectors, and the civil society.

Since 2007, the Global Forums have been organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations and an international financing institution (IFI), in collaboration with key partners, such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA).

The GFRID 2018 Asia-Pacific would prompt the creation of a multi-stakeholder platform on remittances, investment and development, to build regional ownership, and to provide continuity to the previous achievements, with the ultimate goal of feeding the dialogue on remittances, investment and development from a regional perspective and upscale the past successful initiatives. Broadly, the GFRID 2018 Asia‑Pacific will have a future legacy and meaningful follow-up actions. The Forum will be replicated in other regions, whereby a GFRID with a regional focus will be organized every two years with the support of a local host.

Participants and Stakeholders

PRIVATE SECTOR
• Commercial Banks
• Microfinance Institutions
• Mobile Phone Companies
• Money Transfer Opertors
• Private Foundation
• Private Postal Operation
• Rural Banks

PUBLIC SECTOR
• Central Banks and Financial Regulators
• Chambers of Commerce
• Ministries of Foreign Affairs
• Ministries of Migration and Labour
• Permanet Missions to the UN
• Postal Network
• Think Tanks

CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
• Academic Institution
• Community Group
• Coopratives
• Developments Agencies
• Diaspora Organizations
• international Organization
• Non-govermental Oragnization

2018 Sponsors and Partnership

• Bank Negara Malaysia
• The World Bank Group
• Interantional Fund for Agricultural Development
• The Road to the International Day of Family Remittance
• Investing Rural People

• Alliance for Financial Inclusion
• Imtc
• Gsma
• International Association of Money Transfer Networks
• Malysia Association of Money Service Business
• Microfinace Gateway
• Worls Savings Banks Institute