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19 Nov 2009IFC-ILO Better Work Conference Promotes Improved Labor Standards, Increased Competitiveness

18 Nov 2009IFC Launches Program to Help Create Forest Plantations on Degraded Indonesian Lands

18 Nov 2009IFC Meluncurkan Program Untuk Mendukung Pengembangan Hutan Tanaman pada Lahan Kritis di Indonesia

12 Nov 2009Vietnam and World Bank Group See Rice Husk Biomass as a Clean Energy Source

06 Nov 2009IFC Supports Community Consultations on Foreign Direct Investment in Vanuatu

28 Oct 2009IFC, Standard Chartered Summit Promotes Finance Access for Women Entrepreneurs

27 Oct 2009IFC and Global Reporting Initiative Launch Guide on Gender and Sustainability Reporting

27 Oct 2009World Bank Group Helping East Asia, Pacific Governments Simplify Business Registration Procedures

27 Oct 2009Kelompok Bank Dunia Membantu Pemerintah Negara-Negara Asia Timur dan Pasifik Menyederhanakan Prosedur Pendaftaran Usaha

15 Oct 2009IFC Launches New Country Strategy to Maximize Development Impact in Indonesia

13 Oct 2009IFC and Australia Indonesia Partnership Help Farmers Improve Productivity and Incomes

05 Oct 2009Vietnamese Port among Emerging-Market Infrastructure Projects to Benefit from Crisis Facility

10 Sep 2009IFC Supports Lao PDR in Simplifying the Tax System and Easing Compliance

08 Sep 2009《2010年营商环境报告》:印度尼西亚是东亚和太平洋地区在商业监管改革方面最积极的经济体

08 Sep 2009《2010年营商环境报告》:各国政府在商业监管改革方面开创新纪录

08 Sep 2009Doing Business 2010: Indonesia Is the Most Active Business Regulatory Reformer in East Asia and the Pacific

27 Aug 2009IFC and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease to Finance Sustainable Energy Efficiency Projects in Asia

