FINANCIAL ISLAM

Minister of National Development Planning/Head Bappenas Bambang Brodjonegoro (center) along UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner (left) and Director General - Country Relations & Services Islamic Development Bank Walid Abdelwahab (right) provides exposure to "Innovative Financing for the SDGs: The Role of Islamic Finance" as Side Event in 3rd ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development in Ecosoc Chamber of UN headquarters, New York, US, Monday (23/4). According to MenPPN/Head Bappenas, Indonesia as a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, has the potential of innovative funding sources to support the implementation of Sustainable Development goals (SDGs), which is through Islamic funding based on relijius values to provide the greatest benefit for society so that it can repeat poverty and gap of income, creating and maintaining financial and social stability, as well as comprehensively improving human resources. ANTARA PHOTO/ADV/ama/18