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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP launches global investment, jobs initiatives to boost growth in developing countries
Two new initiatives will help countries attract investment, grow businesses and create more and better-paid jobs, backed by strengthened partnerships with development banks.
Temasek Trust
Temasek Trust, World Bank Group forge strategic partnership to advance shared development priorities
The partnership combines the catalytic capital capabilities, convening platforms, and innovation networks of the Temasek Trust Collective with …
Infrastructure Asia
Infrastructure Asia inks four memorandums of understanding, showcases over US$16 billion in regional infrastructure opportunities across South and Southeast Asia
Infrastructure Asia signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund, the Public-Private Partnership Center …
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating …
All #World Bank Press Releases
26 February 2026
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
World Bank Group’s IFC commits to Seraya Partners Fund II to support sustainable infrastructure development in Southeast Asia
9 January 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Sustaining transregional cooperation: Lessons from Asia and the Pacific and Latin America
15 November 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World’s first impact bond on weather, climate data opens for contributions
22 September 2025
World Economic Forum
Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050
10 March 2025
18 November 2024
10 June 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures
6 December 2023
16 October 2023
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum opens with a resounding call to accelerate SDG action in South Asia
2 October 2023
The World Bank
East Asia and Pacific: Sustained growth, momentum slowing
25 April 2023
19 December 2022
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
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