IFC ANNUAL REPORT 2010 where meets impact innovation 60238 V1 highlights and p1 leadership IFC: financial & operational highlights p2: letter from World Bank Group President p4: letter from IFC CEO p6: IFC Management Team highlights and pi: financial & operational highlights leadership p2: letter from World Bank Group President p4: letter from IFC CEO p6: IFC Management Team global challenges p10: results and impact p16: strategy/scorecard p18: unemployment (gender program, extractive industries) p28: climate change (renewable energy, Lighting Africa) p38: food security (food production, insurance) p46: conflict (Haiti, Africa) p56: water & urbanization (water security, south-south investment) p66: lessons learned products, roles, p70: what we do and expertise p72: Investment Services p73: Advisory Services p74: IFC Asset Management Company p75: partnerships and mobilization p76: standard setting p78: our industries p80: special innovations in financing p82: role in IDA countries p83: inclusive business internal standards p87: development goals and operations p88: our staff p90: measuring results p92: clients' development reach p94: compensation p96: our governance p97: donors, foundations, and IFIs p100: IFC 2013 p102: sustainability framework / policy review p103: footprint commitment p104: investment cycle p106: working with civil society p107: accountability p110: web links THE CONTEXT IFC is a member of why the private sector the World Bank Group matters more than ever The world paid a steep price for defects in the global financial system. In the economic crisis that ensued, mil- creating opportunity lions of people were pushed back into poverty. In many countries, public confidence in the virtues of private where it's needed most markets dwindled. Yet prosperity cannot be restored and sustained without a major contribution from the private sector. The private sector provides more than 90 percent of jobs, creating opportunities for people to improve their lives. The private sector drives innovation, and provides the goods and services needed to sustain and improve living standards. The private sector is also the main source of tax revenues, contributing to public funding for health, education, and other services. These contributions are more important than ever in the wake of the crisis, when governments face even greater constraints in serving their societies. The resources needed to alleviate poverty and advance development are too vast for governments to provide on their own. The World Bank estimates the international financing needs of developing countries at $1.1 trillion in 2010 -- most of which is expected to come from pri- vate investors. In addition, more than 80 percent of the investment needed for climate-change mitigation and adaptation is expected to come from private sources. Today, most developing countries recognize the critical role of the private sector in development and poverty reduction. Developing countries account for a growing share of the global economy. They have a vital interest in getting private sector development right. So does the rest of the world. THE CHALLENGE THE SOLUTION the dilemmas of private IFC's unique role sector development in development Our belief in the private sector doesn't blind us to the IFC is ideally positioned to confront the challenges of challenges of sustainable private sector development. private sector development. We account for nearly Most firms would prefer to operate free of regula- a third of all development financing provided to the tory constraint -- yet regulation may be necessary to private sector by international financial institutions. protect a range of important social interests, includ- We bring a global perspective, allowing us to ing the environment. Many firms would prefer a range leverage our experience not only between countries of special privileges -- even if this is inimical to the but across developing regions. We complement our development of dynamic competitive markets that financing with world-class advisory services for firms drive innovation and long-term growth. Sustainable and governments. Our focus on delivering measurable private sector development thus requires striking a development results doesn't simply help the poor -- it careful balance between a range of short- and long- has far-reaching effects on the private sector itself. term perspectives. We bring financial leverage to bear in addressing Striking that balance is a challenge for all countries, rich the leading development challenges of our time, giv- and poor. But it can be acute in developing countries, ing businesses in more than 100 countries the capital where the gap between needs and available means is they need to create jobs and provide essential services. large. In East Asia, for example, expanded production Our leverage in the policy arena, underpinned by our of palm oil has helped raise incomes in poor and rural membership in the World Bank Group, is equally sig- areas -- yet it has also fueled concerns over deforesta- nificant, promoting the adoption of standards that tion and the rights of indigenous people. will establish sustainable business models and guide IFC helps to address these challenges in many investment for years to come. ways. We work to raise the norms of private sector The normative effect of our work is evident in the behavior, not only with respect to environmental Equator Principles that govern commercial project and social issues but also with respect to issues of fi nance and the Performance Standards we use to finance and corporate governance. We also work with manage environmental and social risks. That standard- governments to improve the regulation of private mar- setting work makes IFC and our clients more resilient to kets -- with the goal of creating an investment climate economic shocks, strengthening the financial system that, under a prudent governance system, allows con- along the