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IMF Woos Members to Tap Into Its US$1trn Lending Capacity

Multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday pledged to continue to collaborate in their efforts to mitigate the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerate the recovery of economies and livelihoods. The joint effort of the MDBs has seen a COVID-19 response envelope of about $230 billion. In addition, the …

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AfDB, IsDB, 5 Others Spend US$61.6bn on Climate in 2019

Climate financing by seven of the world’s largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) totalled $61.6 billion in 2019, of which $41.5 billion (67%) was in low- and middle-income economies, according to the 2019 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance. The study expands the scope of reporting for the first time to all …

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