Why specialist development bank

In addition, development banks were seen as essential to the financing of employment creating activities such as the development of the agricultural sector. Seibel examined the performances of agriculture development banks worldwide and found that they have suffered from political interference, have been largely unsupervised and therefore not subject to prudential regulations and strict monitoring. The author argued that in the majority of cases, these institutions became unsustainable, technically bankrupt, lacking the ability to diversify and attract customers and funding.

The author further contended that successful reforms have encompassed operational autonomy, and have put in place legal provisions for prudential norms, focussing on financial viability. Seibel suggested that any successful reform on development banking needed to be done in a context of favourable demand conditions, and commitments to profitability and sustainability of operations. The study proposes to follow on from Seibel through the conduct of a case study. Accordingly, the primary focus of the study would be on the specialist development bank, Agriculture Development Bank ADB.

The next section examines the evolution and performance of development banking in Trinidad and Tobago, focussing in particular on ADB. It gives a brief sketch of the stylised facts, the broad financial system, the operational structure, the relevance of ADB, the scale of operations, the market penetration, the rebound of ADB and its relative performance to DFL.

The study then goes on to explore the strategic focus of ADB in a bid to gain lessons on the way forward. Accordingly, the short and long-term focus of the institution are discussed, after which the institutional framework is highlighted and the governance and administrative scheme of the bank are closely examined.

The issues regarding ADBs' ability to collect funds, and its autonomy are also explored. Following this, in the discussion preceding the conclusion, suggestions regarding the strengthening of financial intermediation by the bank and ways by which the specialist development banks can increase there viability are put forward. There are 81 member states, including 54 in Africa Regional Member Countries.

In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten-Year Strategy — and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas High 5s have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa. The Senior Vice-Presidency complex SNVP is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve it strategic objective, and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.

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