Podcast: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Impact Investing Standards
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Under mounting pressure from advocates and stakeholders—most prominently the United States government—the World Bank recently rescinded its longstanding ban on financing nuclear power projects and announced its plan to...more
As the Covid pandemic appears to be subsiding worldwide, the World Bank Group and its affiliated multilateral development banks may be ramping up their investigations of sanctionable practices including corruption, fraud, and...more
Ignoring integrity risks in emerging markets when receiving financing from the World Bank Group (WBG) is about to become much riskier, as the WBG Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) indicates. The...more
Pay attention to sanctions and debarment risks amid new COVID-19 financing opportunities. In recent weeks, the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have greenlit...more
On 7 July the five BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa formally launched the New Development Bank (NDB) at the inaugural meeting of the institution's Board of Governors in Moscow, Russia, ahead...more