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Devex Invested: Why trouble could be on the horizon for AIIB
6 months ago // Devex Invested
For our annual Pro Week we bring you a deep dive into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s journey so far as the China-backed institution turns 10, a primer on the 10 largest MDBs, and a stocktake of World Bank reforms. Plus, MCC survives.

Devex Invested: The future of development finance under Trump gets clearer
7 months ago // Devex Invested
IMF and Europe confront an ‘America First’ agenda, and looking ahead to COP30.

Devex Invested: Summing up Sevilla, and how to lose a million euros
8 months ago // Devex Invested
A summary of the outcomes and expert analyses from the Financing for Development conference. Plus, a look at how the European Commission lost nearly €1 million.

Devex Invested: Global development’s Sevilla fever dream
8 months ago // Devex Invested
An early look at what we’re seeing and hearing at the fourth Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, Spain.

UNFPA staff in uproar over cooperation agreement with Israel
8 months ago // United Nations
A petition says the move puts the agency’s “reputation, credibility, and neutrality at risk.”

Devex Invested: African Development Bank gets ready for Sidi Ould Tah
9 months ago // Devex Invested
Tah brings a familiar profile and a network of relationships, particularly with Gulf donors, that may reshape AfDB’s direction. Plus, the future of blended finance amid aid cuts, and the road to the Financing for Development summit in Seville.

Devex Invested: ‘Trade, not aid’ in Africa. But how?
9 months ago // Devex Invested
How does a trade-based policy get implemented amid global trade wars? Plus, introducing the new African Union Development Fund and examining EBRD’s moves into sub-Saharan Africa.

Devex Invested: Unpacking Bill Gates’ pledge to spend $200B by 2045
10 months ago // Devex Invested
What impact will Bill Gates' decision have on the philanthropy world, and what are the expected changes? Plus, Asian Development Bank goes quiet on climate, and tariff anxiety hits the Milken Institute conference.

Devex Invested: What Trump wants from the World Bank
11 months ago // Devex Invested
What is the price of U.S. participation in the World Bank? We look at the hot-button issues for discussion at this week’s World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings. Plus, U.S. philanthropies fear loss of tax-exempt status, and the future of U.K. aid.

UNFPA chief to step down months before term ends
11 months ago // United Nations
The United Nations' chief sexual and reproductive rights agency launches transition amid budget uncertainty over its fate.