🌍 Digital technologies are reshaping economies, societies, and industries but how do we ensure that transformation benefits everyone? At The World Bank Group’s Global Digital Summit 2025, we’ll explore “Digital Pathways for All”, focusing on scaling digital innovation, bridging digital divides, and unlocking economic opportunities for communities worldwide. 📅 Register here to join our flagship sessions on March 18-19 on World Bank Live: http://wrld.bg/NOcB50VaiSQ #WBGDigitalSummit IFC Infrastructure
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. We utilize and leverage our products and services—as well as products and services of other institutions in the World Bank Group—to provide development solutions customized to meet clients’ needs. We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and political challenges. Clients view IFC as a provider and mobilizer of scarce capital, knowledge, and long-term partnerships that can help address critical constraints in areas such as finance, infrastructure, employee skills, and the regulatory environment. IFC is also a leading mobilizer of third-party resources for its projects. Our willingness to engage in difficult environments and our leadership in crowding-in private finance enable us to extend our footprint and have a development impact well beyond our direct resources. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. https://youtube.com/shorts/UWDx7dWuPgg?feature=share
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🔴 LIVE: Strong capital markets drive job creation, productivity, and economic growth. Join us for the launch of the new book Financing Firm Growth: The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, a joint IFC-The World Bank research analyzing over 20,000 firms across 106 low- and middle-income countries. Remarks by IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop, book presentation by IFC's Cesaire Meh and The World Bank's Manuel Garcia-Santana. Panelists include World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan Brown University, Anusha Chari University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Fabio Natalucci Andersen Institute for Finance and Economics, moderated by IFC Economics Vice President Susan Lund.
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As the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets, IFC seeks creative ways to mobilize more private capital to enhance our impact. In this blog, John Gandolfo, IFC’s VP and Treasurer, IFC Treasury & Mobilization, explains how credit risk insurance is helping to unlock billions of additional dollars in financing for companies in emerging markets. http://wrld.bg/HLCB50Vjo83
Global insurance companies are proving their potential to be a potent force in scaling up lending to businesses in developing countries. However, a range of factors—from high risks to underdeveloped markets and regulatory constraints—has traditionally limited insurers' exposure to emerging markets. By partnering with development finance institutions, which specialize in overcoming these challenges, insurers can access profitable and impactful transactions. In this blog, I explore how an IFC - International Finance Corporation risk-sharing program enables insurers to expand into emerging markets while simultaneously unlocking billions of dollars in additional financing for businesses in the real sector in developing countries. https://lnkd.in/dGis659q
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📣TOMORROW: Join us for a Fireside Chat with Makhtar Diop, IFC - International Finance Corporation's Managing Director and Vivek Badrinath, GSMA's Director General Designate focusing on "Future-Proofing Development." This session is part of the 2025 #WBGDigitalSummit to explore cutting-edge solutions, share insights, and exchange discussions about the transformative work shaping the future of digital development🌐💻📱. The event brings together partners, clients, and private-sector leaders to discuss digital solutions and their role in development. 🔗 Register to watch LIVE: http://wrld.bg/R0BP50UXZ4J #IFCDigitalInfra #IFCInfrastructure The World Bank, IFC Disruptive Tech, VC & Funds, IFC Economics
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📈 “Moving to D.C. enabled me to work on global projects and opened opportunities I’d never imagined.” – Astou Dem, who relocated from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to join the IFC Financial Institutions Group in Washington, D.C. through the IFC Global Analyst Program. The Global Analyst Program is open to IFC staff who have completed at least two years as Investment or Industry Analysts at IFC. The program offers coaching and mentoring, along with access to rotational opportunities across industries, regions, and functions, helping Analysts gain exposure to a wide range of business challenges. To explore opportunities at IFC, please visit our Careers site: http://wrld.bg/RSxz50Vjc8v #CareersWithImpact
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When women thrive, the economy thrives. IFC - International Finance Corporation and ALCB Fund are anchoring Ecobank Côte d'Ivoire’s gender bond, the first gender bond issued in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and only the second one in Africa. This innovative financing will help support nearly 1,200 loans to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs) in Côte d’Ivoire, promoting growth and job creation and addressing the credit gap for women-owned businesses in the region. This investment underscores IFC’s commitment to: · Promoting job creation and inclusive economic growth in Côte d’Ivoire · Strengthening capital markets in the WAEMU · Enhancing financial inclusion for women entrepreneurs Find out more about this innovative bond here: http://wrld.bg/lEKI50VinxW #genderbond #Africa #WAEMU #womenentrepreneurs #WSMEs #financialinclusion
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This year, we continued our tradition of ringing the opening and closing bells at stock exchanges around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. Held throughout March, the events highlight the important role stock exchanges play in raising capital for women-led businesses and promoting entrepreneurial opportunities for women. Each year, IFC - International Finance Corporation’s Treasury & Mobilization unit supports ceremonies in select countries. This year we are proud to support bell ringing events in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan and Nigeria.
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According to an IFC report, if women participate in e-learning at the same level as men, the global online learning market could grow by up to an additional $14B by 2026. 🔗http://wrld.bg/scCG50Vib4t #WomensDay #IWD2025
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Lack of childcare support is a hurdle to women’s employment. Check out IFC's #TacklingChildcare work and explore steps your firm can take to invest in women and help boost career opportunities for all working parents: ➡️http://wrld.bg/3wh650Vi9y3 #WomensDay #IWD2025
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Every career has a starting point. Some are clear paths; others are winding journeys. 🎙️ In the latest episode of IFC #AudioStories, we kick off our My First Job series with Mary Porter Peschka, IFC's Regional Director for Eastern Africa. From delivering newspapers as an 8-year-old to shaping #privatesector development across nine countries, Peschka’s journey is a testament to #resilience, adaptability, and seizing opportunities. 🎧 Tune in to hear how she navigated #career pivots, learned from setbacks, and now champions inclusive job creation and women's leadership. Listen now: http://wrld.bg/Yw7j50Vhjro #IFCAudioStories #IWD2025 IFC Africa