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Established: April 23, 1975 Fax: +218 21-361-4883 / 0706 / 4888 Although, all developing countries are
Started Operations: October 20, 1975 E-mail: info@lafico.ly included, assistance is concentrated
Contact: H.E. Dr. Bandar Hajjar, http: www.lafico.ly primarily on the low income countries,
President, IDB Group, Chairman, Established:February 4, 1981 particularly the least developed and
Board of Executive Directors (He was Chairman of the Board of Directors most seriously affected. In addition to
elected unanimously by the Board and General Manager: that, the Fund promotes and supports the
of Governors during their Annual Mr. Mohammed Hawig relationship between the Kingdom and the
Meeting in Jakarta in May 2016) The Libyan Arab Foreign Investment developing countries, through providing
Capital: As per the decision of the Company (LAFICO) was set up to invest finance and insurance in support of the
th
38 Annual Meeting of the Board of funds in all sectors overseas on a profit- Kingdom’s non-crude-oil-exports.
Governors, the authorized capital of making basis. Its capital is divided into five
the IDB was raised to ID 100 billion million shares, wholly owned by the Libyan
and its subscribed capital to ID 50 Government.
billion.
The objective of IsDB is to foster
economic development and social progress
in member countries and in Muslim
communities in accordance with the United Arab Shipping Co. (UASC)
principles of Islamic Shariah. Its present Head Office: P.O Box: 3636,
membership consists of 57 countries which The OPEC Fund for International SAFAT 13037, Kuwait
are also members of the Organization of Development (The OPEC Fund) Tel: +965 839 999 / Fax: +965 484 5388
the Islamic Conference. P.O. Box 995, Parking 8. A-1010, Email: gencom.kwt@uasc.net
Vienna, Austria Web: www.uasc.com.kw
Tel: +43 -1 51564 – 0 Established : The Company was
Fax: + 43 -1 513 92 38 formed on July 1, 1976 by agreement
Email: communication@opecfund.org between the Governments of six
Web: www.opecfund.org shareholding Arabian Gulf States.
Established: January 28, 1976 It was incorporated in the State
Started Operation : August 1976 of Kuwait. Chairman & Executive
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Director General: Management; Mr. Dr. Nabeel
Development (Kuwait Fund) Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa Al-Amudi, Chairman Mr. Jørn
P.O.Box 2921, Mirqab, Mubarak The opec fund is a multilateral development Hinge, President and Chief Executive
Al-Kabeer St., Kuwait City, Safat finance institution established by the Officer Mr. Waleed Al Dawood,
13030, Kuwait member countries of opec in 1976. We work (Chief Operating Officer)
Tel: +965 2299 9000 in cooperation with developing country Activities; Ship-owners and all shipping
Fax:+965 2299 9090, 2299 9190, 2299 9691 partners and the international development related activities.
E-mail: info@kuwait-fund.org community to stimulate economic growth Authorized Capital: US$ 1, 770 Million
http://www.kuwait-fund.org and social progress in low- and middle- Subscribed Capital: US$ 991.2 Million
Established: December 31, 1961 income countries around the world. Vessels
Started operations: March 1962 Together we drive development, strengthen Number of Ships owned by end 2008 - 33
Deputy Director-General: Mr. communities and empower people. Vessels
Hamad S. Al-Omar
Contact: Mr Abdullah A I Al-Ansari/
Director Information & Studies Dept. Is your company a
Bahrain Office manufacturing / exporting unit in
P.O. Box 69, Manama, any of the inputs or an agent of
Kingdom of Bahrain overseas
Tel: +973 17 530044 Saudi Fund for Development, The manufacturers of agricultural
Fax +973 17 537001 (Saudi Fund) products?
Purpose: To assist Arab and other P.O.Box 50483, Riyadh 11523, Then you are entitled to a
developing countries in developing their Saudi Arabia free listing in the
economies particularly by providing Tel: +966 11 279 4000
them with loans and technical assistance Fax:+966 11 464 7450 ARAB AGRICULTURE
required to facilitate the implementation of E-mail: info@sfd.gov.sa
their development programmes. http: www.sfd.gov.sa 2024 EDITION
Established:September 1, 1974
Started operations:March 1, 1975 For more information, please contact:
Vice President and Managing Editor-in-chief
Director: H.E. Eng. Yousef bin Arab Agriculture
Ibrahim Al-Bassam Fanar Publishing WLL
The Saudi Fund’s purpose is to establish
Libyan Arab Foreign Investment links of financial cooperation with other PO Box 10131, Manama, Bahrain
Co. (LAFICO) developing countries, mainly by extending Tel: 00973 17 213900 E-mail: fanar@
P.O.Box 4538, Tripoli, concessional loans for financing projects batelco.com.bh
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya that contribute to the social and economic Website:www.fanarpublishing.net
Tel 3614881-88 21 218+ / 4887 / 4889 well-being of the beneficiary countries.

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