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 ...

As climate change leads to a seemingly endless stream of weather disasters around the world, countries are struggling to adapt to the new reality. Preparing to better withstand hurricanes, floods, ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As multilateral development banks (MDBs) mark the 15th anniversary of their cross‑debarment agreement, enforcement of integrity breaches in connection with MDB-financed projects is both broader and ...

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 ...