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IMF | Inside the AI-Led Resource Race: Material Demands – for Energy, Chips, and Minerals – Will Determine Who Dominates Data

Article by Thijs van de Graaf published in the IMF's Finance & Development Magazine | Artificial intelligence is often cast as intangible, a technology that lives in the cloud and thinks in code. The reality is more grounded. Behind every chatbot or image generator lie servers that draw electricity, cooling systems that consume water, chips that rely on fragile supply chains, and minerals dug from the earth. That physical backbone is rapidly expanding. Data centers are multiplying in number and...
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EIB to announce new investments for Latin America and the Caribbean at CELAC-EU Summit

• EIB Group President Nadia Calviño will present new projects contributing to the development of the region at the CELAC-EU Summit in Santa Marta, Colombia this weekend. • Investments to strengthen regional electricity integration, clean energy generation and water and sanitation infrastructure across Latin America will be announced. • The president will attend the summit, give a speech to the LAC-EU Business Forum and meet with the leaders of several countries. A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation led by EIB Group President...
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EIB | At COP30, EIB Group to unveil range of global climate initiatives

• EIB Group to activate series of projects to step up fight against climate change and nature degradation. • Initiatives to increase clean energy, forests and biodiversity worldwide to be announced at UN climate conference in Brazil. • Support for women entrepreneurs in Amazon region also planned. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group will unveil a series of initiatives to accelerate the fight against global warming at the 30th United Nations climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil running from today until 21 November....
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EIB Group to boost investments outside EU to up to €10 billion annually

• Strategic orientation approved by Board of Directors focuses on win-win global partnerships and a strong European voice in the world. • EIB Global will tailor approaches by region and sector, aligned with EU priorities. • Strengthened support for Ukraine, new tools, and streamlined procedures. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has approved strategic orientations for EIB Global, its international partnerships and development arm. The plan targets global challenges and amplifies Europe’s voice in a changing geopolitical landscape. It streamlines support for high-impact...
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EIB | President Calviño at the 2025 Global Gateway Forum

EIB Group President Nadia Calviño delivered the closing remarks of the panel discussion on the State of World on 9 October, during the Global Gateway Forum 2025 in Brussels. Thank you very much. Indeed, I was listening to this very interesting panel, and I am absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to close this very interesting, very insightful exchange with very interesting metaphors to try to describe what we are living these days. This new global order that is in the making. We are at a historical...
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World Bank | Global Gateway Forum: the European Commission and World Bank Group Deepen Partnership for Infrastructure and Jobs

BRUSSELS, October 8, 2025 - The European Commission, in line with its Global Gateway investment strategy, and the World Bank Group are deepening their strategic partnership to drive a new generation of connectivity projects. An initial pipeline of projects includes 18 high-impact investments in three strategic sectors (energy, transport, and digital infrastructure) across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The collaboration, which will include regular high-level engagement and progress updates, is designed to ensure that projects...
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DFC | Statement from Acting CEO Mr. Dev Jagadesan on Confirmation of DFC CEO Mr. Ben Black

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the United States Senate confirmed Mr. Ben Black as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). We are pleased to welcome Mr. Black as the next CEO of DFC. His confirmation comes at a pivotal moment as we continue to advance our dual mandate of fostering strategic and economic development investments and serve as a force multiplier for the Trump Administration's foreign policy, economic prosperity, and national security agenda. Mr....
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New Statistics from GEMs Consortium Show Risk of Investing in Emerging Markets Is Lower than Commonly Perceived

Luxembourg, 7 October 2025—New default and recovery statistics released today by the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium shed light on investment risks in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) and provide new views on potential opportunities for investment and diversification through increased transparency.   EMDEs face challenges financing their development needs, including a potential cumulative shortfall of more than $10 trillion by 2050, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The GEMs statistics, released in three...

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