Nabil Haque

Development finance is vital for low- and middle-income countries to enhance their sustainability agendas, as it provides essential funding necessary to close domestic financing gaps, including in the energy sector. Coal is still a vital power source for the energy sectors in the Western Balkans (i.e., Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia).

Webinar Summary – The Great Mobilization: Reforming and Strengthening Multilateral Development Banks in the Age of Polycrisis By Nabil Haque On Wednesday October 4, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion ahead of the 2023 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings on reforming and strengthening multilateral development banks (MDBs) to meet shared climate and development goals. The webinar was moderated by Kevin P.

For the five years following the Paris Agreement’s entry into force (2017-2021), finance for adaptation from international public sources to developing countries remained at or below US$25 billion per year, or approximately US$3 per person per year. In 2021, there was a 15 per cent decrease from 2020 levels, down to US$21 billion.