The Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development is a global platform made up of 55 member countries with differing levels of development, operating alongside international organisations and NGOs. Formerly known as the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development, the Leading Group seeks to promote the implementation and definition of innovative financing

Innovative financing

Innovative financing refers to a range of non-traditional mechanisms to raise additional funds for development aid through "innovative" projects such as micro-contributions, taxes, public-private partnerships and market-based financial transactions....

 mechanisms around the world.

Formed in 2006, the Leading Group is coordinated by the Permanent Secretariat which is located in Paris at the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)

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Membership

The following countries are currently members of the Leading Group:

Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Ethiopia, European Commission, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Togo, and Uruguay.

The following countries serve as observer countries in the Leading Group:

Austria, China, Egypt and Roumania

The following international organisations are currently members of the Leading Group:

• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
  
• African Development Bank
  African Development Bank
  The African Development Bank Group is a development bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa...
  
  
• World Bank
  World Bank
  The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
  
  
• Inter-American Development Bank
  Inter-American Development Bank
  The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean...
  
  
• Asian Development Bank
  Asian Development Bank
  The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
  
  
• FAO
  Fão
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• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
  
• United Nations Population Fund
  United Nations Population Fund
  The United Nations Population Fund is a UN organization. The work of the UNFPA involves promotion of the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. This is done through major national and demographic surveys and with population censuses...
  
   (UNPF)
• The Global Fund
• OECD
• WHO
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• UNAIDS
• WFP
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD)
• UNICEF

External links

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