way. tracts to be respected, social interests to be protected, Moreover, our outcome-oriented strategy empha- and corruption to be reduced. sizes achieving quantifiable development results and This is challenging work, and it can involve dif- measuring them in a way that helps us -- and the pub- ficult judgments and tradeoffs. But throughout our lic -- understand how well we are doing, and where we history, IFC has made a practice of taking on diffi - can improve. At a time of scarce public resources, IFC is cult tasks -- knowing that the lessons we learn from able to invest in some of the world's most challenging our experience will help us steer the private sector spots, improving lives and generating profits. This "dem- to make an even greater contribution to growth and onstration effect" is powerful -- it encourages private poverty reduction. companies to follow our lead, beginning a virtuous circle. financial highlights as of and for the years ended June 30* Dollars in millions 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Net income (loss) 1,746 (151) 1,547 2,490 1,264 Grants to IDA 200 450 500 150 ­ Income before grants to IDA 1,946 299 2,047 2,640 1,264 Total assets 61,075 51,483 49,471 40,599 38,547 Loans, equity investments, and debt securities, net 25,944 22,214 23,319 15,796 12,787 Key ratios Return on average assets (GAAP basis) 3.1% -0.3% 3.4% 6.3% 3.2% Return on average capital (GAAP basis) 10.1% -0.9% 9.6% 19.8% 12.1% Cash and liquid investments as a percentage of next three years' estimated net cash requirements 71% 75% 62% 85% 112% Debt to equity ratio 2.2:1 2.1:1 1.6:1 1.4:1 1.6:1 Total resources required ($ billions) 12.8 10.9 10.4 8.0 n/a Total resources available ($ billions) 16.8 14.8 15.0 13.8 n/a Total reserve against losses on loans to total disbursed loan portfolio 7.4% 7.4% 5.5% 6.5% 8.3% *See Management's Discussion and Analysis and Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the calculation of these numbers. operational highlights as of and for the years ended June 30 Dollars in millions 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 New Investment Commitments Number of projects 528 447 372 299 284 Number of countries 103 103 85 69 66 For IFC's own account $12,664 $10,547 $11,399 $8,220 $6,703 Mobilization Syndicated loans $1,986 $1,858 $3,250 $1,775 $1,572 Structured finance $797 $169 $1,403 $2,083 $1,245 IFC initiatives & other $2,358 $1,927 Asset Management Company $236 $8 Total mobilization $5,377 $3,962 $4,653 $3,858 $2,817 Investment Disbursements For IFC's own account $6,793 $5,640 $7,539 $5,841 $4,428 Total mobilization $3,048 $1,966 $2,382 $1,615 $1,311 Committed Portfolio Number of firms 1,656 1,579 1,490 1,410 1,368 For IFC's own account $38,864 $34,502 $32,366 $25,411 $21,627 Total mobilization $9,943 $8,004 $7,525 $5,543 $5,079 Advisory Services Number of projects 736 872 862 1,018 Approved value $859 $941 $919 $846 Advisory Services total expenditures $268 $291 $269 $197 $152 includes IFC Initiatives, Syndicated B-Loans, Agented Parallel Loans, and IFC Asset Management Company 1 highlights and leadership where innovation meets impact More than 200 million people in the developing world were out of work this year. Over 1 billion are hungry, while millions more are confronting the threat that climate change poses. The United Nations estimates that 884 million people don't have safe drinking water and more than 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation. The population of the developing world will expand by a third over the next four decades, growth that will strain already weak infrastructure. In this environment, IFC is innovating to create opportunity where it's needed most. We committed a record $18 billion in fiscal year 2010, $12.7 billion of which was for our own account. We invested in 528 projects, an 18 percent increase from FY09. Our Advisory Services portfolio comprised 736 active projects valued at more than $850 million, with annual expenditures totaling $268 million. Countries served by the International Development Association, or IDA, accounted for nearly half our invest- ments -- 255 projects totaling $4.9 billion -- and more than 60 percent of our Advisory Services expenditures. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 19 percent of our investment commitments and 25 percent of our Advisory Services expenditures. We invested a record $1.64 billion in clean energy, leveraging $6.8 billion, while climate change­related projects grew to 15 percent of the value of our Advisory Services portfolio. Our investments in microfinance rose 10 percent to $400 million, expanding our microfinance portfolio to $1.2 billion. p1 HIGHLIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP letter from the World Bank Group President new workers and expand into new markets. Yet a healthy, forward-looking private sector is fundamen- tal to achieving a sustained recovery that creates jobs and opportunity while building wealth from the bottom up. In a shifting economic landscape, the World Bank Group is responding with speed, innovation, and a focus on results. ROBERT B. ZOELLICK IFC's work over the last year exemplifies that WORLD BANK GROUP response. I am pleased to introduce an Annual Report PRESIDENT that shows how IFC is addressing the world's most dif- ficult challenges based on the belief that the private sector in developing countries will be the engine of inclusive and sustainable growth. With its partners in the private and public sectors, IFC offered hope and a hand up to millions of vulnerable people in 2010. IFC financed a record number of projects. It concen- trated more of its resources in countries served by More than two years after the onset the International Development Association, particu- larly in Sub-Saharan Africa. In these and other less of the financial crisis, the economic developed regions, IFC is providing urgently needed support to entrepreneurs, small and midsize