IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Central African Republic on the Second Review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Albert Touna Mama, hold discussions with the Central African Republic (CAR)’s authorities in Bangui from April 03-12, 2024, and then in Washington DC on April 18, 2024, in connection with the second review of CAR’s ECF-supported program.

Belgium: School roof solar panels — initial results of an ambitious programme from SeGEC together with the EIB, ELENA and Belfius Banque

In late September 2022, Secrétariat général de l’enseignement catholique (SeGEC), Belfius Banque, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the DUSS consultancy launched a major project to equip private schools with solar panels. A year and a half later, all of the partners together with Reno.energy — the company that won the installation call for tenders in 2023 — have stated that the project has so far been a success. 

New report on mobilization of private finance by Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions

27 Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), including the European Investment Bank, published their latest report on their collective mobilization of private finance, which increased globally by 12% from the previous year to $71.1 billion in 2022.