25 Aug 2009IFC, Bank of Beijing, and Carrier Deepen Cooperation in Energy Efficiency Finance Innovation

24 Aug 2009IFC Launches Project to Promote Good Corporate Governance, Trade Finance in Mongolia

19 Aug 2009IFC Joins Forum To Help Promote Cambodian Microfinance amid Global Financial Crisis

14 Aug 2009IFC and VBMA Help Promote Vietnam’s Bond Market Development to Improve Capital-raising Mechanism

10 Aug 2009IFC Helps Establish Cambodia’s First N​​ational Arbitration Center to Resolve Commercial Disputes

06 Aug 2009IFC Supports China’s Rural Financing by Investing in Village and Township Bank

27 Jul 2009IFC and China CNCA Host International Good Agriculture Practice Forum in Beijing

17 Jul 2009IFC and Government of Tonga Launch Brochures to Improve Business Licensing Processes

15 Jul 2009New IFC-EIU Report Finds Wide Support for Sustainable Investment Criteria

11 Jul 2009IFC Brings Global Expertise, Regional Knowledge to Support Microfinance in the Pacific

24 Jun 2009IFC's Investment in Mongolia's XacLeasing Helps Increase Access to Finance for Businesses

08 Jun 2009IFC Investment in Paynet Helps Improve Retail Payment System in Vietnam

05 Jun 2009IFC Helps Promote Vietnam’s Capital Market Development

03 Jun 2009IFC Helps Papua New Guinea Develop Economic Zone Strategy to Promote Growth

01 Jun 2009IFC Helps Mongolia Improve and Simplify Business Inspections

18 May 2009IFC Finances Fertilizer Plant in China, Supporting Sichuan Earthquake Recovery Efforts

13 May 2009IFC Helps Strengthen Corporate Governance Practices in China with Stock Exchange’s Aid

12 May 2009IFC and Australia Indonesia Partnership Link Small Peanut Farmers to Leading Firms

01 May 2009IFC to Help Solomon Islands Streamline Business Start-up Processes

24 Apr 2009IFC Helps East Asian Financial Institutions Address Risks in Response to Global Crisis

24 Apr 2009IFC and JBIC to Collaborate to Boost Trade Finance in Developing Countries

22 Apr 2009IFC Provides $15 Million Risk-Sharing Facility To Support Lending In China’s Sichuan Province

20 Apr 2009IFC Helps Establish Indonesia’s First Microfinance Wholesale Bank to Serve Millions

03 Apr 2009China Provides IFC $1.5 Billion to Support Global Effort to Boost Trade

01 Apr 2009IFC Works to Boost Investment and Reform Efforts in Vanuatu

31 Mar 2009IFC and HASTC Help Develop Capital Markets in Vietnam

25 Mar 2009IFC Invests in Cambodia’s Telecommunications Sector, Expanding Service in Rural Areas

12 Mar 2009Linking Indonesia’s Small Farmers to the Global Supply Chain

24 Feb 2009Japan Contributes $1 million to IFC’s Trade Finance Advisory Services Initiative

02 Feb 2009IFC EVP & CEO Signs Bank Recapitalization Fund with JBIC

14 Jan 2009IFC Supports Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Lao PDR, Thailand

15 Dec 2008IFC to Reduce Shareholding in Vietnam’s Sacombank: Partnership Strengthened through Increased Collaboration in Innovative Products

02 Dec 2008IFC Increases Investment in Renewable Energy in the Philippines

27 Nov 2008IFC Helps Facilitate Public-Private Business Forum to Improve Business Climate in Aceh

26 Nov 2008IFC Helps Indonesia’s Central Java Province Attract New Investments

13 Nov 2008IFC Coordinates with Indonesia’s Central Java Province to Train Investment Promotion Personnel

05 Nov 2008IFC Steps Up Support for Solar Energy in China

04 Nov 2008IFC and Japan Train Vietnamese Banks to Strengthen Trade Finance

31 Oct 2008IFC Supports Major Breakthrough in China’s Green Banking Industrial Bank Adopts Equator Principles

30 Oct 2008IFC and Chengdu CGC Join Forces to Support Sichuan Earthquake Reconstruction

29 Oct 2008IFC Assures Support for the Philippines Amid Global Financial Crisis

28 Oct 2008IFC to Help Improve Business Regulatory Environment in Papua New Guinea

24 Oct 2008IFC Promotes Good Corporate Governance in Vietnam

23 Oct 2008IFC Helps Tourism Enterprises in Solomon Islands Access Global Travel Market

23 Oct 2008IFC Pledges More Support for Cambodia’s Microfinance Institutions

23 Oct 2008IFC to Step up Engagement in Lao PDR

16 Oct 2008IFC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Partner to Invest in Emerging Markets

07 Oct 2008IFC and ILO to Improve Labor Standards and Competitiveness in Vietnam’s Apparel Industry

18 Sep 2008IFC Increases Investment in Hydropower Generation in the Philippines

10 Sep 2008Doing Business 2009: The Philippines Needs to Accelerate and Complete Reforms to Achieve Greater Economic and Social Impact

10 Sep 2008Doing Business 2009: China Makes Key Improvements, as East Asia Gains Momentum in Regulatory Reforms

10 Sep 2008Doing Business 2009: Pacific Countries Must Accelerate Reform Efforts

02 Sep 2008IFC Facilitates Public-Private Partnership to Develop Rural Electrification Project in the Philippines

26 Aug 2008IFC and JPMorgan Join Forces to Boost Trade Finance in Asia and the Pacific

05 Aug 2008IFC Investment Enables Power Generation in Indonesia

21 Jul 2008IFC-sponsored Survey Shows High Demand for Housing Finance in Indonesia

14 Jul 2008IFC Helps Tourism Enterprises in Timor-Leste Access Global Travel Market

18 Jun 2008IFC Fosters Competition in South East Asia’s Oil and Gas Market

18 Jun 2008Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Joins IFC Program to Fund Energy Efficiency Projects in China, Helping Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

10 Jun 2008IFC Helps Major Hardwood Floor Company in China Source Sustainable Wood

05 Jun 2008IFC Agreement with JBIC to Enhance Private Sector Investment in Africa

02 Jun 2008IFC Support to MCS Will Help Strengthen Industrial and Manufacturing Base in Mongolia

28 May 2008Doing Business in the Phillippines 2008: New Report Compares 21 Cities to Help Improve Competitiveness, Create Jobs