busi- recovery remains fragile and uncertain. nesses, farmers, and growing enterprises; giving businesses access to trade finance; helping develop Billions of people continue to struggle new business opportunities with renewable and effi- to provide for themselves and their cient energy sources; and advising governments on ways to enhance the investment climate and spur families. With government resources public-private partnerships. In the emerging multipolar economy, the world constrained by lower tax revenues can no longer rely on a few developed countries and higher expenditures to assist as the sources of growth. The developing world's share of global GDP in purchasing-power-parity those hurt by the crisis, financing terms reached 43 percent in 2010 -- a trend that will continue in the years ahead. With IFC's help, emerg- to invest in infrastructure and other ing economies are becoming critical new poles of long-term drivers of growth is often growth with dynamic private sectors. These private sectors will add to innovation, inventiveness, new lacking. Small businesses have trouble business models, more services for the public -- and stronger societies. accessing the loans they need to hire p2 RESPONDING WITH INNOVATION IFC offered hope and a hand up to millions of vulnerable people in 2010. In 2010, IFC's commitments -- including the funds IFC's cooperation with other units of the World it mobilized from other sources -- expanded by Bank Group enhanced its effectiveness in 2010. A new 24 percent. IFC invested $4.9 billion for its own agreement will allow IFC to market the products of account in 58 IDA countries, a reflection of its com- the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, a deal mitment to establishing a thriving private sector in the that will give businesses added comfort as they move poorest regions. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for into riskier markets. 116 IFC projects. IFC's work is helping conflict-scarred At the same time, a series of operational reforms countries to start and build businesses as they put are enhancing the World Bank Group's effectiveness people back to work. In post-earthquake Haiti, IFC by making our institution more accountable and will help the country build back better by improving transparent. We are changing our approach to invest- prospects for the private sector. ment lending to put greater emphasis on results and IFC's influence reaches far beyond straightforward risk management and providing more resources to investments. In its search for new ways to chan- fight corruption. An agreement on cross-debarment nel finance to the poor seeking opportunity, the we signed with the other multilateral development groundbreaking IFC Asset Management Company banks will ban firms that cheat one of our institutions showed great promise in its first year. Its African, Latin from dealing with all the others. These reforms will American, and Caribbean Fund raised $950 million be bolstered by the World Bank Group's increase in from sovereign and pension funds attracted by IFC's voting power for developing and transition countries. expertise in developing countries. This is part of a I want to thank IFC's staff for the hard work that new financial intermediation model in development made 2010 such a successful year. In an economic that we believe will continue to grow in the future. environment beset by setbacks, they rose to the Increasingly, long-term investors are recognizing occasion, tackling stiff challenges with fresh ideas, growth opportunities in Africa and other less devel- ingenuity, and boundless energy. I also want to thank oped regions, and they are recognizing how IFC's Lars Thunell, whose leadership, stewardship, and experience, track record, and high standards can help top-notch team helped deliver IFC's record perfor- them explore new possibilities for returns. mance. Our Board of Governors, Board of Directors, and our contributors and partners deserve praise as well. Their input and guidance is a critical factor in our success. Robert B. Zoellick World Bank Group President p3 HIGHLIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP letter from IFC Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer IFC is where innovation meets impact. We provide value for money -- through the resources we mobilize, the advice we provide, and the example we set for sustainable development. This Annual Report highlights IFC's achievements in confronting the big- gest development challenges of our time, challenges that have existed for generations but grown more severe in the economic turbulence of recent years. LARS H. THUNELL Rising unemployment has prolonged the cycle of IFC EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT poverty in the world's poorest regions. More than AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 1 billion people are hungry. Nearly 900 million go with- out safe drinking water. More than 1.5 billion people lack access to electricity. Sixty-nine million school- age children do not attend school, mainly because their families cannot afford it. IFC is there to help. We provide financing and advice that lets small entrepreneurs expand their businesses and hire new workers. The advice we offer helps companies and The role of the private sector in governments raise social and environmental stan- development has never been dards, and mitigate risks. The funds we leverage from other sources bring additional capital to worthy more important. projects. Our standard-setting work builds stronger companies and industries over the long term. We are a leader in measuring development results, which In a world with vast and shifting allows us and our stakeholders to gauge our perfor- mance and improve on it. development needs and increasing In neglected regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, impov- constraints on public funding, the erished parts of South Asia, or struggling