3. The SDGs present a major
opportunity for transformation
Global development agendas serve as a guide for countries to determine their national development path
MDGs (2000-2015) SDGs (2016-2030)
Goals/ Targets/Indicators 8/21/60 17/169/~230
Priority Areas Human Development Holistic: Economic, Social, Environmental
Scope Developing Countries Universal
4. Investing in inclusive growth:
The Common Characteristics of High, Sustained Growth
Source: The Growth Report, 2008
5. Investing in human capital
Three main indicators, reflecting
building blocks of the human capital:
• Survival – Will kids born today
survive to school age?
• School – How much school
will they complete and how
much will they learn?
• Health – Will kids leave
school in good health and be
ready for further learning
and/or work?
“How much human capital will a child born today acquire by the end of
secondary school, given the risks to health, education and social protection that
prevail in the country where she was born?”
4
4
Source: World Bank
6. Source: Global Infrastructure Hub, 2018
1E+11
1.5E+11
2E+11
2.5E+11
3E+11
3.5E+11
4E+11
Infrastructure Outlook: Africa
Current trends
Investment need
Investment need inc. SDGs
1.3E+12
1.5E+12
1.7E+12
1.9E+12
2.1E+12
2.3E+12
Infrastructure Outlook: Asia
Current trends
Investment need
Investment need inc. SDGs
7. Social protection
and labor regulation
can help manage
labor market
challenges
Investing in resilience
Source: WDR 2019
9. Data is a problem, even in Canada
0
10
20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Seventy-eight of 169 SDG targets
describe potentially assessable outcomes
for Canada
Quantified SDG target Canadian national target
Proxy target Not able to assess
14. Components of a sound financial sector
Consumer/ Investor
Protection
Effective Regulations
Financial
Literacy
Financial Innovation
Mobilize Savings and Allocate Investments
Legal framework to enhance trust, confidence in financial contracts and transactions
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15. Higher levels of financial
development cause:
a faster decline in the
fraction of population living
below the poverty line.
a lower incidence of poverty
compared to other
countries at the same
income level
Empirical evidence shows:
a 10 percentage point
increase in private credit to
GDP ratio reduces the share
of the population in poverty
by 2.5 to 3 percentage
points
a 1 percentage point
increase in private credit to
GDP reduces
malnourishment by 0.2 to
2.5 percentage points
Romania
-2 -1 0 1 2
-4
-2
0
2
4
Slovenia
Jamaica
Malaysia
Thailand
Mali
Zambia
Uganda
Ghana
El Salvador
LAO PDR
● Residuals − Fitted Values
Cluster Representing
Most Countries
Change in
poverty
headcount
Sources: Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt, and Levine (2007); Honohan (2004), Claessens and
Private credit as a
share of GDP
Research has shown that financial sector development
reduces poverty levels
16. In countries with more
developed financial
intermediaries:
Income inequality falls
more rapidly (declining
Gini coefficient)
Income of the poorest 20%
grows faster
Credit constraints on the
poor are less severe,
helping capital allocation
and improving growth
Vertical axis: Income Inequality –changes in Gini coefficient (1960-2005);
Horizontal axis: Financial Sector Development – logarithm of private sector
credit to GDP ratio (period average).
Source: Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt, and Levine (2007).
There is also evidence that financial sector
development reduces income inequality
18. Total Islamic financial assets now exceed
US$ 2 trillion
Global Islamic Finance Assets (US$ Billion)
19. Islamic finance can
support sustainable
development
objectives
Financial
Stability
Financial
Inclusion
Social
Impact
Infra
Development
Source: On the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Islamic Finance, Mohieldin et al, 2015
20. Partnership- and
equity style financing
Profit and loss
sharing
Socially responsible
investments
Emphasis on
tangibility
Specific features of Islamic finance give it the
potential to significantly enhance growth and
reduce poverty
21. Financing business enterprises, including SMEs and
innovative entrepreneurs
Financing infrastructure projects
Improving the poor’s access to financial services
Supporting social investments in education and health
Supporting “green” investments to address climate change
Islamic finance can contribute directly to
boosting growth, reducing inequalities and
enhancing the sustainability of growth
22. Islamic Capital Markets can be viable
sources of long-term development
finance
Shariah-
Compliant
Activities
Money as
Potential
Capital
Sanctity of
Contract
Prohibition on
Speculative
Transactions
Risk-Sharing
Asset-Backed
Instruments
Prohibition of
Interest
Islamic
Capital
Markets
21
Islamic
Banking
Islamic
Capital
Markets
Takaful
23. Can sukuk be used for infrastructure
investment?
Source: Naveed, Sukuk: asset securitization based on shari’a principles, 2015
24. Enhance corporate governance and risk management
Strengthen the regulatory and supervisory framework
Promote standardization of products and documentation
Improve bankruptcy and insolvency regimes
Raise public awareness (financial literacy)
Increase the number of skilled professionals
Policy interventions to unlock the potential of
Islamic finance for sustainable development
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25. • First green sukuk, in
2017 in Malaysia for
$59M
• Issuance of various IF
instruments, incl sukuk,
which raised $700M in
2015
• Doraleh Container
Terminal Project, Djibouti
• Technical Assistance to
various governments
Examples of WBG work in Islamic finance
• Financing package for Iraqi
power company for $375
million
• Establishment of IFC Sukuk
Company; issued $100M in
trust certificates in 2015
• Queen Alia Airport Project,
Jordan
• Hajj terminal and Madinah
airport in Saudi Arabia
• Provision of a $427M
Sharia-compliant
investment guarantee
for infrastructure
projects
• Political risk
insurance worth
$450M in 2015
Different parts of the WBG support Islamic finance
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26. Conventional instruments can be Islamic
Sources: World Bank Group Treasury, Press Release from 03/09/2017
Some instruments are structured in a manner that may be
compliant with Islamic finance. World Bank Group
examples include:
The SDG Bonds: Equity-linked bonds that link
returns to the performance of companies
advancing global development priorities
IFC’s Social Bond Program
27. Collaborating for CHANGE
We share a common goal: eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared
prosperity. We must work in partnership to be successful.