09 May 2008IFC Investment to Support Distressed Assets Resolution in Emerging Markets in Asia

24 Apr 2008IFC Trade Program Expands in Pakistan, Boosting Access to Finance for Entrepreneurs

22 Apr 2008Doing Business in China 2008: Cities Nationwide Are Introducing Reforms

07 Apr 2008IFC, EDC, and Digicel Collaborate to Expand Mobile Phone Network in Papua New Guinea

03 Apr 2008IFC’s Agreement with Xinglong Hydropower to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China

03 Apr 2008IFC Completes Agreements with Four Chinese Companies to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions of 15 Projects

03 Apr 2008IFC Agreement with Anhui Kangyuan Electric Power Group to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China

03 Apr 2008New IFC Agreement with Shenzhen PhasCon Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions in China

03 Apr 2008New IFC Agreement with Beijing Deqingyuan Agriculture Scientific Supports Greenhouse Gas Reductions in China

26 Mar 2008IFC, Bank of Beijing Support Cleaner Production and Help Small and Midsize Businesses Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

26 Feb 2008IFC Strengthens Partnership with Sacombank with Housing Finance Facility

25 Feb 2008Industrial Bank and IFC Collaborate to Expand Energy Efficiency Loans and Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China: IFC to Support $210 Million Risk-sharing Coverage for Industrial Bank’s Energy Efficiency Loans

12 Feb 2008Small Businesses in Quezon City to Benefit from IFC Business Simplification Program

25 Jan 2008IFC在华投资私营医疗机构,扩大优质医疗服务的覆盖面

22 Jan 2008IFC Partners with Bank of Philippine Islands to Expand Access to Sustainable Energy Finance

22 Jan 2008IFC Convertible Loan to Zhong An Credit Supports Microlending in China

17 Jan 2008IFC在华投资私营医疗机构,扩大优质医疗服务的覆盖面

14 Jan 2008IFC’s Investment in Private Health Care in China to Help Increase Access to High-Quality Medical Services

04 Dec 2007IFC Loan to China’s Business Development Bank Supports Lending to Small and Midsize Businesses

15 Nov 2007IFC Helps Bring Reliable and Affordable Electricity to Mindanao by Supporting Electric Cooperatives and Attracting Private Capital

26 Oct 2007IFC Congratulates National Australia Bank on Adopting the Equator Principles

23 Oct 2007IFC Investment Bolsters Power Sector Reforms in the Philippines, Helping Meet Growing Energy Needs

23 Oct 2007IFC’s Investment in China’s Medical Waste Treatment will Help Improve Environmental Standards

23 Oct 2007国际金融公司投资中国医疗垃圾处理项目,帮助提高中国环保水平

20 Oct 2007IFC Client Leadership Award Highlights Manila Water’s Contribution to Sustainable Development

20 Oct 2007IFC Contributes to World Bank-administered Output Based Grant for Water Services to Manila’s Poor Communities

02 Oct 2007IFC and Westpac Sponsor Workshop to Help Boost Lending to Women Entrepreneurs

28 Aug 2007IFC Invests in Cleaner Energy Technology in China

27 Aug 2007IFC Sponsors Conference to Promote Financial Inclusion in the Pacific

20 Aug 2007IFC Restructures Investment in Mariwasa to Support the Philippines’ Ceramic Tile Industry

10 Aug 2007IFC Launches Its First New Zealand Dollar-Denominated Global Kauri Bond

10 Aug 2007Vanuatu Government Engages IFC to Advise on Privatization of National Airline

31 Jul 2007IFC and BCEL to Help Lao Brewery Company Expand Its Vientiane Operations and Build New Plant

12 Jul 2007Collaboration with Stakeholders Needed to Improve Working Conditions in Shenzhen’s Information and Communication Technology Industry

12 Jul 2007与各利益相关方合作 ,改善深圳信息通讯技术行业的劳动条件

18 Jun 2007National Competitiveness Council Works with IFC to Simplify Business Regulations in the Philippines

07 Jun 2007IFC Sponsors Samoa Tourism Investment Seminar

01 Jun 2007IFC Supports Bank of Beijing’s Growth in Financing Energy Efficiency and International Trade

01 Jun 2007IFC Partners with China EXIM Bank to Support Sustainable Investment by Chinese Companies in Emerging Markets

04 May 2007IFC Helps Bring Affordable Electricity to Underdeveloped Province in the Philippines

03 May 2007China Poised to Ride Longer Economic Wave if it Capitalizes on the Information Revolution: World Bank Report Finds

