The mission of Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) — a sister organistion of the World Bank, which offers financing to private companies — is to boost entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
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Why the World Bank Group’s investment arm is bullish about CEE — and wants others to follow suit
The International Finance Corporation has a remit to create jobs in all parts of the world. One of its directors tells Sifted why he thinks doing so in CEE will be easy
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