Fin4Dev, which has offered a lens into the fast-changing world of development aid, financial innovation, and global public goods since July 2015, will cease publishing new posts this month and the site’s content will be remain accessible through April 30.…
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Speech delivered by Sir Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD President, at ‘Enabling the Private Sector to Support Refugee-Hosting Communities’ event at EBRD HQ on 3 February 2016. Good afternoon and welcome to the EBRD. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. I know…
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To advance the ambitious goal of achieving universal access to energy in Africa by 2025, the AFDB is forging ahead with a New Deal on Energy for Africa. The video below explains that the undertaking entails joining up with governments,…
Read MoreDevelopment data are at the very heart of the new “Global Goals” for sustainable development: Yet gathering enough of the right sort of data to track the goals is keeping statisticians like me awake at night. Luckily, a new Global…
Read MoreEnergy needs in Asia are huge. If the region continues its high rate of growth, Asia’s share of world energy consumption could rise from around a third in 2010 to more than half by 2035. Raw energy consumption in the…
Read MoreLima, 9 October 2015 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank (WB) today signed an agreement under EU guarantee that aims to facilitate the purchase of gas by Ukraine’s national gas company, NJSC Naftogaz. The agreement was signed today…
Read MoreAs key players in development – heads of multilateral organizations, their counterparts in government, partners in the business and financial sectors, and many others – convene this week in Lima for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and…
Read MoreThe EBRD is looking ahead to an ambitious future and back at the achievements of the recent past as we boost our contribution to global efforts to combat climate change. We have just announced the adoption of a Green Economy…
Read MoreThis weekend, the 193 member countries of the United Nations will adopt an ambitious plan to end extreme poverty and hunger, improve the health of the world’s poorest, protect the planet, and address climate change. The usefulness of this plan…
Read MoreIn less than 80 days, world leaders will have the opportunity to strike a once-in-a-generation agreement in the fight against climate change. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December could mark a turning point in world history:…
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