More than $160 billion in private investment was mobilized by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in 2017. This amount demonstrates the potential of these organizations in the global efforts to promote inclusive and sustainable growth, fight poverty and inequality, and protect the planet.

In April 2010, the Kyrgyz Republic experienced political disturbances that resulted in many deaths and injuries, property damage, and a change in government. In June 2010, community violence caused greater casualties, internal displacement, and physical damage and losses. The number of households living below the poverty threshold was estimated at 32% in 2009.

The National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC), a state-owned corporation began commercial operations in late 1998. It took over all properties, rights and assets, obligations, and liabilities of the 220 kilovolt (kV) and 500 kV grid stations and transmission lines and/or network owned by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) regulates NTDC’s tariff.

Watch the findings, highlights and seven key conclusions of the international conference "Rural Inequalities: Evaluating Approaches to Overcome Disparities" in the featured video.

The conference was organized by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) of IFAD in Rome, Italy from 2-3 May 2018.

The EIB has approved a new Procurement Procedural Framework with the African Development Bank, to make project implementation and monitoring easier for ongoing and future co-financed public sector projects.

Following the launch of the new programme loan for agriculture and bioeconomy on 16 April 2018, the European Investment Bank (EIB) published today the factsheet gathering all its terms and conditions, eligibility criteria and benefits.

A high level KfW delegation led by Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Günther Bräunig, and including four of the five KfW Board members, visited the EIB yesterday to hold talks with EIB President Werner Hoyer, Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle and senior EIB representatives.

Asia is rapidly evolving as are its development needs. To keep pace with these changing needs and to ensure that solutions MDBs like ADB bring are effective, thorough assessment of their operations is crucial.