U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the U.S.  Government’s development finance institution. DFC partners with the  private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing  the developing world today. We invest across sectors including energy,  healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology. DFC also provides  financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs in order  to create jobs in emerging markets. DFC investments adhere to high  standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights. 

Our Mission 

DFC launched in December 2019 with a mission to confront the most  urgent issues facing developing countries across the globe. Today,  emerging markets need significant investment to generate electricity for  growing populations, expand access to modern technology, confront  climate change, provide quality healthcare, and increase manufacturing  capacity, including the capacity to manufacture lifesaving vaccines. 

DFC’s tools are helping businesses pursue promising opportunities  that improve lives across the developing world, helping address critical  development challenges as well as advance U.S. foreign policy and  national security. The agency’s porfolio spans over 100 developing  countries across Africa, Latin America, the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East,  and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and DFC prioritizes investment in low and lower middle-income countries to deliver…

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