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Panel to be Chaired by Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet Top Energy, Finance, Industry, Philanthropy, and Government Leaders to Examine Pathways to Drive Energy Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries …

Latest data from ONE Data’s Development Finance Observatory finds that: Cost of borrowing for African countries rose 91% between 2020 and 2024 Cost of borrowing from the World Bank rose …

Official OECD preliminary data for 2025 shows a 23% decline in global ODA from 2024 — historic decrease Projections from ISGlobal research and The Lancet Global Health suggest this …

WASHINGTON, D.C. | March 31, 2026 — The World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, and The Rockefeller Foundation launched a new Mission 300 Private Sector Council to mobilize the …

Mission 300 commitment has grown from US$10 million to US$100 million over past 19 months Strengthening delivery capacity, mobilizing private investment, accelerating project pipelines, and advancing Mission 300 efforts in nearly two dozen countries WASHINGTON, …

New $1 million grant will support mHUB’s work to lower barriers for hardtech founders and scale innovations in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and sustainability — creating jobs and economic opportunity …

With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, two new initiatives to benefit thousands of sugarcane workers in El Salvador and low-income women workers in Brazil’s informal economy WASHINGTON, DC / BOGOTÁ, …

NEW YORK | March 11, 2026 — Food is Medicine (FIM) programs, which provide produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals and groceries to people with diet-related conditions, could generate more …

To help speed electrification rates in support of the World Bank and African Development Bank effort to expand electrification to 300 million Africans by 2030 Announced Mission 300 Fellows …

To boost electrification efforts in least 15 African countries in collaboration with the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet Work is not only underway in Malawi and Liberia …