Sustainable Development and Infrastructure

Amadou Thierno Diallo is the Acting Director General of Global Practices and Director of the Economic and Social Infrastructure Department at the Islamic Development Bank where he has been employed since 2011. He supervises the Bank's activities to support the socio-economic development efforts of its 57-member countries through the identification and prioritization of investment projects and programs as well as the development and implementation of policies and strategies. His previous roles at the IsDB have been Acting Director of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department and Director of the Office of the Vice President Operations at the IsDB. ​Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu is the Senior Technical Specialist for Director General of Global Practices and Chief Economist at the Islamic Development Bank where he has been employed since 2008. Before joining the bank, he was pursuing his PhD in Economics at Virginia Tech, USA. He holds a BA in International Trade from Bogazici University and an MA in International Development from the International University of Japan. He completed his PhD in Islamic Finance at Durham University, UK.

• 1. Islamic Finance for Sustainable Development Goals.- 2. Islamic versus Conventional Infrastructure Project Finance vis-à-vis Time Overrun Issues.- 3. Identifying Infrastructure Sectors for Islamic Public–Private Partnership Projects.- 4. Sustainable Islamic SME Financing.- 5.Economic Empowerment, Zakat, Waqf, and Social Infrastructure.- 6. Islamic Finance Strife: Risk Management, Regulation, and Supervision.- 7. Islamic Approach toward Energy Sector Infrastructure Development.- 8. Islamic Financial Product Development in the Context of Education and Health.- 9. Irrigation and Drainage.- 10. Identifying Equitable and Fitting Business Models for Infrastructure Projects.