4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (124+ words) Opinion: True localization demands recognizing different finance vehicles, such as zakat and waqf, as legitimate development tools. Ignoring them is a technical failure that preserves power imbalances. The localization agenda asked the right question: Who should lead development? It then…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (724+ words) We analyzed donor funding for multilaterals before the aid cuts of the past year. Plus, an in-depth interview with the U.S. DFC investment chief, and the impact of lost funding in Zimbabwe. Multilateral agencies are facing a difficult future after the…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (1322+ words) A look at the leaders of the World Bank and the World Health Organization. Presented by Tetra Pak What was Axel van Trotsenburg to the World Bank? Many different things to many different people. All agree, however, that he was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (189+ words) The break highlights growing tensions over how African institutions are rated " and who gets to decide what counts as a preferred creditor. The months-long standoff between the African Export-Import Bank, or "Afreximbank, and credit ratings agency Fitch"has now ended…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1090+ words) Allianz launches a new blended finance fund, and the World Bank opens a new office in Qatar. Plus, all the trends we're watching this year. I've spent a lot of time in recent weeks talking to experts about what we…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (791+ words) As Finance in Common, the global network of public development banks, marks five years, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn reflects on how the platform is helping IDB connect global finance with local delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Devex connected…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (153+ words) Opinion: Scaling up tax mobilization is a necessary condition to succeed in the post-aid era of development. Many will remember 2025 as the year when the development sector changed for good " whether that is ultimately a change for the better'is yet…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (181+ words) What to watch at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings this week. Plus, the jam-packed agenda at Devex Impact House @ WB/IMF. Tomorrow is the start of the 2025 World Bank and IMF annual meetings'in Washington, D.C., and they are shaping up to…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (123+ words) Momentum is building for nature finance " but there's still a long way to go. Can nature be placed on the balance sheet? Momentum is building for nature finance " but there's still a long way to go. For much of humanity's…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (171+ words) From reforms and internal changes at the World Bank to geopolitical tensions and ongoing debt challenges, a lot is on the agenda this week. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings'this week come as bilateral aid budgets are…...