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OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
Interview: “We’re trying to balance economic growth and conservation” - Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele
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OPEC Fund in Maldives: Strengthening Ties & Tackling Climate Challenges

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
Interview: “The demand for connectivity in Africa and globally is increasing” — Rwanda’s Finance Minister Yusuf Murangwa

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
Outgoing BADEA President and AfDB President-Elect Sidi Ould Tah on his vision and priorities

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
EADB’s Benard Paul Mono on unlocking SME growth and investing in East Africa’s next generation
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We are the OPEC Fund for International Development - 2025

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
AIIB CFO Andrew Cross on infrastructure, climate finance and lessons from the OPEC Fund

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
Luciana Botafogo, FONPLATA Development Bank Executive President, on the financing gap, leveraging resources and partnering with the OPEC Fund

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
TDB Group President Admassu Tadesse on risk-sharing, trade finance and partnership with the OPEC Fund

OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025
Botswana Vice President Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe on youth unemployment, economic diversification and partnering with the OPEC Fund

As a major global industry, tourism presents a significant opportunity for low and middle-income countries. Yet it also poses a number of economic, social and environmental challenges that can undermine sustainable development
When Paradise Pays the Price

Tourism is back to pre-pandemic levels. But so are the impacts on vulnerable ecosystems and communities in the Global South. A rapid switch to sustainable travel is imperative, but remains a distant proposition
“A Change of Latitude Would Help My Attitude”

In the coming decades, the climate crisis will cause the world to change in many expected and unexpected ways. Here are three of them
A Change of Climate Perspective

With the right policies and investment, migration can be a development opportunity
Rethinking Migration and Development in the MENA Region

Rating agencies aren’t powerful because they inform. They’re powerful because they’re systemically necessary. How fair and sustainable are these dynamics?
Dealing with Debt for a Fairer Future Across the Global South

A delegation of the OPEC Fund’s Private Sector department visits Zimbabwe and observes how trade is strengthening food security
In the Field: “We are cultivating hope!”

Vienna’s Director of Urban Planning Thomas Madreiter sets out the activities to become a climate neutral city, makes the case for a circular economy and explains why the municipality does not believe in the law of the strongest
“The basis of all our activities is that no one should be left behind”

Global leaders gather in Vienna to boost development with pioneering new initiatives. They are much needed
Transforming adversity into opportunity

The OPEC Fund is ramping up its support with a new facility and strategy that will deliver tailored solutions