areas of Latin America, our work can be transformative. private sector creates jobs and In fiscal year 2010, as never before, we mobilized our global expertise and financial resources so pri- opportunity, helping the poor improve vate enterprises could maximize their development their lives, generating tax revenues impact while realizing the significant commercial ben- efit of investing in emerging markets. We did it while for governments, and providing the putting a greater emphasis on the world's poorest areas, and helping companies in developing coun- global economy with new sources of tries invest in other developing countries, furthering growth. IFC, the largest international the trend of "South-South" investment. IFC invested a record $18 billion in FY10 -- $13 bil- development institution focused on the lion of which was for our own account -- in 528 projects in 103 countries. We mobilized more than $5 billion private sector, is helping link dynamic from others, another landmark. Our Advisory Services companies and industries with the expenditures totaled $268 million. Our investments in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by a third to $2.4 billion, needs of the poor. an all-time high. In 2009, our clients provided more than 161,000 jobs in the region. p4 PROVIDING VALUE FOR MONEY In 2009, our clients provided 2.2 million jobs, treated nearly 8 million patients, helped educate 1.4 million students, and supported 2.1 million farmers. Crucially, more of our work than ever was in investment for development. It invested $236 million countries served by the International Development in IFC projects, and attracted investor commitments Association, a top priority. We invested a record of $950 million to its IFC African, Latin American, and $4.9 billion in 255 projects in 58 IDA countries. Caribbean Fund. As it continues to grow, I believe Those countries accounted for nearly two-thirds of AMC will be a vital new source of funding for private IFC Advisory Services activities. We are deepening enterprise in developing countries, helping more our engagement in these countries in six ways, includ- people improve their lives. ing investments, advice, resource mobilization, and I saw the impact of our work firsthand, as I met this direct contributions to the replenishment of IDA. year with clients, government officials, and entrepre- We know that it takes more than volume to meet neurs in places like India, Ukraine, and Egypt. the needs of the poor. That is why we carefully tar- In India, for example, we are bringing innovation get our resources, selecting where our financing and and new ideas to the low-income states that account advice can be deployed most effectively. And we set for 40 percent of the country's population but receive measurable goals to gauge our impact, and improve hardly any of its foreign direct investment. With our our performance. support, a client in the state of Jharkhand is helping In 2009, our clients provided 2.2 million jobs, young girls from poor villages train to become nurses including nearly 514,000 in the manufacturing and giving small farmers access to new markets for and services sectors. They treated nearly 8 million their goods. That's just one example. The projects I patients, helped educate 1.4 million students, and saw throughout India show how we can help the coun- supported 2.1 million farmers. They distributed water try -- and many others -- "do more for less for many." to 35 million customers, power to 29 million custom- While 2010 was a milestone year for IFC, we can ers, and gas to 16 million. Micro, small, and medium improve. That's why we strive to learn from our experi- enterprises, the businesses responsible for most of ence -- at all levels of the organization -- and put our the world's job creation, received 10 million loans findings into practice. To become a stronger insti- totaling $112 billion from our clients. tution, we are organizing IFC to put ourselves in a Our results highlight the expertise we have devel- better position to engage with clients and reach even oped in more than 50 years of investing in emerging more poor people. That process will ensure that we markets. They also show that strong development build on our recent accomplishments in the decades impact is compatible with strong financial returns. to come. Our net income topped $1.7 billion in FY10, after a I want to thank the team of professionals at IFC $200 million transfer to IDA. That sturdy financial for their incredible work in 2010. In an era marked position gives us the capacity to boost our activities by uncertainty, they have helped millions of people with existing clients, and expand our reach into new improve their lives -- a tremendous achievement. regions and industries. I also want to thank our Board of Directors for their IFC's track record as a leader in microfinance, support, which plays a crucial role in our success. which allows poor families to invest in business and I'm proud to be a part of the team at IFC, and I look education, was enhanced in 2010. We invested a forward to making further progress in 2011 in mobi- record $400 million in microfinance, taking our micro- lizing the power of the private sector in the fight finance portfolio to $1.2 billion during the fiscal year. against poverty. In another priority area -- climate change -- our per- formance also was strong. Clean-energy investments topped $1.4 billion, another best-ever amount, and we leveraged $6.8 billion for such investments. Our work was innovative in other areas as well. During its first year of existence, IFC Asset Lars H. Thunell Management Company began to deliver on its IFC Executive Vice President promise, establishing a new platform for mobilizing and Chief Executive Officer p5 HIGHLIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP IFC's Management Team Our seasoned team of executives ensures that IFC's LARS H. THUNELL Executive Vice President