The developing world needs private sector
investment now more than ever, and IFC’s strategic goal is to deliver private investment with development
impact. Our client countries, especially those with large populations in extreme poverty or those emerging from years of conflict and fragility, are asking us for more—particularly as they grapple with the impacts of COVID-19. Working
Upstream, in short, combines our roles as bank and entrepreneur to bring private
sector solutions and investment to address the world’s biggest
development
challenges.