Finance

Exploring & Developing the potential of Islamic Finance through the D-8 Islamic Microfinance Workshop

Jakarta, Indonesia, November 23, 2011

The Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Halim Alamsyah, opened the “D-8 Islamic Microfinance Workshop”, which is also the 2nd D-8 Working Group on Development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry, on Friday 11th November 2011 in Jakarta. Bank Indonesia (BI) ...

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D-8 Minister Meeting on Industry Successfully Concluded in Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey, October 07, 2011

D-8 Organization has successfully held the 2nd Industrial Ministerial Meeting and 6th Working Group on Industrial Cooperation (WGIC) during 4-6 October 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, to strengthen its industrial cooperation among member countries in order to find and secure opportunities ...

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D-8 Tells Members to Ratify Deal to Boost Intra-Group Trade

Jakarta, Indonesia, June 26, 2011

The Developing Eight (D-8) will further encourage member countries to ratify a preferential trade agreement (PTA) this year to boost intra-group trade, a top official says. Secretary-general Widi A. Pratikto said Monday the agreement would push up trade among member ...

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29th D-8 Commissioners Meeting Has Been Held 10-12 March, in Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria, March 12, 2011

The D-8 Organization has just recently organized the periodical Commissioner meeting, which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, during the 10-12 March, 2011. The meeting was attended by participation of delegates from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Arab Republic of ...

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D-8 to Strengthen Cooperation in SMEs Sector

Tehran, Iran, December 13, 2010

D-8 Organization has just successfully organized a Task Force meeting on SMEs, in Tehran, Iran on 6-7 December 2010. This meeting is the follow up to previous SME Task Forces meeting held back to back with the 5th Meeting of ...

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D-8 to Seek Further Boost in Islamic Financial Services

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 05, 2010

D-8 Organization, with the full support from and coordination with Bank Negara Malaysia has recently organised the Session of the Developing Eight (D-8) Working Group on the Development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October ...

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D-8 to Foster a Deeper Strategic Cooperation among Members

Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2010

D-8 Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Ir. Widi Agoes Pratikto has recently paid a working visit to Tehran on 14-16 September 2010 on the invitation from the Government of Iran as a speaker to Iran-African Forum. On his visit to Tehran, ...

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D-8 Gears Up to Hold the 11th HLTO Meeting in Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey, September 07, 2010

Secretary General, Mr Widi Pratikto, has recently visited the Director General of the Turkish Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade, Mr Husnu Dilemre, earlier this week to exchange views and coordinate the preparation talks for the 11th D-8 ...

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Indonesia and Turkey Beat the World’s Biggest Emerging Market

Jakarta, Indonesia, August 11, 2010

Indonesia and Turkey are beating the world’s biggest emerging markets by almost any financial measure, even while they may be too small to join the BRICs. Indonesia’s equity index climbed 22 percent this year and Turkey’s rose 13 percent, both ...

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Secretary General: D-8 PTA will Bring Partnership and Promoting More Active Private Sector Participation

Istanbul, Turkey, August 09, 2010

As the 7th D-8 Summit was successfully held in Abuja on 4-8 July 2010, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is publishing a post-summit publication to recap the achievements and success of the activities of D-8. D-8 Secretary General contributed ...

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