and resources are deployed effectively, with a focus on Chief Executive Officer maximizing development impact and meeting the needs of our clients. IFC's Management Team benefits from years of development experience and a diversity of knowledge and cultural perspectives -- qualities that enhance IFC's uniqueness. The team shapes our strategy and policies, strengthening IFC's financial sustainability and positioning us to help improve the lives of more poor people in the developing world. Our executives are vital in maintaining IFC's corporate culture of performance, accountability, and engagement. RASHAD KALDANY Vice President, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa RACHEL ROBBINS Vice President and General Counsel p6 DOROTHY BERRY CARLOS BRAGA JANAMITRA DEVAN Vice President, Human Resources, Acting Vice President and Vice President, Financial and Communications, and Administration Corporate Secretary Private Sector Development JYRKI KOSKELO RACHEL KYTE MICHEL MAILA Vice President, Global Industries Vice President, Business Vice President, Risk Management Advisory Services NINA SHAPIRO THIERRY TANOH GAVIN E.R. WILSON Vice President, Finance and Treasurer Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, CEO, IFC Asset Management Latin America and the Caribbean, Company, LLC and Western Europe p7 2 global challenges and impact where challenges The global crisis changed the economic order, deepening the challenges developing countries will face in the decades ahead. Joblessness is making it harder for families to improve their living standards. Growing energy needs are exacerbating the threat of climate change. Rapid population growth is overwhelming urban infrastructures. Water scarcity and inadequate food security are endangering the lives of millions. Such strains also heighten the potential for conflict. p38: food security (food production, insurance) p46: conflict (Haiti, Africa) p56: water & urbanization (water security, south-south investment) p66: lessons learned p10: results p16: strategy/scorecard p18: unemployment (gender program, extractive industries) p28: climate change (renewable energy, Lighting Africa) meet solutions Promoting sustainable development in this era of uncertainty will depend more than ever on partnerships and innovation -- and the ability to mobilize resources wherever they can be found. In an increasingly interconnected and multipolar world, developing countries will not only have the most urgent needs -- they also will be critical for global prosperity. IFC is playing a leading role in helping the private sector address these challenges. Our investments and advisory services are focused on projects that ease unemployment and climate change, make food safer and more accessible, give communities access to clean water, foster sustainable cities, and improve conditions in areas ravaged by conflict. global challenges and impact p9 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT IFC's global impact FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE PRIVATE SECTOR GROW TH RESULTS BY REGION IFC works with private sector clients across a swath of industries to improve www.ifc.org/results_region lives in the world's most impoverished regions. We invested in 255 projects in 58 countries served by IDA in FY10, commitments that totaled $4.9 billion for our own account. Those countries, where the development needs are RESULTS deepest, accounted for nearly half of our infrastructure and agribusiness BY INDUSTRY investments. In all countries, IFC invested $5.3 billion in micro, small, and medium enterprises -- the engine of job creation -- in FY10. We invested www.ifc.org/results_industry $1.5 billion in infrastructure projects and $536 million in agribusinesses around the world. By region, IFC committed $3 billion for its own account RESULTS in Latin America and the Caribbean. We committed $3 billion in Europe BY ADVISORY and Central Asia, $2.4 billion in Sub-Saharan Africa, $1.6 billion in the Middle East and North Africa, $1.5 billion in East Asia and the Pacific, and $1 billion www.ifc.org/results_advisory in South Asia. fy10 commitments fy10 commitments fy10 commitments fy10 commitments by industry by product by region1 by environmental and dollar amounts in millions dollar amounts in millions dollar amounts in millions social category Agribusiness $536 (4%) East Asia and the Pacific category1 commitments number of $1,547 (12%) ($ millions) projects Global Financial Markets Loans1 $5,721 (45%) Europe and Central Asia A 825 10 $2,970 (23%) $6,654 (53%) B 3,975 147 C 4,516 254 Global Information and Communication Technologies Latin America and the FI 3,348 117 Caribbean $3,006 (24%) $461 (4%) N2 0 0 Global Manufacturing and Equity2 $2,974 (23%) Services $1,376 (11%) Total 12,664 528 Middle East and North Africa Health and Education $432 (3%) $1,572 (12%) 1 See category descriptions on page 103. Infrastructure $1,578 (12%) 2 N refers to increased commitments on existing South Asia $1,061 (8%) Oil, Gas, Mining, and projects or swaps and right issues. Chemicals $1,053 (8%) Guarantees $3,932 (31%) Sub-Saharan Africa Private Equity and $2,428 (19%) Investment Funds $408 (3%) Risk Management Products Subnational Finance $166 (1%) $37 (0%) Global $80 (1%) 1 Includes loan-type, quasi-equity products 1 Some amounts include regional shares of 2 Includes equity-type, quasi-equity products investments that are officially classified as global projects. development results development results by industry by region IFC 493 ($15,431) 71% IFC 493 ($15,431) 71% Global Manufacturing 96 ($2,659) 57% Sub-Saharan Africa 62 ($1,069) 66% and Services Infrastructure 61 ($1,719) 70% Europe and Central Asia 126 ($4,954) 66% Global Information and 20 ($272) 70% Middle East and 43 ($975) 70% Communication Technologies North Africa Global Financial Markets 177 ($7,202) 73% East Asia and the Pacific 85 ($2,237) 72% Private Equity and 47 ($592) 74% Latin America and 