Fostering inclusion, boosting innovation, and strengthening regional integration are some of IFC's priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean. We also help countries tackle climate change.

Our focus in Latin America and the Caribbean is on promoting:

 

Inclusive Growth
Increasing access to finance, basic goods and services, and infrastructure.
 

Competitiveness and innovation
Addressing bottlenecks in infrastructure by increasing public-private partnerships and improving the investment climate; expanding vocational and tertiary education; and supporting new sectors, such as mobile banking.
 

Regional and global integration
Improving legal frameworks for trade logistics; integrating regional financial markets; and strengthening energy networks and transportation.
 

Climate change
Catalyzing private-sector solutions to address mitigation and adaptation issues in the region.

 

Focus Areas

  • Gender

    In LAC, we work with partners in the private sector to close gender gaps and improve women’s access to assets and more and better jobs.

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  • Infrastructure

    IFC helps develop infrastructure projects that improve people's lives, with an emphasis on power, utilities and transportation.

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  • Public-Private Partnerships

    IFC is a pioneer in supporting public-private partnerships across Latin America to help meet the demands of a growing urban middle class.

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  • Access to Finance

    IFC works with nearly 200 financial intermediaries in Latin America and the Caribbean to close the credit gap for micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs.

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  • Expanding Affordable Education

    IFC is the largest multilateral investor in tertiary private education in emerging markets. Access to education creates opportunities for high quality jobs.

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  • Renewable Energy

    Our focus has been on supporting renewable energy, such as hydropower, wind and solar energy projects, which help mitigate or adapt to climate change.

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  • Agribusiness

    By scaling up investments across the agribusiness supply chain—from farm to retail—we are helping boost production, and improve logistics and distribution.

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