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Mobilizing Private Capital

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Learn how the World Bank Group attracts greater private investment in emerging markets and developing economies.

Unlocking Investment Opportunities in Emerging Markets to Create Jobs

REPLAY: Unlocking Investment for Jobs

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Private capital mobilization can play a critical role in creating jobs and advancing development in emerging markets and developing economies. 

Annual Mwwtings 2026

2026 Annual Meetings Plenary

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Ajay Banga looks ahead to how public finance, private capital, and technology can create jobs at scale.

What We Do

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensable to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in — we have 70 years of experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

Products and Services

We provide investment, advice, and asset management — offerings that are mutually reinforcing and can be tailored to a client’s specific needs.

Sectors and Expertise

We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our partners overcome financial, operational, and other challenges.

Our Impact

IFC works with clients to create the opportunities which help the private sector mobilize solutions and finance to solve development challenges.

IFC at a glance

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries.

In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. 

  • 62.5 Million
    People connected to the internet
  • 11.3 Million
    People supplied with power
  • $226.5 Billion
    In Trade Finance Volume
  • $516.9 Billion
    In Impact from SME Loans

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See where we work

IFC’s impact spans more than 100 nations. We empower entrepreneurs all over the world, turning bold ideas into engines of inclusive growth creating millions of jobs, uplifting lives, and transforming communities.

Featured Publications

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Investing in People, Investing in Prosperity

Annual Report 2026

The World Bank Group Annual Report 2026 details the institution's work to create more and better jobs for people in developing countries.

Curbing the Cost of Borrowing for Businesses

Curbing the Cost of Borrowing for Businesses

Research

New research from the World Bank Group uncovers ways governments and business leaders can unblock emerging-market companies’ access to investment capital. 

Risks and Opportunities in Data Center and AI Investment in Emerging Markets

Risks and Opportunities in Data Center and AI Investment in Emerging Markets

EMERGING MARKET INSIGHTS

Developing economies in Asia, Latin America and to a lesser extent Africa are emerging as data center hubs amid accelerating investment by global tech firms.