SDG10 aims to reduce inequality within and among countries by 2030 by progressively achieving and sustaining income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average, empowering and promoting the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status, and improving the regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and strengthening the implementation of such regulations.
IFC's Overall Contribution to SDG-10 in Calendar Year 2019
31.0 billion USD towards Microfinance and SME loans
137.7 million people reached with infrastructure services - power generation, power distribution, water distribution, gas distribution, transport, and telecoms.
4.4 million Microfinance and SME loans
0.4 million Farmers reached
12.1 million Patients served
0.4 million Students reached – 0.2 million Women
IFC's Contribution to individual targets of SDG-10
10.b Encourage official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programs..
