IFC

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is a member of the @WorldBankGroup focused on the private sector in developing countries.

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The @WorldBankGroup has closed its second Emerging Markets Securitization Program transaction, bringing total issuance to more than $1 billion and expanding private investment to create jobs & boost growth in emerging markets.

Learn more: https://t.co/gZujg6AAo6

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Creating jobs starts with creating opportunities for entrepreneurs.

In the Kyrgyz Republic, support from @WorldBankGroup, through IFC & @WBG_IDA, helped expand access to finance for small businesses, enabling entrepreneurs like Nazgul Attokurova to grow: https://t.co/A7NgzsMR6j

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For 84% of Konfio's customers, their first loan through the platform is also their first business loan.

Hear how the company is using data and AI to serve businesses and what that means for entrepreneurship, jobs, and economic growth in Mexico: https://t.co/KECkjJRLJ1

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Human capital drives opportunity. Education, skills, health, and resilience help people learn, earn, grow, and contribute to their communities.

Explore how countries are building human capital and where gaps remain with the Human Capital Index: https://t.co/oPGQdzuw2Z

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New office in Madrid: the @WorldBankGroup expands its partnership with Spain, with IFC and @MIGA mobilizing Europe’s private sector to invest, create jobs, and drive growth in emerging markets: https://t.co/vzxBRQResG

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When women-owned SMEs gain access to finance, they invest, hire, and grow.

New insights from IFC's #BankingOnWomen program challenge conventional assumptions about women borrowers and make a strong business case for financing women entrepreneurs: https://t.co/sKiMU611Dm

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Creating jobs in fragile environments requires businesses that can adapt and endure.

In #IFCTrendlines, Tamara Guerin Barrau shares how Haiti's Caribbean Bottling Company has navigated years of disruption while continuing to invest, grow, and create jobs: https://t.co/UKNRNEHAk3

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SMEs power economies, but many still lack access to finance, markets, and technology.

Join global leaders this September in Washington, DC to explore solutions that can help SMEs grow, innovate, and create jobs: https://t.co/9kESzrXdyF
#GSMEFF26

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What if your internship could help change the world? Through the @WorldBankGroup Pioneers Program, students have the opportunity to contribute to projects addressing poverty, climate, health, infrastructure, and sustainable development.

Apply here: https://t.co/HbHMqaVrj5

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In Fiji, rising seas, flooding, and changing weather patterns are threatening access to safe drinking water.

With IFC's support, a $100M sovereign green bond is helping provide more than 42,000 people in 120 rural communities with access to clean water: https://t.co/zrxoDBVUvm

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Reliable water access transforms lives.

In Botswana, water investments are helping drought-affected communities save time, grow businesses, and create better opportunities.

Through #WaterForward, we’re building a more water-secure future for communities to thrive. https://t.co/WkeoMFOdyL

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

On #WorldYouthSkillsDay, let’s remember that teaching young people new skills is only half the equation. We also need to create the jobs they deserve.

Our new @WorldBankGroup Global Jobs Challenge report shows how investing in infrastructure, improving the business climate, and mobilizing private capital can help make that happen: https://t.co/qMQxNfTyfO #WYSD

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Inclusive growth doesn't happen by accident—it happens through investment.

Expanding finance for women-owned SMEs can unlock entrepreneurship, create jobs, and build more resilient economies.

Explore the evidence from IFC’s new research: https://t.co/Vouwh7FAjm

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Energy access is one of the most powerful drivers of opportunity.

Jonathan Shaw, CEO of Nuru, discusses how @WorldBankGroup is helping connect more people to affordable electricity in eastern DRC while strengthening communities and businesses. #FragilityForum

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When water works, everything else can too.

Farmers grow more. Businesses thrive. Communities flourish.

Yet 4 billion people still lack water security.

#WaterForward is changing that:

➡️ 1B people targeted for water security by 2030
➡️ 14 countries with national water plans
➡️ 11 development banks committed

Learn more: https://t.co/b33UM3swaC

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Trade is a powerful driver of jobs and growth—but too many banks in emerging markets lack the risk coverage needed to expand financing. A new IFC, @MIGA, and @HSBC partnership will help unlock more trade finance for businesses.

Learn more: https://t.co/3MJQPKVoe7

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Water is economic infrastructure, supporting ~1.7 billion jobs worldwide.

In this conversation with @Diop_IFC, Aliko Dangote @DangoteGroup outlines how investment in reliable water systems can support jobs, food security, and livelihoods: https://t.co/VkoDUV6zaJ

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In southern #Ethiopia, goats are more than livestock. They are school fees, savings & food security. Through @IFC_org supported Luna LOG program, pastoral families are gaining access to training, vet support, improved feed & reliable markets.

👉https://t.co/uZgr4PLKKA

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Mobilizing private capital is central to the @WorldBankGroup’s jobs agenda. Find out how IFC’s credit insurance policy—part of the Managed Co Lending Portfolio Program—uses risk sharing to raise more funds for development: https://t.co/sdiTUxWcE9

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Sohail R K Hussain, Managing Director of Bank Asia Plc, explains how IFC's Global Trade Finance Program has helped the bank expand its trade capacity, manage risk more effectively, and keep supporting businesses even through challenging market conditions: https://t.co/X4zETq6jHd

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Agrivoltaics, using the same piece of land to produce energy and food, is expanding in emerging markets.

New IFC research explores how can this can help improve land-use efficiency and create jobs while helping meet growing energy demand: https://t.co/Io08lTgstZ