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The IFC has created a mass-market certification system for fast growing emerging markets called EDGE ("Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies"). [44] IFC and the World Green Building Council [45] have partnered to accelerate green building growth in less developed counties. The target is to scale up green buildings over a seven-year ...
Currently, Singapore is a member of World Bank Group Institutions including International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), International Development Association (IDA), and the International Centre of Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC) is a special economic zone of the Malaysian government based on the island of Labuan off the Borneo coast. It was established in 1990 and has been marketed as having a unique position to tap investment opportunities in Asia and beyond. [1]
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The definition of an offshore financial centre dates back to academic papers by Dufry & McGiddy (1978), and McCarthy (1979) regarding locations that are: Cities, areas or countries which have made a conscious effort to attract offshore banking business, i.e., non-resident foreign currency denominated business, by allowing relatively free entry ...
Rosen spun the Grassroots Business Fund out of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in 2008. Fifteen million dollars of the first fund came from the IFC with the rest coming from Omidyar Network and some foundations, individuals and government agencies. The money came to GBF as grants and much of it was invested in a mix of equity, quasi ...
TDB was thus renamed International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) on 12 April 2002 to mark a strategic shift in activities, which would then focus less on export promotion, and more on helping Singaporean business start and develop their business overseas. In this way, IE Singapore was analogous to other trade and export promotion agencies ...
The IFC has primarily partnered with the World Bank in order to encourage further investments in the DRC. The IFC also works with the Organization for the harmonization in Africa of Business Law (OHADA) in order to induce further economic growth. Management training programs have been offered by the IFC, which have helped in the growth of local ...