Aga Khan Development Network: His Highness the Aga Khan addresses the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development

Paris, France, 4 March 2010 - His Highness the Aga Khan delivered introductory remarks at a conference in Paris co-hosted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. The Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development seeks to garner and highlight fresh ideas on financial solutions for development. It is dedicated to innovative financial mechanisms for better mobilizing, channeling, and using funds. The conference brings together an internationally diverse set of hundreds of development practitioners, donors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, academics, representatives from a range of financial institutions, civil society, and policy makers.

	His Highness the Aga Khan in conversation with Bernard Kouchner, France’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. Minister Kouchner delivered the Opening Remarks at the conference. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte


	His Highness the Aga Khan addresses the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development in Paris on 4 March 2010. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte


	His Highness the Aga Khan addresses the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development in Paris on 4 March 2010. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte


	His Highness the Aga Khan with Jean-Michel Severino, Director General of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The AFD is France’s international development agency, and was a co-sponsor of the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte