IFC’s priorities for manufacturing and services industries contribute to its key Strategic Pillars. These industry priorities are also linked to the overarching mission of the World Bank Group to reduce poverty and improve lives.
Focus on IDA Countries
Focusing on investment in IDA countries and frontier regions of middle-income countries: For more, see IDA section
Encouraging investment in nations emerging from conflict: For more, see
Conflict-Affected section
Support projects addressing development and opportunity in the Arab world. For more, see
Arab World Investments section
Bridging the financing gaps for smaller companies in emerging markets: For more, see Small Direct Investment Initiatives section
IFC builds long-lasting relationships with clients and help them grow stronger. For more, see Cross-Border Investments section
Playing a leadership role in elevating the importance of sustainable industry practices: For more, see
Climate Change section
Supporting Infrastructure and Health
Supporting investment in infrastructure through our financing of projects in:
Construction Materials: By financing projects that increase the supply of local building materials, thus lowering construction costs and making critical infrastructure projects more affordable for cash-strapped developing countries
Energy Efficient Machinery: By building industry clusters in emerging countries, leading to increased private investment in infrastructure improvements to support logistics needs
Forest Products: By investing in local, regional and global forest products companies committed to reforestation and to technological advancements that reduce reliance on virgin pulp, encourage recycling and improve the environmental profile of wood, and pulp and paper manufacturing processes. These companies have created hundreds of thousands of jobs through linkages with small farmers, while encouraging the plantation of thousands of hectares of new trees on unproductive land.
Addressing constraints to private sector investment in health: By prioritizing investments in the
Life Sciences industry that result in new, life-saving treatments for diseases that affect the poor, that make quality medicines more affordable and more accessible through generic drug production, and that encourage transfer of scientific education and know-how to emerging market nations. Global Manufacturing and Services efforts also supports a key strategic priority of the the World Bank Group
Tourism: By investing in projects that expand tourism-related infrastructure, including business hotels
Retail: By investing in global, regional and local companies interested in expanding retail options for consumers across the income spectrum. Often, projects include improvements to local transportation infrastructure such as roads, landscaping, and streetscaping. They also deepen local supply chains, leading to addition logistics infrastructure-related improvements in a community.
Property: By targeting projects that enable new commercial and residential development and that help more citizens realize the dream of home ownership
Investments in IDA Countries