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May 17, 2011

Energy Efficiency to Help Producers Earn More (IFC Armenia Sustainable Energy Finance Project flyer), 2011

Energy Efficiency to Help Producers Earn More (IFC Armenia Sustainable Energy Finance Project flyer), 2011

May 17, 2011

Building Local Bond Markets: An Asian Perspective

Based on papers presented at the South Asian Debt Market Symposium in 1999, this book provides valuable insights to emerging market nations wrestling with the issue of building local bond markets.

English | 296 pages | © 2000 IFC | ISBN 0-8213-4819-1

May 17, 2011

China’s Emerging Private Enterprises: Prospects For The New Century

Based on interviews and surveys in China, this publication takes stock of the evolution of the domestic private sector in China.

May 15, 2011

Building a Successful Corporate Governance Institute in Less Than One Year. How the Baltic Institute Became a Reality —and What Others Can Learn From It

Lessons Learned. In 2009, a handful of dedicated volunteers, with the aid of a few well-placed connections, sparked a movement that led to creation of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) and its world-class deliverables.

May 12, 2011

Annual Report 2010

This year's report incorporates a strong thematic, visual, and story-telling approach to describing IFC's activities and results. It provides a comprehensive picture of what IFC does and how we are performing in key areas, including development effectiveness and financial results.

English | 119 Pages | © 2010 IFC | Complimentary

May 11, 2011

Annual Report 2009

This year's report incorporates a strong thematic, visual, and story-telling approach to describing IFC's activities and results. It provides a comprehensive picture of what IFC does and how we are performing in key areas, including development effectiveness and financial results.

English | 136 Pages | © 2009 IFC | Complimentary

May 10, 2011

Annual Report 2008

The 2008 Annual Report continues an approach IFC pioneered last year, combining information on our investments and advisory services, sustainability, development effectiveness, and donor partnerships.

English | 134 Pages | © 2008 IFC | Complimentary

May 9, 2011

Annual Report 2007

IFC set a record in fiscal 2007 for new investment commitments. This report explores IFC's increasing development impact and provides information on its investments and other activities for the fiscal year.

English | 103 Pages | © 2007 IFC | Complimentary

May 6, 2011

Annual Report 2006

IFC set a record in fiscal 2006 for new investment commitments. This report explores IFC's increasing development impact and provides information on its investments and other activities for the fiscal year.

English | 80 Pages | © 2006 IFC | Complimentary

May 5, 2011

Annual Report 2005

IFC has announced a third consecutive year of record growth, owing to the strong economic performance of many developing member countries. The financial results set the stage for a planned expansion in IFC's investments and advisory services.

English | 80 Pages | © 2005 IFC | Complimentary

May 4, 2011

Annual Report 2004

IFC posted a strong portfolio and income growth for FY04. Investments for its own account were $4.75 billion, a 23 percent increase over FY03 commitments, while its operating income was $982 million, almost double from FY03.

English | 120 Pages | © 2004 IFC | Complimentary

May 3, 2011

Annual Report 2003

IFC's operating income for FY03 grew to $528 million, more than triple the figure for FY02 and one of the Corporation’s highest on record, while its committed portfolio grew by 11.5 percent to $16.8 billion.

120 Pages | | © 2003 IFC |

May 2, 2011

Annual Report 2002

English | 120 Pages | © 2002 IFC | Complimentary

May 2, 2011

The State of Sustainable Investment in Key Emerging Markets

IFC's Advisory Services team seeks to influence, support, and enable capital allocation and portfolio management processes, using IFC's own investment practices as a model.

May 1, 2011

Annual Report 2001

English | 120 Pages | © 2001 IFC | Complimentary

May 1, 2011

Sustainability Case Study: Cogitel (Tunisia)

This case study showcases TunInvest, an IFC client, and its investee company, Cogitel, a Tunisian company that provides flexible packaging solutions for the food and beverage industry. Via efforts such as reduced energy consumption and waste generation, Cogitel has demonstrated financial returns and increased efficiency.

Apr 29, 2011

Annual Reports 1995 - 2000

For more information about IFC Annual Reports from 1995 - 2000, which are not available online, please contact External and Corporate Relations at (202)458-4772.

Apr 26, 2011

Telling Our Story

IFC has launched a broad and targeted set of initiatives to help private enterprises in emerging markets cope with the global financial and economic crises.

Global Partner in Times of Change

Apr 26, 2011

Making a Difference—How Private Enterprise is Creating Opportunity and Improving Lives in Developing Countries1

This publication illustrates practical aspects of IFC's work in developing countries. The companies highlighted are leading in environmental, social, and corporate governance performance, as well as being commercially successful.

Making a Difference—How Private Enterprise is Creating Opportunity and Improving Lives in Developing Countries

68 pages | |

Apr 11, 2011

Rebuilding Business and Investment in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

With support from the World Bank Group’s Investment Climate (IC) Advisory Services, Sierra Leone is rebuilding its private sector and recovering from a long civil war. This report describes how the World Bank is helping Sierra Leone build a regulatory framework for easier business and investment.

 

With support from the World Bank Group’s Investment Climate (IC) Advisory Services, Sierra Leone is rebuilding its private sector and recovering from a long civil war. This report describes how the World Bank is helping Sierra Leone build a regulatory framework for easier business and investment.

23 Pages | | © 2011 World Bank Group |

Apr 10, 2011

Does More Power for Shareholders Undermine Board Stewardship?

Private Sector Opinion 20: The level of shareholders’ expertise and experience needs to be questioned as they wield greater clout and become more deeply involved in strategic issues that should be the board’s purview. This misdirected involvement, in his opinion, distracts shareholders from their principal and most important role: electing and overseeing boards.

Apr 6, 2011

Toward Universal Access: Addressing the Global Challenge of Financial Inclusion

This publication highlights key trends, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating progress in financial inclusion and proposes major high-level poliy recommendations for consideration by the Group of 20 (G-20) policy makers to benefit a wider range of developing countries, including non-G-20 member countries.

Apr 1, 2011

Climate Risk and Business: Manufacturing (Pulp and Paper)

This study assesses climate-related risks for Bulleh Shah Paper Mills (BSPM) in Kasur, Pakistan.

Apr 1, 2011

Climate Risk and Business: Ports

This study assesses risks and opportunities for ports in general, and specifically for IFC's client, Terminal Marítimo Muelles el Bosque (MEB), in Cartagena, Colombia.

Apr 1, 2011

Climate Risk and Business: Hydropower (Run of the River)

This study assesses potential risks from climate change for the Khimti 1 run of the river hydro-electric power scheme in Nepal.