International Finance Corporation

What is International Finance Corporation?

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an integral member of the World Bank Group and serves as the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. They provide a comprehensive range of investment services, advisory services, and asset management to spur economic growth, advance development, and improve living standards.

With a strategy that encompasses a broad array of sectors including Other, IT (TMT), CleanTech, and A.I. (Big Data), IFC operates on the principle that a strong and engaged private sector is crucial to poverty eradication and shared prosperity.

Their portfolio is diverse, covering areas from agribusiness to infrastructure and from manufacturing to healthcare. They invest in impactful projects, mobilize other investors, and share expertise to address challenges such as climate change, gender equality, and community development.

The fund's investment ranges widely, with a minimum investment size of $8,020,000 and a maximum of $2,000,000,000, reflecting their large-scale and flexible approach to investment. Founded in 1956 and based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices globally, IFC emphasizes sustainable and responsible investing aligned with their priorities of climate business, fragility and conflict situations, and mobilizing private capital.

They apply their financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to create market opportunities where most needed, and have committed substantial finances to private entities in developing regions, boosting internet connectivity, power supply, trade finance, and providing loans to SMEs.

IFC’s mission is to promote sustainable private sector investment in developing countries, helping to reduce poverty and improve people's lives, working in partnership with the private sector to create markets that were not there before.