120 ($4,818) 77% Investment Funds the Caribbean Agribusiness 37 ($1,172) 78% South Asia 47 ($1,167) 79% DOTS data as of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar Oil, Gas, Mining, and 38 ($1,546) 79% years 2001­2006. Chemicals Note: Number inside bar represents number of rated projects, and Health and Education 13 ($127) 85% number in parentheses represents total IFC investment (US$ millions) in those projects. DOTS data as of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar years 2001­2006. Note: Number inside bar represents number of rated projects, and number in parentheses represents total IFC investment (US$ millions) in those projects. p10 IDA countrie s Middle-incom e countrie s with frontier regions other client countries other This map was produced by the Map Design Unit of the World Bank. The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map do not imply, on the part of The World Bank Group, any judgment on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. committed portfolio committed portfolio fy10 largest country exposures1 by industry by region1 June 30, 2010 (Based on IFC's Account) for IFC's own account as of June 30, 2010 for IFC's own account as of June 30, 2010 dollar amounts in millions dollar amounts in millions Agribusiness $2,310 (6%) country (rank) percent portfolio East Asia and the Pacific $5,475 (14%) ($ millions) India (1) 10 3,783 Global Financial Markets Europe and Central Asia $14,359 (37%) $9,691 (25%) Brazil (2) 7 2,533 Global Information and China (3) 6 2,327 Communication Technologies $1,551 (4%) Russian Federation (4) 6 2,286 Latin America and the Global Manufacturing and Caribbean $9,609 (25%) Turkey (5) 5 2,032 Services $6,708 (17%) Health and Education Argentina (6) 3 1,099 $1,065 (3%) Middle East and North Africa Mexico (7) 3 1,074 Infrastructure $6,334 (16%) $4,164 (11%) Colombia (8) 3 1,021 Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals $3,677 (9%) South Asia $4,377 (11%) Philippines (9) 3 1,019 Private Equity and Sub-Saharan Africa Ukraine (10) 2 880 Investment Funds $2,113 (5%) $5,156 (13%) Subnational Finance $748 (2%) Global $391 (1%) 1 Excludes individual country shares of regional and global projects. 1 Some amounts include regional shares of investments that are officially classified as global projects. weighted overall fy10 advisory services project fy10 advisory services project development results expenditures by business line expenditures by region dollar amounts in millions dollar amounts in millions FY08 439 71% East Asia and the Pacific (9,848) 87% $26.1 (15%) FY09 465 71% Access to Finance $49.5 (28%) (12,559) 82% Europe and Central Asia FY10 493 71% $26.2 (15%) (15,431) 82% Latin America and the 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Corporate Advice $33.6 (19%) Caribbean $17.5 (10%) % Rated High Middle East and North Africa $15.2 (9%) Unweighted Weighted Environment and Social Sustainability $16.7 (9%) South Asia $16 (9%) FY08: DOTS data as of June 30, 2008, for projects approved in calendar years 1999­2004; FY09: DOTS Infrastructure $25.5 (14%) data as of June 30, 2009, for projects approved Sub-Saharan Africa in calendar years 2000­2005; FY10: DOTS data as $44.5 (25%) of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar years 2001­2006. Investment Climate $53.0 (30%) Note: Number inside bar represents number of rated projects, and number in parentheses Global $32.7 (18%) represents total IFC investment (US$ millions) in those projects. p11 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT how IFC creates opportunity where it's needed most IFC and our clients make a wide range of contributions in developing countries. Our clients' success can have ripple effects across an economy, giving many people, including the poor, a chance to better their lives. IFC investee companies benefit employees and their families, local communities, suppliers, investors, and the customers who buy what they produce. They generate significant tax revenues for national and local governments -- resources available for assisting the poor. They can use IFC's support to expand or upgrade their facilities, improve environmental performance, strengthen corporate governance, and improve their management systems and adherence to industry standards. We provide advisory services to both firms and governments. Most of our advisory work with firms is provided alongside our investment services, to maximize impact. Our work with government clients ranges from supporting investment-climate reforms to helping design and implement public-private partnerships for infrastructure and other basic services. EMPLOYEES CUSTOMERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES SUPPLIERS In 2009, IFC's investment cli- In 2009, IFC's investment IFC's policies, processes, and In 2009, IFC's clients gener- ents provided 2.2 million jobs, clients: performance standards help ated millions of dollars for including more than 711,000 -- Provided 10 million loans our clients enhance their local suppliers. Our investment through investments in private totaling $112 billion to micro, positive impact on local com- clients purchased $28.7 billion equity and investment funds, small, and medium enter- munities while avoiding or in manufacturing and services nearly 514,000 in manufactur- prises -- of which 8.5 million mitigating negative effects. and $9.3 billion in oil, gas, and ing and services, more than loans involved microfinance. -- Last year, our clients in mining. Agribusiness clients 300,000 in agribusiness, and -- Provided basic utilities oil, gas, mining, and chemicals reached 2 million farmers. about 128,000 in oil, gas, min- to over 210 million customers. spent $268 million on commu- -- IFC's investment in an ing, and chemicals. This included water distribution nity development programs. Eastern European company is -- IFC invested in a tea pro- to 35 million people, power -- A South African mining focusing