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IFC

Finance abbr

UN agency encouraging private investment in developing nations International Finance Corporation: a United Nations organization promoting private sector investment in developing countries to reduce poverty and improve the quality of people's lives. It finances private sector projects that are profit-oriented and environmentally and socially sound, and helps to foster development. The IFC has a staff of 2,000 professionals around the world who seek profitable and creative solutions to complex business issues.

IFC - Related Articles

  • Chendi Zhang

    Biographies

    and was previously lecturer in finance at the University of Sheffield. He has also held positions as consultant/researcher at the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, DC. Dr Zhang has published in academic journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Journal of Banking

  • Public–Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets

    Best Practice

    The debt is being financed by loans from the group of lenders, the World Bank group providing a far more substantial amount of US$360 million (US$130 million loan from IFC, US$115 million partial-risk guarantee from International Development Association to commercial lenders, and US$115 investment
    By Peter Koveos, Pierre Yourougou

  • Coping with the Crisis: Risks, Options, and Priorities for Developing Countries

    Viewpoints

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Bank’s private sector arm, is launching four new facilities for bank recapitalization, infrastructure financing, trade facilitation, and refocused advisery services. Combined with financing mobilized from others, these new facilities could provide
    By Justin Yifu Lin

  • Assessing Opportunities for Growth in Developing Countries of Micro, Small, and Medium-Size Enterprises

    Best Practice

    ( Source: Derived from data in International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, MSME database online) Note: MSME density refers to the number of MSMEs per 1,000 persons in a country. From an economic policy perspective, development of MSMEs can be a means of promoting growth
    By Montague Lord

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Definitions of ’IFC’ and meaning of ’IFC’ are from the book publication, QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource, © 2009 Bloomsbury Information Ltd. Find definitions for ’IFC’ and other financial terms with our online QFINANCE Financial Dictionary.

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