Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf will head the Saudi delegation to the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development to be held Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 13-16.

The Conference will discuss all sources of funding for sustainable development to promote economic prosperity and improve health, education and labor opportunities in developing countries. It also aims to assess the progress made in the implementation of development agreements, and ways to promote the follow-up financing for development process, and develop a framework to support the implementation of the millennium development goals and financing for sustainable development during the next 15 years.