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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The report, which brings together perspectives & insights from 70 trade finance executives from 20 countries, unanimously calls for an urgent switch in the focus of support programs towards ...

BERLIN/LONDON, Dec 3 - European Rearmament Bank (ERB), an initiative to create a state-backed lender for defence amid the region's worst conflict since World War Two, has proposed merging with a ...

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 ...

Safeguarding rights must be a priority for sustainable development, yet it often takes public outrage to force a change.