Lesotho villagers allege unsafe conditions and no accountability in the scheme to supply Gauteng
Public banks – Development Bank of Southern Africa, African Development Bank and the New Development Bank – and the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority render women invisible in a process that professes to be inclusive
The bank’s shareholders, African and non-African alike, must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or whether it will retreat to classical project lending
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change