BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are under pressure to offer more help to poor countries being hammered by energy challenges and climate ...

A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own development. Preferred creditor status is a ...

The study expands the scope of reporting for the first time to all countries with multilateral development bank operations. It now provides data on MDB climate finance commitments beyond those ...

The World Bank and other multilateral development banks recently have begun reconsidering their self-imposed restrictions on financing fossil fuel projects. This change is being prompted in part by ...

Climate finance committed by major multilateral development banks (MDBs) rose to a total of $66 billion last year from $61.6 billion in 2019, according to the 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral ...

Ned Rauch-Mannino was a Visiting Fellow for The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security. MDBs can be a strategic soft power tool in support of America’s “peace ...

The African Development Bank Group welcomed a high-level delegation from the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on 29 April 2026 for the first of two days of talks on ...

Multilateral development banks have emerged as major financiers of green hydrogen production in emerging markets and developing countries. However, a new study published in The Journal of Environment ...

Over the summer, Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) announced a series of debarments, further demonstrating the importance of robust compliance procedures among MDB fund recipients. On July 8, 2025, ...