29. Annex: Role of Sukuk in financing economic
development
Usage Example
Fiscal support Sudan: Over $100 million of Sukuk issued in 2012 to raise funds for the government
Liquidity
management
Bahrain, Gambia and Brunei: Short-term Sukuk as tools of liquidity management
Education
Osun State, Nigeria: Local currency, sub-sovereign Sukuk issue ($62 million
equivalent) for the construction and rehabilitation of 24 schools in 2013
Health
World Bank: Global Sukuk for $500 million raised by International Financial Facility
for Immunization to fund the supply of vaccines to some of the world’s poorest
nations in 2014
Infrastructure
Saudi Arabia: Global Sukuk for $1.7 billion to finance electricity projects in 2010.
Malaysia: Global Sukuk for $300 million to finance the Klang Valley Rapid Mass
Transit Project
Environment
Malaysia: TheWorld’s first green sukuk launched in 2017 to finance sustainable,
climate-resilient growth
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Hinweis der Redaktion
“Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.” -John Kenneth Galbraith
Higher levels of financial development cause:
a faster decline in the fraction of population living below the poverty line.
a lower incidence of poverty compared to other countries at the same income level
Empirical evidence shows:
a 10 percentage point increase in private credit to GDP ratio reduces the share of the population in poverty by 2.5 to 3 percentage points
a 1 percentage point increase in private credit to GDP reduces malnourishment by 0.2 to 2.5 percentage points
In countries with more developed financial intermediaries:
Income inequality falls more rapidly (declining Gini coefficient)
Income of the poorest 20% grows faster
Credit constraints on the poor are less severe, helping capital allocation and improving growth
Financial stability:
Helps Islamic financial institutions to be more resilient to particular shocks
May help to diffuse risk in the financial system
Financial inclusion:
Helps widening the range of products and services available to businesses and households
Helps improving access of the underserved to financial services
Social impact:
Helps achieve empowerment of marginalized groups
Helps access funds used for nutrition, healthcare and education
Infrastructure development:
Helps attract investment in infrastructure
Can be leveraged to attract private funding and form private public partnerships (PPPs)
The asset-backed nature of Islamic finance makes sukuk ideal for infrastructure financing in some ways, but until now the sector has been confined mostly to handling mid-sized deals with shorter tenors.
Traditionally, conventional bonds, often designed and marketed by Western banks, have been the default option for infrastructure-related debt deals. The balance sheets of Islamic banks have generally been too small to cope with very large sukuk issues with long tenors.
So far, the lion’s share of Islamic infrastructure financing has been handled by the Islamic Development Bank.
However, a growing and much deeper pool of capital is in the hand of private-sector Islamic investors, and the IDB is trying along with the G20 to help unlock such capital.
In addition to the traditional benefits of sukuk, such as diversifying an investor base and accessing investors who do not invest in interest based bonds, a less discussed value add of sukuk is its structure, particularly the Ijara structure which to a greater deal over conventional bonds prevents the wastage of funds through corruption and theft.
Taking the example of the sukuk issued by the Government of Luxembourg in 2014, three government properties – two towers of the Gate of Europe in Kirchberg and the Gutenberg building in Strassen were sold to a Luxembourg SPV for which the Luxembourg Government was the single shareholder.
The SPV was securitised by means of the sukuk holders investing €200 million who whilst receiving this value back at maturity (when the Government buys back the properties from the SPV), would receive a benchmark linked profit rate of 0.436% to be generated from the rental income received by the SPV from the tenants of the three properties securitised.
This asset linked profit generation means investors get to understand the underlying asset and are more involved in the project. All money raised has to be accounted for as it is used by the SPV to purchase the properties, the funds cannot go missing, or be wasted.
In developing domestic sukuk markets, policy makers should use a framework similar to that of the development of conventional bond markets, that is, by establishing (1) well-functioning money markets, (2) efficient primary markets and securities-offering regimes, (3) a robust and diversified investor base, (4) a market infrastructure that facilitates trading, price transparency, and efficient clearing and settlement of transactions, (5) derivatives market and hedging tools to support risk management by issuers and investors, and (6) a credible legal and regulatory framework. In accessing the international market, the issues policy makers or potential sukuk issuers should consider include awareness of and knowledge of sukuk, legal foundation, taxation, governance, and obligors’ credit rating.
How to meet development objectives, in short
Avoid bad ideas
Implement the list of policies adopted by countries with sustained high growth
Adopt one or more of the global development paths:
SDGs
OECD Accession
World Bank twin goals
Data, finance, and implementation are the key
Data: strengthen capacity; support data revolution
Finance: maximize impact of each type of finance: public; private; domestic; international.
Ensure private sector participation.
Establish a SWF
Expand financial inclusion, in particular savings
Implementation:
Invest in people
Invest in inclusive growth
Invest in resilience
Development happens at the local level: ensure that