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 ...

Donald Trump’s animosity toward multilateralism and international organizations is well known. Just hours after taking office on Jan 20, 2025, the U.S. president announced his intention to withdraw ...

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 ...

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

Misheck Mutize is affiliated with the African Union - African Peer Review Mechanism as a Lead Expert on credit ratings A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial ...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the first multilateral development bank initiated by China, marked its 10th anniversary of operation on Friday. Established on January 16, 2016, with 57 ...

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 ...

In the short run, the president is seeking behavior change from the narco-terrorist regime in Venezuela: stop exporting drugs ...

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 ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...