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The Canadian Who Shaped IFC History

A Rocky Beginning

Alumni Profile: LG Electronics

Was an Investment Officer Ever Promoted to Executive Vice President?

Did IFC Ever Invest in Spain?

When Did IFC Begin Working with Donors? (Part I)

When Did IFC Begin Working with Donors? (Part II)

The Channel Tunnel: IFC’s Connection

How Did IFC Get Involved in Housing Finance?

Our $13 Billion Baby

The ‘Financial Liberation’ of IFC

Which former head of IFC wrote a book about his experiences in development?

What role did IFC play in coining the term "emerging markets?"

Is IFC a "he" or a "she"?

Which of IFC's current strategic priorities were barred from investment when the Corporation was created?

Which of the following euphemisms was once used to describe IFC? a) a “special situations” institution, b) an “irrelevant oddity,” c) a “the custodian of the concept of free enterprise” or d) all of the above?

Which important world figures disagreed about creating IFC?

What role did IFC play in the Green Revolution that improved agricultural productivity in developing nations during the 1960s?

How did IFC’s corporate culture come to be seen within the World Bank Group as blunt, hard-driving, and risk-taking?

Why was IFC created as a separate corporation rather than a unit of the World Bank?

What was the so-called “Black Plan” In IFC’s history?

Why was the creation of IFC heralded as “Point Five” by the editors of the New York Times?

How long did it take to create IFC?

Which world-renowned economist and which Nobel prize winner disagreed about creating an institution like IFC?