World Bank Group, African Development Bank initiative could halve the number of people in Africa living without electricity access WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 – The World Bank Group and African ...

The African Development Bank’s concessional financing arm mobilized a record $11 billion in its 17th replenishment, an amount the multilateral lender said signals confidence in the continent’s ...

Ned Rauch-Mannino is 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 ...

China Development Bank releases $255 mln for Nigeria rail project China Development Bank has released a $254.76 million loan to Nigeria for a railway project linking the two northern states of Kano ...

For more than six decades, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has been the leading source of long-term financing for economic, institutional, and social developments in Latin America and the ...

The top job at the African Development Bank is up for grabs, with the election slated for May 29. Five candidates vying to lead the bank have been sharing their visions for the next five years. The ...

The Social Development Bank (SDB) hosted the second edition of the Entrepreneurship and Modern Business Practices Forum, "DeveGo 2025", from 21 to 23 December in Riyadh. Held unde ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The African Development Bank has admitted that a $55mn integrity fund launched with great fanfare seven years ...

The countdown has begun. At the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) upcoming annual meetings on 26-30 May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the name of Akinwumi Adesina’s successor will finally be known. He or ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the most important development institution in the Asia-Pacific region, addressing regional development problems using financing in the form of grants, loans, and ...

The World Bank Group is a family of five multilateral institutions focused on economic development whose overarching mission is global poverty reduction. Established by Western powers in 1944, the ...