 | Keeping Trade Alive: Ramping Up the Response
IFC trade finance supports many of Pakistan’s most important industries, including textiles, at a time when commercial banks are cutting back. more... |
| Local Banks Strengthened with IFC Support
The conflict in Georgia in the summer of 2008 created many levels of economic uncertainty, including massive withdrawals from local banks, which lost 13 percent of their total ... more... |
| Microfinance: Maintaining the Momentum
Microfinance matters now more than ever. By providing essential finance services to low-income entrepreneurs, it is a critical tool in the fight against poverty—especially in troubled ... more... |
| Renewable Energy: For a Sustainable Future
The debate is over; consensus has been reached. To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the world must start moving to cleaner power sources. more... |
| The Panamal Canal: An Essential Expansion
As soon as it opened almost a century ago, the Panama Canal changed the game in global trade. The first man-made link between the world’s two largest oceans, Atlantic and Pacific, it ... more... |
| The Revenues: Change Point for local Communities
Mining is Peru’s largest industry. It has also been a controversial one, criticized at times for generating big profits for foreigners, but few benefits for those living near the ... more... |
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