27 Apr 2007China poised to ride longer economic wave if it capitalizes on the information revolution: World Bank report finds

28 Mar 2007IFC and ICF Win UN-Habitat Environmental Award for Wetland Conservation Project

19 Mar 2007IFC Advises on New Chapter of Chinese Property Law: New Legislation Improves Access to Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises and Farmers

19 Mar 2007《物权法》打开“动产担保融资”之门 中小企业和农民可望获得更多融资渠道

16 Mar 2007IFC-Sponsored Conference to Explore the Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships in China’s Health Care Services

15 Mar 2007IFC-Supported Investment Outreach Office to Assist Private Sector Investment and Create Jobs in Aceh

02 Mar 2007IFC Loan to Shandong Weigao Supports Growth of Chinese Medical Products Sector, Improve Access to Treatment

12 Feb 2007IFC Helps China’s Industrial Bank Support Cleaner Production and Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

13 Dec 2006IFC Investment in Manila Water Company to Provide Clean and Reliable Water Supply

12 Dec 2006IFC Investment in PNOC-EDC Supports Philippine Power Sector Reform and Development of Renewable Energy

12 Dec 2006Japan Becomes First Donor Country Providing Financial Support to IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program

30 Nov 2006IFC's Local Currency Financing Supports Bank Internasional Indonesia's Strategic SME Business

27 Nov 2006IFC Financing of Key Tollway in the Philippines to Spur Economic Activity

16 Nov 2006IFC Facilitates Private Investment for Affordable, Reliable Electricity in Remote Philippine Province

16 Nov 2006IFC Loan to Century Sunshine Supports Growth of Organic Fertilizer Industry in China

15 Nov 2006IFC to Assess Private Sector Opportunities in Mongolia’s Energy Sector: Study Will Evaluate Diversification of Energy Sources and Clean Fuel Alternatives

10 Nov 2006IFC Loan to Fosun Pharma Supports China’s Pharmaceutical Sector Reforms and Expansion of Anti-Malaria Product Line

10 Nov 2006IFC Loan to Nanjing City Commercial Bank Supports Growth of Small Businesses

10 Nov 2006IFC Supports Improved Health Care in China through Loan to Aier Eye Hospitals

10 Nov 2006IFC’s Second Panda Bond Issue Supports Development of Capital Markets, Private Sector Businesses: RMB 870 Million Panda Bond II Promotes Bond Market, Provides Local Currency Financing for Four Domestic Companies

01 Nov 2006New Study Compares the Business Environment in 10 Cambodian Provinces

01 Nov 2006New Study Shows How Management Training Improves Garment Supervisors’ Practices and Factory Performance

27 Oct 2006 IFC Study Provides Roadmap for Sustainable Development of China’s Non-Wood Pulp and Paper Industry

26 Oct 2006IFC Investment in Asian Distressed Assets Fund Aims to Strengthen Credit Culture Across Asia

13 Oct 2006 IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program Announces First Chinese Participant

12 Oct 2006IFC Supports Private Sector in Bringing Electricity to Rural Philippines

15 Sep 2006IFC Teams with Sampoerna Foundation and BII to Help Students in Indonesia Finance Their University Educations

07 Sep 2006Smaller Business Will Benefit from IFC’s Trade Finance Program in Mongolia

25 Aug 2006IFC Helps Increase Water Treatment Capacity in China: Epure Benefits from $10 Million Equity Investment

22 Aug 2006IFC Chief Lars Thunell Concludes Vietnam Visit on Optimistic Note

22 Aug 2006IFC Supports Development of Renewable Energy and Biofuels in the Philippines

10 Aug 2006Mongolia: IFC Advises on New Financial Leasing Law

03 Aug 2006IFC Investments to Increase China’s Water Supply and Enhance Wastewater Treatment

02 Aug 2006IFC Supports Coal Conversion into Clean Energy, Addresses China’s Energy Security Needs

21 Jul 2006IFC Launches Renewed Effort to Boost Business and Cut Poverty in the Pacific

11 Jul 2006Rabobank and IFC Acquire Stakes in URCB, First Foreign Investment in a Chinese Rural Cooperative Bank

06 Jul 2006IFC Long Term Local Currency Facility to WOM Finance Supports Motorcycle Financing for Individuals and Small Businesses