on developing distri- duction company in India that generation and distribution to company benefiting from IFC bution infrastructure to better provided employment for over more than 160 million, and gas investment and advice spent serve farmers. Last year, 29,000 31,000 people in 2009 alone. distribution to 16 million. $4.2 million on community farmers were reached. -- In China, IFC invested in a -- Provided 169 million development programs in the fund to support the underde- phone connections. last year. The programs had a veloped private equity sector. -- Provided health services positive impact in the areas of In 2009, the fund's investee to 7.6 million patients and edu- HIV/AIDS prevention, munici- companies provided direct cation to 1.4 million students. pal development, gender jobs to more than 154,000 For example, IFC's invest- equality, and local economic people. ment in a private hospital in development. -- In Sri Lanka, IFC helped Romania allowed the hospital -- An IFC client in Mozam- a hotel business that employs to treat more than 610,000 bique spent about $1 million more than 10,000 expand its patients in 2009. The invest- on community development current operations in key sec- ment helped relieve some of programs. During the life of the tors in the country and in the the burden placed on the pub- project, the client's program Maldives, and India. lic health system. benefited the local community in a variety of ways -- includ- ing housing and marketing support for agricultural com- modities -- that helped raise income levels and built better community relations. p12 IFC'S CLIENT LEADERSHIP AWARD IFC prizes corporate clients that share our commitment to socially and environmentally sustainable development. For the past six years, we have presented an annual Client Leadership Award to honor the client that best reflects our values and demonstrates innovation, operational excellence, and strong corporate governance. This year, we are honoring India's Jain Irrigation, a company that fosters sustainable agriculture through the efficient use of water, energy, and fertilizer. Jain, an IFC Investment and Advisory Services client, is a pioneer in micro-irrigation systems, which deliver water through small, low-pressure devices. Its customers are boosting their water efficiency by as much as 95 percent. At the same time, they are increasing their agricultural productivity and incomes. In FY10, IFC and Jain initiated a project that will allow the firm to measure its environmental and sustainability benefits, and identify ways to cut its water consumption. The project will demonstrate to farmers the benefits of water conservation. ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT INVESTORS Many IFC investment projects are helping Last year, IFC's investment clients contrib- Profits are essential for a private company address climate change and advancing uted more than $20 billion to government to be sustainable and to attract more environmental and social sustainability. revenues. This includes $7.3 billion from investment -- to the company itself and to -- IFC's investment in a Guatemalan oil, gas, mining, and chemicals; $2.5 bil- other companies in developing countries. company has helped the country focus on lion from manufacturing and services; and By investing in profitable ventures, IFC developing renewable sources of energy. $7.5 billion from infrastructure. directs resources where they can have the Five hydropower projects have been -- One of Bangladesh's largest private most impact. The greater the profits for installed since the project became opera- companies -- an IFC client -- has con- IFC and our co-investors, the greater the tional, representing about 8 percent of all tributed $440 million in payments to the amount of funds that become available for hydropower used in Guatemala. All proj- government. further investment -- and the greater the ects use local labor and are supervised by -- An African cell-phone company sup- demonstration effect. local managers. ported by IFC contributed $117 million in -- With IFC's help, an Eastern European -- An energy-efficiency program in China, taxes to the government of Zambia in 2009 bank posted a 12.8 percent return on supported by IFC, with the help of several alone. equity despite a difficult economic envi- donors, resulted in more than $500 million -- IFC helped the government of ronment. The bank is ranked number one in bank loans for energy-efficiency proj- Colombia set up a subnational investment in the country in terms of profit, total assets, ects, which in turn reduced greenhouse promotion agency to attract foreign direct deposits, and loan portfolio. emissions by an estimated 14 million tons investment. The new agency facilitated of carbon dioxide per year -- equal to the $270 million in new private investment in emissions of a country like Bolivia. the region. -- IFC acted as the lead advisor on a transaction to involve the private sec- tor in the management of Benin's port. The agreement is expected to provide $631 million in fiscal benefits, including new tax revenues, over the lifetime of the public-private partnership. p13 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT our special initiatives to create opportunity Private enterprises in the developing TRADE FINANCE world face a variety of challenges that can constrain their ability to create jobs and The Global Trade Finance Program make other contributions to society. With international trade flows dropping during the global financial crisis, we expanded our award-winning trade finance program by increasing its ceiling IFC takes a targeted approach to in 2008 and extending coverage to additional banks and countries. The program issued $3.46 billion in guarantees in FY10, a 44 percent increase over helping them overcome those challenges. the previous year. The program provides guarantees for trade transactions in To complement our broader strategies, more