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02 July 2025
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Climate finance

Turkey receives €360m in fight against climate change

The World Bank has approved a guarantee in the amount of €360 million ($389.5 million) for the "Financing Adaptation for Growth Project" in...

27 June 2025
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Social infrastructure

Creative Energy secures CIB loan for district heating retrofits

Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has closed a C$50 million ($36 million) loan with Creative Energy for retrofits in buildings through district energy systems.The initial...

25 June 2025
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Social projects

Lebanon gets funds to kickstart conflict recovery

The World Bank has approved a $250 million financing to Lebanon to support the most urgent repair and reconstruction of damaged critical public infrastructure and...

20 June 2025

CAF pushes the MDB hybrid envelope – but will others follow?

Latin American's CAF made headlines with its $500 million perpetual non-call 5.5-year hybrid this month. The entry of hybrid capital is the latest in a line of...

20 June 2025
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Renewable energy

Ecuador to increase resiliency of energy sector with IDB guarantee

Ecuador is encouraging private investments to diversify its energy mix and enhance energy security with a $77 million sovereign guarantee from IDB.The guarantee —...

17 June 2025

Global 2025: Top takeaways

Scaling up the mobilisation of private capital will need greater cooperation between DFIs, ECAs, and financial institutions, as well as product innovation. But there is a...

06 June 2025

Why MDBs are tapping short-term bonds in 2025

If the long end of the bond market were a dinner party, right now you’d hear a lot of awkward coughs and clinking ice as uncertainty grows and term premiums rise....

29 May 2025

Is securitisation the panacea for private capital mobilisation?

Since 2023, the IFC's securitisation has become a flagship strategy and now the EBRD is committed to realising its first synthetic risk transfer (SRT) by year-end. But in...

23 May 2025
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Climate finance, Mining, Social infrastructure, Social projects

Exile MEA: Can cooperation, transparency and governance be more than a mantra?

Cooperation, transparency and governance are not new buzzwords in the development, export and project finance space. These words echo like a mantra through an editorial...

19 May 2025
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Traditional energy

Cirebon 1: How will ADB’s first ETM financing with banks work?

International banks are yet to participate in a financing under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). But a financial blueprint for the phasing out of the Cirebon...

12 May 2025

Uxolo talk: AIIB’s Nardelli on its debut HK dollar bond

At the headquarters of the AIIB in Beijing, Uxolo spoke with Domenico Nardelli, Treasurer at AIIB, to outline the MDB’s recent inaugural HK$4 billion ($514 million)...

22 April 2025
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Climate finance

World Bank funds Armenia tourism project

The World Bank has agreed a $100 million project to improve access to resilient infrastructure and strengthen the role of tourism in the economy of Armenia. The...

16 April 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills unveils new partner hires

Herbert Smith Freehills has announced details of a raft of new partner appointments. Alongside the new partners, the firm has also hired 23 lateral partners in its...

15 April 2025
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Traditional energy

Iberdrola seals funds for energy storage infrastructure projects

The EIB has signed two green loans with Iberdrola totalling €108 million (almost $117 million) – a €50 million loan using the EIB's own funds and a...

10 April 2025

EIB taps inaugural EU Green Bond

The EIB has raised its first bond aligned with the EU Green Bond Standard in a bid to provide a template for other developments banks to follow suit. But is the issuance...

28 March 2025

Call for cash: How will the AFSM work?

African heads of state approved the establishment of a continental stability fund last month, the Africa Financing Stability Mechanism (AFSM). But how will it differ from...

25 March 2025
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Social infrastructure

Egypt partners with IFC to introduce PPPS at 11 airports

IFC has engaged with Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to advise the government on introducing public private partnerships in the country’s airports...

19 March 2025

AfDB prices $2bn bond despite market volatility

The African Development Bank (AfDB) priced a $2 billion fixed rate dollar benchmark bond this month despite volatile market conditions and a lack of MDB supply. The bond...

13 March 2025

Postbank-EIB deal boosts Bulgarian mid-cap financing

EIB is providing Bulgaria-based Postbank with a €75 million guarantee to expand financing for middle-sized companies in the country and strengthen the domestic...

11 March 2025
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Traditional energy

Brazilian biogas projects get BNDES funding

BNDES has approved BRL150 million ($26 million) in financing for the construction of four industrial effluent treatment plants with biogas production.The new biogas...