05 Jul 2006IFC Helps ACLEDA Bank of Cambodia Increase its Long-Term Lending

31 May 2006IFC Workshop Demonstrates Business Case for Sustainable Finance

24 May 2006IFC’s First Investment in Papua New Guinea Assists Small Businesses and Microenterprises

23 May 2006 IFC’s Vocational Education and Training Conference Highlights Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships

17 May 2006IFC $50 Million Loan to Shanshui Group Supports Environmental Upgrades

17 May 2006IFC Contributes $1 Million to XinAo Gas’ Energy Efficiency Operations

17 May 2006IFC Establishes Risk-Sharing Facility with Industrial Bank to Boost Energy Efficiency Project Lending in China

15 May 2006IFC and North Andre Sign Cooperation Agreement to Promote Good Practice in Supply Chain

15 May 2006IFC Provides Largest Local Currency Loan Facility to Bank Danamon Indonesia Rp 1.3 Trillion Loan to be Oriented Towards SME and Mass Market Businesses

15 May 2006IFC-PENSA and WWF Help First Acacia Plantation Attain Global Forest and Trade Network Membership

11 May 2006IFC Hails Zhongda’s Small Hydropower Projects in Yunnan

10 May 2006At 50, IFC Looks to Opportunities, Challenges in Asia’s Markets

24 Apr 2006IFC Highlights Women’s Entrepreneurship in Indonesia: IFC-PENSA and IWAPI Launch “Voices of Women in the Private Sector”

28 Mar 2006New Reports Offer Investors Guidance for Assessing Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in Asian Businesses

07 Mar 2006Finland Contributes $3 Million to IFC’s China Energy Efficiency Initiative

19 Jan 2006IFC and Indonesia Business Links Support Young Entrepreneurs

19 Jan 2006IFC Provides $45 Million Financing to Central Pertiwi Bahari

15 Nov 1993IFC LAUNCHES NEW STOCK INDEXES FOR CHINA AND ZIMBABWE

16 Sep 1993 IFC ISSUES U.S. DOLLAR/YEN WARRANTS

30 Aug 1993 IFC INVESTS US$20 MILLION TO FINANCE EXPANSION OF INDONESIAN SHIPPING COMPANY

26 Aug 1993PHILIPPINES MINDANAO POWER PROJECT GETS US$35.5 MILLION FINANCING PACKAGE FROM IFC t

13 Aug 1993IFC LAUNCHES HONG KONG DOLLAR (HK$) 750 MILLION BOND OFFERING -- Largest Issue To Date in Hong Kong Domestic Bond Market

16 Jul 1993IFC PROVIDES US$16 MILLION TO DEVELOP LARGE BANANA PLANTATION IN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

01 Jul 1993IFC ARRANGES $135 MILLION FINANCING PACKAGE FOR PHILIPPINE REFINERY

27 May 1993 IFC BOARD APPROVES $350 MILLION FINANCING PACKAGE FOR STAR PETROLEUM

25 May 1993IFC PROVIDES $30.7 MILLION FINANCING FOR JOINT VENTURE CEMENT PROJECT IN CHINA

12 May 1993 IFC LAUNCHES ITS LARGEST BORROWING TO DATE -- First Yen Eurobond Issue

29 Apr 1993$933 MILLION FINANCING PACKAGE FOR HOPEWELL/PHILIPPINE PLANT SETS PRECEDENT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR POWER PROJECTS

15 Mar 1993 H&Q PHILIPPINE VENTURES II TO RECEIVE IFC FINANCING

25 Feb 1993C O R R E C T I O N

08 Feb 1993 IFC LAUNCHES NEW HK$500 MILLION BOND OFFERING

05 Feb 1993PHILIPPINES HOPEWELL POWER PROJECT TO RECEIVE $110 MILLION FINANCING FROM IFC

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