IFC's operations in the Middle East and North Africa cover 20 countries, from Morocco in the west to Pakistan in the east.
IFC focuses on providing long-term finance to the private sector in ways that benefit the underserved communities. Our priorities are in areas with high development impact and where IFC can make the greatest contribution, including access to finance for the underserved, especially micro, small and medium enterprises and mortgage and student borrowers; investments in infrastructure; and opportunities in IDA, conflict-affected, and resource-poor middle-income countries. IFC will pursue these objectives by combining investment and advisory services and facilitating South-South investments.
In support of its strategy, IFC has deployed resources in 12 field offices in 11 countries with about 230 staff on the ground.
*IFC identifies the following countries/territories as IDA (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen), conflict-affected (Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza), and resource poor/labor abundant (Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia)
