The Development Impact Fund (DIF) is a pioneering multi-donor trust fund within the World Bank, managed by the Development Impact (DIME) group under the Development Economics Vice-Presidency (DEC).

In a significant move to stimulate housing development and address affordability concerns, the Lompoc City Council has adopted Ordinance (No. 1726(25), substantially reducing development impact fees ...

Despite unprecedented progress in poverty reduction over the last few decades, the scale of the challenges we face today is still daunting. Nearly one billion people lack electricity, over three ...

In 2024, in what was heralded as a big win for developers in California, the U.S. Supreme Court upended decades of California precedent and held that legislatively enacted development impact fees must ...

Senate Bill (SB) 937 (Wiener) went into effect on January 1, 2025. SB 937 eases the financial burden on residential developers by prohibiting local agencies from imposing fees on specified residential ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that developers and home builders in California may challenge the fees commonly imposed by cities and counties to pay for new roads, schools, sewers and ...

The Artificial Intelligence team within the Development Impact department (DIME AI) has partnered with Google.org, Google's philanthropic initiative, to tackle key social and economic challenges.