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Global foreign direct investment rose by 6% to US$1.6tn in 2025, ending two consecutive years of decline, according to UN Trade and Development’s World Investment Report 2026. The recovery was concentrated in a relatively small number of countries, sectors and...
#development finance#emerging markets#foreign direct investment
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed new agreements in Ukraine that are expected to enable €845m in…
#banking#development finance#EBRD
The European Union has disbursed the first €3.2bn tranche of its Ukraine Support Loan, opening a new phase in Europe’s…
#development finance#European Union#export finance
Afreximbank has signed a US$500m term loan facility with the Central Bank of Tunisia to support essential imports, maturing trade…
#Afreximbank#Central Bank of Tunisia#development finance
The Islamic Development Bank Institute’s 2025 Annual Report has highlighted progress on its Smart Countertrade System, pointing to growing interest…
#development finance#digital trade#financial inclusion
The Islamic Development Bank Institute approved 25 new technical assistance projects worth US$4.14m in 2025, as it expanded support for…
#AI#Baku#countertrade
The World Bank Group has created a new framework that adds MIGA guarantees to IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Program, increasing…
#development finance#emerging markets#guarantees
S&P Global Ratings has assigned Afreximbank a BBB+ long-term issuer credit rating and A-2 short-term rating with a stable outlook,…
#Afreximbank#Africa#Caribbean
Afreximbank has released a new Trade and Development Finance Brief warning that Africa needs stronger trade and investment resilience as…
#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Africa
The Asian Development Bank has reported a sharp rise in trade finance activity as Asian markets face pressure from the…
#ADB#Asia#development finance
The World Bank Group’s guarantee platform is aiming to more than double annual guarantee issuance in Africa to $6.4bn by…
#Africa#development finance#guarantees
The Asian Development Bank has launched a new financing facility to help Asia and the Pacific build critical minerals supply…
#ADB#commodity finance#critical minerals
The OPEC Fund has launched a $1.5bn financing initiative to support countries facing rising energy costs, commodity disruption and tighter…
#commodity disruption#development finance#OPEC Fund