International Finance Corporation2012-06-082012-06-082006https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7523The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in its 50th year, is the largest provider of multilateral financing for private sector projects in the developing world. In fiscal 2006, it committed $6.7 billion in funds from its own account and mobilized an additional $1.6 billion through syndications and $1.3 billion through structured finance. Based on the total costs of the private sector projects it helped finance this year, each $1 in IFC commitments for its own account resulted in an additional $2.88 in funding from other sources. Altogether, IFC supported 284 investment projects in 66 countries. This year nearly a quarter of IFC commitments were in low-income or high-risk countries, demonstrating the viability of private enterprise even in difficult environments. IFC's investment commitments to firms operating in the Middle East and North Africa more than doubled in fiscal 2006, and commitments for private sector projects in Sub-Saharan Africa increased nearly 60 percent. IFC introduced a new development outcome tracking system for investment operations to measure and track results throughout the life of a project; a similar system was implemented to monitor the development impact of all active technical assistance and advisory projects.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CAPITALACCESS TO FINANCEACCOUNTINGADVICE TO GOVERNMENTSADVISORY SERVICEADVISORY SERVICESASSET CLASSASSET CLASSESASSET MANAGEMENTASSET PORTFOLIOSASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSESBALANCE SHEETBANK FINANCINGBANK LENDINGBANKING SECTORBANKING SYSTEMBENEFICIARIESBONDBOND ISSUEBOND MARKETBOND MARKETSBONDSBORROWERBORROWING COSTSBUSINESS ENABLINGBUSINESS ENABLING ENVIRONMENTBUYBACKCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL ADEQUACYCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL FUNDSCAPITAL GAINSCAPITAL MARKETCAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTCAPITAL MARKETSCAPITAL STOCKCAPITALIZATIONCOLLECTIVE INVESTMENTCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMERCIAL CREDITCONSUMER LOANCORPORATE GOVERNANCECORPORATE INVESTMENTCREDIT BUREAUCREDIT BUREAUSCREDIT BUYERSCREDIT ENHANCEMENTCREDIT GUARANTEESCREDIT INSTITUTIONSCREDIT RATINGCREDIT RATING AGENCIESCREDIT RATINGSCREDIT RISKCREDITORCREDITORSCURRENCY RISKDEBTDECENTRALIZATIONDERIVATIVEDERIVATIVESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDEVELOPMENT FINANCEDIRECT INVESTMENTSDISBURSEMENTSDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDOMESTIC CAPITALDOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKETDOMESTIC MARKETEARNINGSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMERGING MARKETEMERGING MARKETSENABLING ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEQUIPMENTEQUITIESEQUITY FUNDEQUITY FUNDSEQUITY INSTRUMENTSEQUITY INVESTMENTEQUITY INVESTMENTSEQUITY STAKEEXPENDITURESEXPORTERFAIR VALUEFAMILIESFINANCESFINANCIAL CAPITALFINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTUREFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFINANCIAL MARKETFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFINANCIAL RISKSFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFINANCIAL SYSTEMFOREIGN CURRENCYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTGOVERNANCE ISSUESGOVERNANCE STANDARDSGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSGOVERNMENT REVENUESGUARANTEE FEESGUARANTEE PRODUCTSHEDGESHOLDINGHOST ECONOMYHOUSING FINANCEHUMAN RESOURCESINCOME LEVELSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINSTITUTIONAL INVESTORINSTITUTIONAL INVESTORSINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINTANGIBLEINTERNATIONAL CAPITALINTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTINGINVESTMENT ACTIVITYINVESTMENT BANKINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATESINVESTMENT FUNDINVESTMENT PORTFOLIOINVESTMENT PROJECTSINVESTMENT VEHICLESISSUANCELENDERLENDERSLINE OF CREDITLIQUID ASSETLIQUID ASSETSLIQUIDITYLIQUIDITY MANAGEMENTLIVING STANDARDSLOANLOAN EQUIVALENTLOAN GUARANTEESLOAN PORTFOLIOLOAN SYNDICATIONSLOCAL BANKSLOCAL BUSINESSESLOCAL CURRENCIESLOCAL CURRENCYLOCAL FINANCIAL MARKETSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INVESTORSLONG-TERM INVESTORSMARKET DISCIPLINEMATURITIESMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSMINORITY SHAREHOLDERSMUNICIPAL FINANCENET WORTHNONPERFORMING LOANSOUTSIDE INVESTORSOUTSTANDING LOANSPARTIAL CREDITPARTIAL RISKPENSIONPENSION FUNDSPORTFOLIOPORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTPORTFOLIO RISKPORTFOLIOSPREPAYMENTSPRINCIPAL REPAYMENTSPRIVATE CAPITALPRIVATE ENTERPRISEPRIVATE EQUITYPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE INVESTMENTSPRIVATE PLACEMENTSPRIVATE SECTOR FINANCINGPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC BORROWINGSPUBLIC OFFERINGPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPRATES OF RETURNREPAYMENTSRESERVESRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGESRISK MANAGEMENTRISK SHARINGSECURITIESSECURITIES MARKETSSHAREHOLDERSHAREHOLDERSSHARES OF INVESTMENTSSMALL BUSINESSSMALL BUSINESSESSMALL LOANSOVEREIGN GUARANTEESTOCK MARKETSSTOCKSSWAPTAXTAX REGIMESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE FINANCETRADE FINANCINGTRADINGTRANSACTIONTRANSPARENCYTREASURYUSE OF SECURITYVOUCHERWorld Bank10.1596/7523