The world looked to multilateral development banks this year for a way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and better support for African economies, climate action, and more.
With that in mind, we cast around for the most eyebrow-raising MDB investments of the past 12 months.
It wasn’t all coal, cattle, and Coca-Cola. There was also support for a floating solar photovoltaic farm in Albania, a $100 million gender-inclusive private equity fund in Africa, and a record haul for the IDA fund for the lowest-income nations.