{"id":"uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","canonicalSlug":"uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","language":"en","title":"Abu Dhabi Fund and World Bank agree development framework","summary":"The MoU identifies potential knowledge work and co-financing in energy, water, agriculture, food security and digital infrastructure.","body":["WAM reported on 18 October that Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and the World Bank Group had signed a memorandum during the 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok to establish cooperation on sustainable development and resilience. It provides for knowledge exchange, capacity building and project preparation.","The institutions may explore co-financing in energy, water security, agriculture, food security, digital infrastructure and responsible AI. The agreement sets a basis for future work; it does not announce a financed project or committed amount."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Abu Dhabi Fund and World Bank agree development framework\n\nThe MoU identifies potential knowledge work and co-financing in energy, water, agriculture, food security and digital infrastructure.\n\nWAM reported on 18 October that Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and the World Bank Group had signed a memorandum during the 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok to establish cooperation on sustainable development and resilience. It provides for knowledge exchange, capacity building and project preparation.\n\nThe institutions may explore co-financing in energy, water security, agriculture, food security, digital infrastructure and responsible AI. The agreement sets a basis for future work; it does not announce a financed project or committed amount.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["finance","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"ADFD and the World Bank Group signed the MoU in Bangkok on 18 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T15:07:28Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:55:11Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2sztyj-adfd-world-bank-group-partner-scale-development","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.wam.ae/","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM); original factual summary, no source image or copied prose.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/uae-adfd-worldbank-development-mou-oct18"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"issuer-location","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-AZ"},{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"TH","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["agreement"],"measurementPeriod":null}}