Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation launch $50M Cities Deliver initiative with grants of $500,000 to $2M to improve public services with AI.

Ireland announces a €462 million fertiliser exceptional aid scheme to help farmers manage rising input costs. Details on eligibility were not provided.

Japan pledges JPY 300m (about USD 1.8m) to WFP for food assistance for 94,000 conflict-affected people in northern Mozambique.

EBRD invests up to €40 million in Avallon MBO Fund IV to expand long-term equity access for SMEs in Poland and central and eastern Europe.

WHO urges faster action on lead exposure after 3.5 million deaths annually, ahead of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (18–26 Oct).

AfDB priced a EUR 1 billion 5-year Social Benchmark due October 2031. Proceeds will finance eligible social projects across Africa.

FAO and WFP warn Afghanistan’s winter hunger risk is rising: 19.2m people projected in acute insecurity and malnutrition may reach 4m in 2027.

UN SDG Fund analysis says SIDS received 0.6% of global FDI in 2025 and outlines how resilience tools and finance can improve access.

IWMI warns that floods in Nepal, India and Bangladesh show shared river risks. It calls for stronger, anticipatory climate adaptation financing.

Grenada trained 23 primary health-care providers in mhGAP to better identify and respond to depression, psychosis, dementia and suicide risks.

World Bank’s IDA launches a Discount Notes Program with first U.S. issuances to tap short-term money markets and support jobs and poverty reduction.

ADB backs $212 million to upgrade five Thai public hospitals, expanding cancer, cardiac, surgical and trauma services for about 14 million outside Bangkok.