IFC

IFC, AMC invest $100m to support LatAm clean energy transition

March 2, 2017

IFC and AMC are giving a boost to a new Latin American player, who recently acquired assets in Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF), a fund managed by the IFC Asset Management Company (AMC), invested a combined […]

Central America receives $92.5m IFC investment for clean energy financing

January 24, 2017

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has provided $92.5 million in long term financing to four subsidiaries of Grupo Promerica in four Central American countries to boost access to finance for small and medium enterprises. Though small and medium enterprises are engines of job creation, representing 95 percent of all companies in Costa […]

Despite Lower Oil Prices, Renewable Still An Attractive Option, Says IFC

August 12, 2016

The IFC is confident that renewable energy investment is attractive regardless of this year’s drop in oil prices. The International Financial Corporation estimates that a country can absorb between 25 to 35 percent of renewable energy before intermittent nature of renewable energy disrupts the base-load capacity of any generation system. The IFC has partially funded […]