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MDBs at FfD4: more attention, few breakthroughs?

published on blog.idos-research.de, 21.05.2025

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Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have played a central role in financing sustainable development for over eight decades. Their growing prominence in international development cooperation is evident in the First Draft of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) Outcome Document, where they are mentioned over 40 times—a fourfold increase from the Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted at FfD3 a decade ago. The wide range of issues they are now expected to address further highlights this heightened focus...

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