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Abhijeet S
Project Finance
IFC offers a full array of financial products and services to companies in its developing member countries. These include, but are not restricted to:
• Long-term loans in major and local currencies, at fixed or variable rates.
• Equity investments.
• Quasi-equity instruments (such as subordinated loans, preferred stock, income notes, convertible debt).
• Syndicated loans.
• Risk management (such as intermediation of currency and interest rate swaps, provision of hedging facilities).
• Intermediary finance.
IFC can provide financial instruments singly or in whatever combination necessary to ensure that projects are adequately funded from the outset. It can also help structure financial packages, coordinating financing from foreign and local banks and companies, and export credit agencies.
IFC charges market rates for its products and does not accept government guarantees.
To be eligible for IFC financing, projects must be profitable for investors, benefit the economy of the host country, and comply with stringent environmental and social guidelines.
IFC finances projects in all types of industries and sectors, for example: manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism, health and education, and financial services. Financial service projects represent a significant share of new approvals and range from investments in nascent leasing, insurance and mortgage markets to student loans and credit lines to local banks which, in turn, provide microfinance or business loans to Small and Medium Enterprises.
Although IFC is primarily a financier of private sector projects, it may provide finance for a company with some government ownership, provided there is private sector participation and the venture is run on a commercial basis. It can finance companies that are wholly locally owned as well as joint ventures between foreign and local shareholders.
Resource Mobilization
Owing to its success record and special standing as a multilateral institution, IFC is able to act as a catalyst for private investment. Its participation in a project enhances investor confidence and attracts other lenders and shareholders.
IFC mobilizes financing directly for sound companies in developing countries by syndicating loans with international commercial banks and underwriting investment funds and corporate securities issues. It also handles private placements of securities.
IFC operates on commercial terms, targeting profitability. The Corporation has made a profit every year since its inception.
Advisory Services
IFC advises business in developing countries on a wide variety of matters, including physical and financial restructuring; the formulation of business plans; identification of markets, products, technologies, and financial and technical partners; and mobilization of project finance. It can provide advisory services in the context of an investment, or independently for a fee, in line with market practice.
IFC also advises governments in developing countries on how to create an enabling business environment and it provides guidance on attracting foreign direct investment. For example, it helps develop domestic capital markets. It also provides
IFC offers a full array of financial products and services to companies in its developing member countries. These include, but are not restricted to:
• Long-term loans in major and local currencies, at fixed or variable rates.
• Equity investments.
• Quasi-equity instruments (such as subordinated loans, preferred stock, income notes, convertible debt).
• Syndicated loans.
• Risk management (such as intermediation of currency and interest rate swaps, provision of hedging facilities).
• Intermediary finance.
IFC can provide financial instruments singly or in whatever combination necessary to ensure that projects are adequately funded from the outset. It can also help structure financial packages, coordinating financing from foreign and local banks and companies, and export credit agencies.
IFC charges market rates for its products and does not accept government guarantees.
To be eligible for IFC financing, projects must be profitable for investors, benefit the economy of the host country, and comply with stringent environmental and social guidelines.
IFC finances projects in all types of industries and sectors, for example: manufacturing, infrastructure, tourism, health and education, and financial services. Financial service projects represent a significant share of new approvals and range from investments in nascent leasing, insurance and mortgage markets to student loans and credit lines to local banks which, in turn, provide microfinance or business loans to Small and Medium Enterprises.
Although IFC is primarily a financier of private sector projects, it may provide finance for a company with some government ownership, provided there is private sector participation and the venture is run on a commercial basis. It can finance companies that are wholly locally owned as well as joint ventures between foreign and local shareholders.
Resource Mobilization
Owing to its success record and special standing as a multilateral institution, IFC is able to act as a catalyst for private investment. Its participation in a project enhances investor confidence and attracts other lenders and shareholders.
IFC mobilizes financing directly for sound companies in developing countries by syndicating loans with international commercial banks and underwriting investment funds and corporate securities issues. It also handles private placements of securities.
IFC operates on commercial terms, targeting profitability. The Corporation has made a profit every year since its inception.
Advisory Services
IFC advises business in developing countries on a wide variety of matters, including physical and financial restructuring; the formulation of business plans; identification of markets, products, technologies, and financial and technical partners; and mobilization of project finance. It can provide advisory services in the context of an investment, or independently for a fee, in line with market practice.
IFC also advises governments in developing countries on how to create an enabling business environment and it provides guidance on attracting foreign direct investment. For example, it helps develop domestic capital markets. It also provides