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Joint MDB Statement on Critical Minerals to Manufacturing Value Chains

Six Multilateral Development Banks (African Development Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank Group) issued a joint statement committing to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals to manufacturing value chains. The MDBs will work through a Joint Collaboration Framework covering policy and governance strengthening, integrated infrastructure, corridor-based approaches, and capital mobilization for private sector investment.