News and Activities
04-May-2026
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development participated in the Joint Annual Meetings of Arab Financial Institutions, held virtually via videoconferencing on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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18-February-2026
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development signed a financing agreement with the government of Jordan support the National Water Carrier Project, part of efforts to strengthen development cooperation and support the country’s development priorities.
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13-January-2026
High-Level Consultation Meeting to Scale Up Co-Financing and Investment
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18-December-2025
Arab Fund Signs Two Agreements with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania totaling 32 million Kuwaiti Dinars
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18-December-2025
Fawzi Yousef Alhunaif, Arab Fund's Director General attends the foundation stone laying ceremony and the plaque unveiling for the Kiffa drinking water supply project
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09-December-2025
The Arab Coordination Group (ACG) convened a periodic technical meeting of Heads of Operations on December 8–9, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss joint initiatives and development projects.
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27-October-2025
The Arab Fund provides a $25 million loan to the Capital Bank of Jordan
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01-October-2025
Arab Fund and IMF Explore AI for Inclusive Growth in the Arab Region
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15-September-2025
Arab Fund Welcomes Fawzi Alhunaif as New Director General and Chairman of the Board
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23-July-2025
The Arab Fund signs its first loan agreement with the private sector
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16-June-2025
H.E. President of Mauritania Receives Director General Bader Alsaad during the 20th Annual Meeting of the Arab Coordination Group in Vienna.
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14-May-2025
Leveraging Guarantees for Sustainable Investment and Economic Growth – by MIGA
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12-May-2025
Nineteenth Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for Arab Countries, Kuwait, 12 – 13 May 2025
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07-May-2025
The Arab-Austrian Chamber of Commerce visit the headquarters of the Arab Fund
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07-May-2025
Today, the Arab Fund delegation was honored to meet with His Excellency President Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic.
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20-April-2025
Building on our ongoing strategic collaboration with the Green Climate Fund, the Arab Fund recently hosted a one-day workshop to build staff capacity and introduce GCF's institutional and funding mechanisms. The workshop provided a comprehensive overview of GCF's operations, encompassing its governance, partnerships, accreditation framework, and funding portfolio.
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10-April-2025
The Abdul Latif Al Hamad Development Award distribution ceremony is honored by his presence
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10-April-2025
Arab Fund launches A Five-Year Country Partnership Strategy with Jordan, Charting A New Chapter in Development Partnership
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06-February-2025
High-level meetings with key officials from Egypt and Mauritania
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28-January-2025
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, in partnership with the World Bank, hosted and co-organized a high-level two-day event to address the pressing water crisis facing the Arab region. The collaboration is part of the Arab Fund’s new strategy that focuses on mobilizing global efforts to support regional economic growth through improving access to critical services like water, energy, transport, healthcare services, and education.
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22-October-2024
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which houses the World Bank Group Guarantees Platform, and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), a multilateral financial institution headquartered in Kuwait, signed an agreement to cooperate and collaborate to promote foreign direct investment in the 22 Arab Fund member countries.
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17-March-2024
The Arab Fund just developed a 17-minute video showcasing the beautiful aspects of Arab Organizations HQ Building in Kuwait, where the Arab Fund is located
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16-March-2024
The contributions of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development in serving Arab development in fifty years
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09-January-2024
During the year 2023, the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund approved three loans totaling KD 48 million, and appropriated KD 18.3 million in grants
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03-January-2024
The Arab Fund presented a paper titled “The Role of the Electricity Generation Sector in Providing Energy Security and Sustainability” during the 12th Arab Energy Conference that was held in Doha, State of Qatar, during the period 11-12 December 2023
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10-October-2023
Stemming from the Arab Funds’ efforts to provide rescue and relief for the Moroccan residents that were affected by the recent earthquake, and the Libyan residents that were affected by the recent hurricane
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10-October-2023
The Arab Fund recently prepared and published a paper titled “Contributions of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development in satisfying Arab development needs and achieving SDGs"
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25-September-2023
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development participated in the 18th meeting of the Heads of Institutions of the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) that was hosted by the OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna on June 19th, 2023
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13-September-2023
The Arab Fund will start accepting nominations for the Second Edition of the AbdLatif Yousef Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab World on September 17th
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30-April-2023
The Arab Fund announces the winning project for the Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab world during the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the Arab Funds that was held in Rabat, the kingdom of Morocco, on Saturday April 29th, 2023.
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07-February-2023
The Arab Fund receives 12 nominations for the Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab world
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20-October-2022
The Arab Fund participates in the High-Level Annual Meeting held between the Arab Coordination Group and the World Bank on October 15th, 2022
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30-June-2022
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development participated in the 17th meeting of the Heads of Institutions of the Arab Coordination Group that was hosted by the OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna on June 20th, 2022.
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23-May-2022
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development announces the start of accepting applications for the twenty-sixth session of the Arab Fund Fellowship Program (AFFP). The Program aims to provide Arab Ph.D. holders
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11-March-2021
The Arab Fund makes several improvements to its website in order to enrich and enhance its contents
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10-March-2021
The Board of Directors of the Arab Fund, during its meeting held on 21/02/2021, approved the Fund’s (2021–2024) medium term strategy. The strategy takes into consideration the present and future challenges facing the Arab region
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05-October-2020
The Board of Governors of the Arab Fund selected Mr. Bader M. Alsaad as the new Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund
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04-October-2020
During a ceremony held in the Arab Fund’s main ballroom, the staff of the Arab Fund honored H.E. Mr. Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad at the conclusion of his assignment as the Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund
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08-September-2020
The Arab Fund’s Lending Activities in 2020 were not affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
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06-September-2020
The Arab Fund dedicated a major portion of its Loans and Grants, during 2020, to help the Arab Countries mitigate the effects of the COVID–19 (Corona) Pandemic
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28-July-2020
During the first half of 2020, the Arab Fund signed 12 loan agreements, amounting to KD 435 Million, and extended 20 grants, amounting to KD 11.1 Million
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23-May-2020
The Heads of the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) recognized the need to coordinate their efforts to combat Covid-19, and on May 18, 2020, they held a virtual meeting in this respect. A pledge of USD 10 billion has been jointly allocated by the ACG
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28-January-2020
During the year 2019, the Arab Fund provided 12 loans, totaling KD 484 Million, to 6 Arab countries, and 38 national and inter-Arab grants, totaling KD 6.7 Million.
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02-December-2019
The Arab Fund, in cooperation with the League of Arab States and the World Bank, prepared, organized and covered the expenses of the First Pan-Arab Energy Trade Conference, which was held in Cairo, Egypt, during the period 6 – 7 November 2019.
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21-January-2019
During the year 2018, the Arab Fund provided 11 loans, totaling KD 464 Million, to 6 Arab countries, and 36 national and inter-Arab grants, totaling KD 7.3 Million.
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