Eleven multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the IMF have so far mobilised $230 billion to reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021 - $75 billion of which will be directed the poorest countries by the end of the year, according to their first joint report on financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The European Investment Bank (EIB) contributed to this report published on 10 December, at a time when the pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards SDGs.