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African Development Bank and UNFPA meet to strengthen institutional partnership for women and youth in Africa

Cote Dlvoire, Sept. 9 -- African Development Bank President Sidi Ould Tah on Monday welcomed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Diene Keita on her first official visit to the Ba... Read More


EIB Global partners with banks to unlock climate finance

Ethiopia, Sept. 9 -- The European Investment Bank's development arm, EIB Global, has signed technical assistance agreements with Zemen Bank SC, Dashen Bank SC and Hibret Bank in Ethiopia that will sup... Read More


EBRD and ENEF II support Serbian smart energy metering company

Serbia, Sept. 9 -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Enterprise Expansion Fund II (ENEF II), under the European Union's Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF), are s... Read More


EBRD appoints Asari Efiong as its first Head of Cote d'Ivoire

Cote Dlvoire, Sept. 9 -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Asari Efiong as its first country head of Cote d'Ivoire, which became a Bank member and country of op... Read More


IDB Awards Young Economists for Outstanding Research on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

United States, Sept. 9 -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the winners of the 2025 IDB Young Economist Award, an annual recognition that celebrates outstanding research by recen... Read More


IDB Lab Announces Winners of WeXchange Women STEMpreneurs 2025

United States, Sept. 9 -- IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), has announced the five women-led businesses that have won the WeXcha... Read More


World Bank Issues EUR 90 million 7-Year Sustainable Development Bond for a Japanese Institutional Investor

United States, Sept. 9 -- The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, AAA/Aaa) issued an EUR 90 million 7-year Sustainable Development Bond due September 2032. Nationa... Read More


World Bank Group and Sri Lanka Partner to Boost Agricultural Productivity, Rural Jobs and Climate Resilience

Sri Lanka, Sept. 9 -- More than 380,000 people across Sri Lanka are set to benefit from a new US$100 million partnership between the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank Group aimed at strengthe... Read More


Signing of Grant Agreement with Maldives: Contributing to environmental conservation, climate change measures, and disaster prevention through improvement of seawall and provision of equipment for sto

Maldives, Sept. 9 -- On September 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of the Republic of Maldives in the capital island of Male, to provid... Read More


IFC's Alliance for Green Commercial Banks Welcomes 20 Banks to Support Sustainable Banking Transformation in Asia Pacific

China, Sept. 9 -- Twenty commercial banks, collectively managing more than US$5.6 trillion in assets, have joined the Alliance for Green Commercial Banks (the Alliance), an initiative of IFC, a member... Read More