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Nov 21, 2022
In Uzbekistan, Solar Power Fires Up Energy Sector Reforms
Uzbekistan's target of generating one-quarter of its electricity from renewables by 2026 means new opportunities for investment and change.
Nov 15, 2022
Tech Start-ups in Emerging Markets Get Funding Boost
IFC’s $225 million venture capital platform will strengthen digital economies in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan
Nov 10, 2022
Climate Change in Africa: How the Private Sector is Rising to the Challenge
Many of the regions' hard-fought development gains are threatened by the climate crisis, these four examples showcase how we are responding.
Nov 9, 2022
Climate Change and Development: Expert Views on Achieving a Just Transition for People and Planet
As a precursor for COP27, global climate business leaders discuss scaling up climate finance that drives both climate action and development
Nov 4, 2022
Coming Together: The World Bank Group’s Joint Capital Markets Program
The World Bank’s Anderson Caputo Silva Talks About Why Capital Markets Matter.
Nov 1, 2022
Lagos is laying the foundation for a greener future
New initiatives aim to mitigate the effects of climate change in Nigeria's megacity
Oct 19, 2022
Vanuatu a Step Closer to Becoming a Cashless Paradise
IFC is helping to improve access to the banking network across the South Pacific archipelago.
Oct 18, 2022
Coming Together Amid Crisis
After more than two years, global leaders gathered together in person at the IMF and World Bank Group's 2022 Annual Meetings.
Oct 5, 2022
Feeding the Future: IFC’s Global Food Security Platform Confronts Multiple, Overlapping Crises
Responding to surging levels of food insecurity, IFC has launched a new $6 billion financing facility to strengthen the private sector's ability to respond to the crisis and help support food production.
Sep 27, 2022
Building Resilient, Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in Asia
The stability of regional agri-food systems in Asia is underpinned by smallholder farmers, who produce 80 percent of the food consumed in the region.
