Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante

Impact is everything. Mobilization at @IFC_org. Blended finance and climate finance at ❤️. Curious traveler, world citizen with dual nationality 🇺🇸🇪🇨.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Credit insurance is increasingly important in helping to boost development finance. Our new $3 billion credit #insurance policy with 14 global insurers will support real sector projects, create jobs & boost economic activity in #emergingmarkets. https://t.co/JyH8DiltlV

[IFC @IFC_org]

By creating jobs and opportunities that help reduce poverty and improve living standards, IFC is delivering impactful results in building a better future for the people that are most in need.

Download our Annual Report to learn more. https://t.co/tzmt3xkhFC #AcceleratingImpact

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

For decades, @IFC_org has been at the forefront of mobilizing private capital where it’s needed most. @WorldBank Group statistics can help private investors feel more confident about investing in emerging markets. Learn more: https://t.co/moLDnZzXfT

[IFC @IFC_org]

In this interview with @CNBC's @dan_murphy, IFC Managing Director @Diop_IFC outlines the role of #BlendedFinance in scaling up private investment for energy transition in developing countries.

Watch here to learn more: https://t.co/3mHaz3zS0k #WorldGovSummit #WGS24

[Alfonso García Mora @agarmora]

An IFC and @gafspfund program is changing the lives of #Haiti’s 🇭🇹 smallholder farmers by helping them increase production and enter formal markets, while producing sustainable incomes and boosting food security. You can read the story here: https://t.co/xNJcMYU7rb

[Susan Lund @SusanLund_DC]

Through an innovative public-private partnership with @IFC_org, combining private and concessional financing, 14 hospitals in Côte d'Ivoire will soon offer advanced lab and imaging services – modernizing healthcare for 6.7M in rural and urban communities. https://t.co/dNmMBNi3zP

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

Global growth is projected to slow for the third year in a row—from 2.6% last year to 2.4% in 2024, almost ¾ of a percentage point below the average of the 2010s.

Read the new Global Economic Prospects Report #GEP2024: https://t.co/DwPPqMJONI

[Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante @KSE__]

#Mobilization

[IFC @IFC_org]

Over the past decade, IFC’s MCPP mobilization platform has raised $16 billion. Each year, the program has:

↪️ Served 2 million patients
↪️ Generated power to +5 million people
↪️ Connected phones to 44 million people
↪️ Reached +207,000 farmers

More: https://t.co/HtxMJQICiB

[Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante @KSE__]

Great opportunities #BlendedFinance

[Susan Lund @SusanLund_DC]

India must accelerate its annual climate investments from $18 billion to $170 billion by 2030 to achieve its net-zero targets. New @IFC_org report shows how #BlendedFinance can help bring in private capital to bolster India’s energy transition. 🖱️https://t.co/z22pLgOHHb

[Susan Lund @SusanLund_DC]

Private capital is expected to play an increasingly large role in low-#emissions power and an outsized role in using #CleanEnergy and developing clean fuels, while taking a backseat to grid development.

Read the full @IFC_org & @IEA report below:
https://t.co/tcQMR2ucNe

[IFC @IFC_org]

Innovative financing solutions can attract insurers and expand #development lending. Through its Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Program (MCPP) FIG III, IFC has mobilized $3.5 billion from 13 #insurers to boost economic growth in emerging markets. https://t.co/S7kbxRWCjY

[IFC @IFC_org]

IFC has partnered with 13 global insurers to raise $3.5 billion to increase development lending in emerging markets. The program will boost financial inclusion and support #SMEs, women-owned businesses & #climatefinance. Learn more: https://t.co/HiZ49Uygmv

[Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante @KSE__]

Innovative financing solutions can attract insurers and expand #development lending. Through its Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Program (MCPP) FIG III, @IFC_org has mobilized $3.5 billion from 13 #insurers to boost economic growth in emerging markets. https://t.co/wb6FD04Kht

[IFC @IFC_org]

[NEWS]: IFC has partnered with 13 global insurers to raise $3.5 billion to increase development lending in emerging markets. The program will boost financial inclusion and support #SMEs, women-owned businesses & #climatefinance. Learn more: https://t.co/S7kbxRW4uq

[Mafalda Duarte @MafaldaDuarte]

🚨NEW: @CIF_Action will invest $70m to spark Brazil's $9b energy transformation! 🇧🇷

Alongside partners, we're helping
- 2x renewables capacity
- reduce emissions by 57m tCO2e or more
- scale up GH2
- expand clean energy access for 3m+ people.

https://t.co/alNiM1K5Jj

[Alfonso García Mora @agarmora]

Warm welcome to Ajay Banga, 14th President of the @WorldBank Group!

I’m looking forward to working with him to maximize our impact and support to EMDEs in achieving ambitious development outcomes.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Welcome to Ajay Banga, the new President of the @WorldBank. Looking forward to working together to mobilize private capital at scale at a time of great need and build a more sustainable and more equitable world.

[IFC @IFC_org]

📢NEWS: IFC and @Iberdrola launched a global partnership to promote #cleanenergy transition in developing countries. It includes a new green sustainability-linked loan to @Neoenergia + potential #sustainablefinance for renewables projects: https://t.co/BEaTTAWSST

[Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante @KSE__]

#IFCBlendedFinance

[Riccardo Puliti @riccardopuliti]

📢The first project under IFC’s Global Food Security Platform is in Bangladesh! And it will help ensure #foodsecurity, improve the incomes of 1000s of farmers, and showcase how modern technology is vital to creating a resilient future food market.
https://t.co/d35CXUfTcV

[Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante @KSE__]

In 2021,  DFIs deployed over $1.9B of concessional funding to support various high-impact #blendedfinance projects across for a total project cost of $13.4B.   The latest DFI Joint report tells the stories behind these numbers.  Read more. 👇 https://t.co/jRnbZgFY8d

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

The Executive Directors of the @WorldBank today selected Ajay Banga as the President of the World Bank. Mr. Banga begins his five-year term on June 2, 2023.

Read the news release: https://t.co/xeSDLCwGUn