Location: Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank cancels $150m tourism project in Tanzania after abuse claimsWorld Bank project cancelled in a landmark victory for Tanzanian villagersWorld Bank’s Mission 300 to invest in electricity in AfricaCOP29 sees MDBs climate finance take centre stage, as civil society brands new climate finance goal a ‘betrayal’World Bank’s Mission 300: a path to power, for whom?Trump election may add pressure to reverse World Bank’s prohibition on support for nuclear powerWhy gas is not the solution for Africa: “Mission 300” must embrace sustainable energy for allHow neoliberalism has wielded ‘corruption’ to privatise life in AfricaReport: What MDB climate finance is actually being spent on and whereG20 communiqué analysis Annual Meetings 2024: progress on tax and inequality obscures Group’s wider failuresV20 communiqué analysis Annual Meetings 2024: climate vulnerable countries once again demand key changes to IMF’s approach, as world risks breaching climate tipping pointsNew World Bank Corporate Scorecard: overlooking client priorities and ignoring development impactKenya’s growing youth movement for fiscal justice rejects IMF-mandated austerityIMF board’s reluctance leaves Special Drawing Rights as an underused tool in Fund’s toolbox‘Worst ever’ debt crisis puts IDA’s financial model at risk, underscoring need for ambitious donor contributions to IDA21 replenishmentWorld Bank’s $1 billion loan to South Africa risks undermining just transition by doubling down on ‘de-risking’ private capitalWhat is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)?World Bank agricultural reform programme facilitates exploitation of Zambian farmers Banga calls energy access a ‘human right’ as he announces World Bank will provide access for 250 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030G20 press conference analysis Spring Meetings 2024: Concrete actions fail to materialise despite strong Brazilian push