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Actionable economic research to help unlock sustainable private investment in Emerging Markets.

Financial Returns on Equity Investments in Infrastructure in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Over the past six decades, equity stakes in emerging market infrastructure ventures backed by the International Finance Corporation — which fosters economic development by investing in private enterprises — delivered higher returns, on average, than investments in portfolios of publicly-listed equities.

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Innovation in Green Technologies

Learn how emerging markets are leading green tech trade, reducing pollution, cutting emissions, and creating opportunities for investors!

How Private Capital—By and For Women—Can Be Good for Business

Learn how private equity and venture capital can drive funding to women-owned and -led businesses by having more women at the investment decision-making table.

Trade Finance in Central America and Mexico

Expanding access to low-cost trade finance could boost goods trade as much as 9 percent in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, new joint research from the International Finance Corporation and World Trade Organization finds.

Financing Firm Growth: The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Discover how equity and bond markets foster growth in developing economies, contributing $4 trillion in capital and generating 5 percent more jobs over three decades.

Emerging Market Green Bonds 2024

The seventh edition of the IFC-Amundi Green Bond report shows green, sustainability, sustainability-linked and social (GSSS) bond issuance hit a record $1 trillion in 2024, a 3 percent advance on the previous year.

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