Adva Saldinger

Expect a year of ongoing reform efforts, continuing debt challenges, and efforts to boost private capital mobilization and climate finance.

It turns out stakeholders from the World Bank’s client countries aren’t keen on climate as a priority focus area for the lender. Plus, a big year for climate finance, and the 24 organizations we’re watching in 2024.

African leaders have agreed to a new pooled procurement mechanism for health supplies. Plus, Australia’s plan to boost investment in Southeast Asia, and how Ajay Banga is wooing private investors with guarantees.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi, and Wells Fargo have left the Equator Principles as the organization undergoes change, giving rise to questions about its future as a global standard and what the U.S. banks will do.

The Inter-American Development Bank is implementing reforms, new metrics of success, and has plans to take on more risk. And it wants to push other MDBs to do the same.

Without the law enforcement authority other inspectors general have, the oversight of DFC has been hampered.

Kenyan President William Ruto’s official state visit is the first by an African leader since 2008 and comes at a time when he is playing a bigger role on the regional and international stage.

Discussions and announcements on democracy, climate and economic ties featured heavily as attention in Washington, D.C., was squarely focused on Africa.

Where are the trillions of dollars for development, and how much private capital is actually possible? Plus, World Bank chief Ajay Banga’s one-year climate scorecard.

A new G7 initiative to reach gender parity, and the World Bank’s new gender strategy.