The Chartered Institute of Development Finance and the Africagrowth Institute, in partnership with major development finance institutions and governments, is organising a 2-day conference to discuss issues around development finance sustainability and role played by defelopment finance support agencies in global development. As commercial and investment banks continue to reduce lending globally, development finance institutions, governments and other development finance support agencies are expected to fill the gap left by these traditional lending institutions. Relevance and sustainability will require innovative thinking and ideas around finance for development to support businesses at the "bottom of the pyramid".