Who We Are
Who We Are

IFC is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. By encouraging growth, IFC advances economic development, creates jobs and improves the lives of people.
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Our Leadership

Development Partners

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Accountability

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What We Do
What We Do

IFC advances economic development and improves the lives of people by encouraging the growth of the private sector in developing countries. We achieve this by investing in impactful projects, mobilizing other investors, and sharing expertise.
What We Do Overview
SOLUTIONS

Our products and services
OUR PRIORITIES

Climate Business

Fragile & Conflict Afflicted Situations

Gender

Mobilizing Private Capital

Sustainability
SECTORS & EXPERTISE

Agribusiness & Forestry

Creative Industries

Education

Financial Institutions

Funds

Health

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Public-Private Partnerships

Tourism, Retail & Property

Trade & Supply Chain Finance

Venture Capital

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Where We Work
Where We Work

As the largest global development institution focused on the private sector, IFC operates in more than 100 countries around the globe. We apply lessons learned in one region to solve problems in another.
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By Region

East Asia & Pacific

Europe

Latin America & the Caribbean

Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Afghanistan, and Pakistan

South Asia

Africa
Our Impact
Our Impact

Our impact improves lives. IFC brings a clear set of advantages to the world’s most challenging markets. Including a history of innovation, a global mandate, and a determination to achieve measurable development impact.
Our Impact Overview
PRINCIPLES & MEASUREMENT

Impact Investing at IFC

Measuring & Monitoring (AIMM)

Evaluation

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Owned by 186 member countries and consistently rated AAA/Aaa. IFC aims to achieve our mission of promoting development by providing debt and equity to the private sector, through a range of benchmark and bespoke products.

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Expertise

Blended Finance

IFC is a global leader in crowding-in private finance to deliver sustainable impact in the developing world.

Blended Finance is one of the most significant tools that a development finance institution like IFC can use, in cooperation with development partners, to address market failures and to help mobilize private investment in pioneering projects and challenging environments.

$5.9 Billion in concessional donor funds
539 projects supported
$32.6 Billion in additional financing
95+ countries

At a Glance

IFC is one of the world’s largest implementers of blended finance for private sector operations.

Since 2010, IFC has committed $5.9 billion of contributor funds to support 539 projects, driving in $32.6 billion in additional financing to investments in priority areas like climate, food security, gender, SMEs, low-income and fragile economies, and health.

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Focus Areas

Learn more about our partnerships and blended finance facilities in the following areas:

Agribusiness & Food Security

IFC’s strategic objectives for agribusiness are guided by providing enhanced food security, driving economic development and inclusiveness, and making sustainability a driver of business through facilities like the Global Agribusiness & Food Safety Program, and partnerships with Canada, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Climate

IFC has a proven track record of mobilizing and intermediating concessional finance through successful partnerships that work toward green, including partners like Canada, Finland, Germany, Korea, and the United Kingdom, in addition to multilateral climate funds.