World Bank Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit 2014
 

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The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The Bank's mission is to reduce global poverty by promoting growth to create economic opportunities, and helping the poor to take advantage of them. The Bank's projects and operations are designed to support low-income and middle-income countries' poverty reduction strategies by providing low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants for a wide array of purposes that include investments in education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agriculture, and environmental and natural resource management. The Bank also strives to address global challenges in ways that advance an inclusive and sustainable globalisation within each country's specific socio-economic context, adapting programmes to country capacity and needs. In its developmental efforts, the Bank endeavours to align its assistance with the country's priorities and harmonise its aid programme with other agencies to boost aid effectiveness.


The Ministry of Finance aims to advance the well-being and development of Singapore through Finance. The Ministry strives to achieve a balanced budget through prudent fiscal policy, foster a regulatory environment conducive to business and enterprise, ensure prudent investment of the Government's reserves and other public funds, and sets policies for government procurement, e-government, customs regulation, accounting standards and business regulation. We achieve this together with our departments (Accountant-General's Department, Singapore Customs and Vital.org  Centre for Shared Services), and statutory boards (Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and Tote Board).

 
As Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through appropriate monetary policy formulation and close macroeconomic surveillance of emerging trends and potential vulnerabilities. It manages Singapore's exchange rate, foreign reserves and liquidity in the banking sector. MAS is also an integrated supervisor overseeing all financial institutions in Singapore -- banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors, and the stock exchange. Being an integrated supervisor allows the MAS to adopt a consistent and progressive regulatory and supervisory approach and framework, thereby ensuring a level playing field across all market segments, sectors and activities. With its mandate to foster a sound and progressive financial services sector in Singapore, MAS also helps shape Singapore's financial industry by promoting a strong corporate governance framework and close adherence to international accounting standards. In addition, it spearheads retail investor education. MAS ensures thatSingapore's financial industry remains vibrant, dynamic and competitive by working closely with other government agencies and financial institutions to develop and promote Singapore as a regional and international financial centre.