2009 Annual Meetings, Istanbul - IFC Issue Briefs

The Issue Briefs below explain IFC's work in specific areas.
All documents are in PDF format.

	Africa Health Care Report IFC is playing a significant role in delivering and financing health care for people in Africa.
	Agribusiness Agribusiness is a strategic priority because of the sector's potential for broad development impact.
	Debt and Asset Recovery Program In response to the global financial crisis, the DARP program aims to support real and financial sector stability, growth, and development.
	Energy and Climate Change IFC aims to maximize access to energy, while helping countries minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
	Extractive Industries The World Bank Group invests in extractive industries as natural resources can be an important driver of economic growth and poverty reduction.
	Fragile and Conflict-affected States Post-conflict development is a priority for IFC within its focus on frontier markets.
	Gender Established in 2004, IFC’s Gender Program helps leverage the untapped potential of women as well as men in emerging markets.
	IDA Countries IFC is increasing further the focus on poorer and least developed countries to maximize its additional value in private sector projects and development impact.
	IFC Asset Management Company IFC AMC was established by IFC to address the effects of the global financial crisis and serve longer-term development needs.
	IFC Capitalization Fund The IFC Capitalization Fund aims to support systemically important banks in emerging markets; particularly those targeting small and medium enterprises.
	IFC Crisis-Response Initiatives IFC has launched a broad and targeted set of initiatives to help private enterprises cope with the global financial and economic crises.
	IFC Infrastructure Crisis Facility The facility helps bridge the gap in available financing for viable, privately funded or public-private infrastructure projects in emerging markets that are facing financial distress.
	Information and Communication Technologies The World Bank Group is the largest international donor in ICT for development, supporting related activities in over 80 countries.
	Lighting Africa The Lighting Africa initiative aims to provide up to 2.5 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to modern lighting by 2012.
	Small and Medium Enterprises Small and medium enterprises account for 97 percent of businesses and over 50 percent of employment worldwide.
	Sustainable Investing IFC aims to influence capital markets to better integrate sustainability into the capital allocation and portfolio management processes in emerging markets.
	Trade Finance Trade finance is one of the most fundamental engines for global trade at all stages of the supply chain, especially in emerging markets.
	Water Water is a critical resource across many sectors and shortages pose risks to economic growth and the environment.

About IFC
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, creates opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We foster sustainable economic growth in developing countries by supporting private sector development, mobilizing private capital, and providing advisory and risk mitigation services to businesses and governments. Our new investments totaled $14.5 billion in fiscal 2009, helping channel capital into developing countries during the financial crisis. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.