4 days ago // Devex Invested
The rift between Afreximbank and Fitch exposes a fault line in global finance. Plus, U.S. development finance is scaling up in Africa just as governments push harder on minerals, energy, and industrial policy.
9 days ago // Critical minerals
As African nations move to ban raw mineral exports, the success of their industrial ambitions hinges on regional coordination and massive energy investments.
10 days ago // Development Assistance
Eurodad argues that technical reforms have diverted official development assistance away from poverty reduction and toward the commercial and political priorities of donor countries.
15 days ago // Transparency and Accountability
Leaked emails show the Beijing-based lender sidestepping on-the-ground meetings with Indigenous communities, fueling concerns that its accountability reforms are merely “cosmetic.”
17 days ago // Environment
As climate change strains water resources, experts say flexible, locally led irrigation may hold the key to food security.
18 days ago // Devex Invested
As Western aid declines, the future of global development finance is shifting toward private capital, Gulf funds, and domestic revenue.
24 days ago // German aid
Facing steep budget cuts and rising political pressure, BMZ unveils a strategy to prioritize high-impact regions and private sector partnerships
26 days ago // Finance
While the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s updated grievance policy introduces new time limits and limited oversight powers, civil society argues the mechanism remains the most restrictive among multilateral development banks.
about 1 month ago // NGOs
The veteran humanitarian leader takes the helm of one of the world's largest faith-based charities as it navigates record growth and escalating global crises.
about 1 month ago // Devex Invested
Before we look only to the future, we’re reflecting back on how USTDA survived Washington’s reshuffle and MacKenzie Scott rewrote the rules of global south giving.