than 80 countries, primarily supporting small and medium enterprises. working with a wide range of partners, we operate a set of special initiatives The Global Trade Liquidity Program to strengthen the private sector in This initiative, launched in 2009 in response to the global financial crisis, already has received three deal-of-the-year awards from industry publications for its emerging markets and increase its innovation, focus on public-private partnerships, and rapid implementation role in development -- by helping ease to increase credit for trade. The program financed more than $6 billion of bottlenecks in the flow of credit to trade volume through 4,000 transactions in 40 countries. About 80 percent of micro, small, and medium enterprises; these transactions benefited small and medium businesses. Nearly 40 percent by helping companies manage troubled were in lower-income countries. Partners include Canada, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the African assets; and by working to alleviate Development Bank, and the OPEC Fund for International Development. specific regional challenges. Support for the initiatives totaled more MICROFINANCE than $11 billion in FY10, including over $6 billion from IFC's own account, $2 Microfinance Enhancement Facility IFC and the German development agency KfW launched this initiative to billion in direct support from partner support microfinance institutions, which play a vital role in the fight against governments and international finance poverty. We invested $150 million and $130 million, respectively, to help institutions through IFC, and $3 billion fundamentally sound microfinance institutions facing severe credit constraints in parallel financing arrangements. We in the wake of the financial crisis. The goal is to provide refinancing to more have also launched coordinated action than 100 microfinance institutions in as many as 40 countries and to support lending to as many as 60 million low-income borrowers. Our investments plans with other international financial helped mobilize funds from other partners, including the European Investment institutions in Africa, Central and Eastern Bank, the OPEC Fund for International Development, and development Europe, and Latin America and the agencies from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Caribbean. These initiatives have been an important part of IFC's response to DISTRESSED ASSETS the global financial crisis, and continue to achieve significant development impact. Debt and Asset Recovery Program This program, launched in 2009, makes direct investments in businesses that need to restructure debt, in pools of distressed assets, and in specialized companies that manage distressed assets. It also invests indirectly through investment funds that focus on such assets and companies. IFC will contribute up to $1.6 billion over three years. The initiative aims to mobilize about $5 billion more from other international financial institutions and private sector partners. We also expect to provide support to lower-income countries affected by the financial crisis. p14 INFRASTRUCTURE DESPITE CRISIS, IFC CLIENTS The Infrastructure Crisis Facility PERFORMED WELL ON JOB EXPANSION This initiative ensures the availability of long-term debt to support private infrastructure projects affected by In a time of economic turmoil and retrenchment capital shortages because of the global crisis. Launched in across the globe, IFC's clients bucked a grim trend. December 2009 with a financial commitment from KfW and Our data show that most of them -- 61 per- pledges from DEG of Germany, Proparco of France, and the cent -- either added jobs or kept their payrolls stable. European Investment Bank, it has co-financing arrangements of about $4 billion. It has committed $100 million to projects Data we received from 456 clients who were part of our portfolio throughout 2008 and 2009 showed that in four countries, including a deep-water port in Vietnam, these clients expanded their payrolls by a net 32,000 and a natural-gas distribution project in Peru. jobs. This group accounted for nearly two-thirds of IFC's client portfolio in agribusiness; health and edu- cation; information and communication technologies; FOOD SECURIT Y infrastructure; manufacturing and services; and oil, gas, mining, and chemicals during that period. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Their net job expansion is a remarkable accomplish- IFC and the World Bank launched the Global Agriculture and ment given the magnitude of crisis-related job losses Food Security Program, a multilateral mechanism to assist worldwide. The International Labour Organization in the implementation of pledges made by the G-8 and has estimated that global unemployment in the for- G-20 countries to strengthen food security in low-income mal sector now stands at a record 212 million countries. The program will channel donor funding -- more than people -- 27 million of whom lost their jobs in 2009 $800 million so far -- to support public and private initiatives alone. IFC's clients are too few to make a dent in the to improve governance, productivity, and competitiveness global numbers. Nevertheless, their performance in the agribusiness sector. IFC will manage funding allocated highlights the special role they play -- with IFC's sup- for private initiatives and will provide long- and short-term port -- in creating opportunity. loans, credit guarantees, and equity to local companies and Our clients' job expansion often reflected their strat- financial intermediaries. egy of expanding operations to be able to reap the benefits of an eventual recovery. Many increased the range of products and services they offer to custom- ADVISORY SERVICES ers, often reaching underserved markets. For example, one commercial retail client expanded Access to Finance operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia in 2009, adding 2,800 jobs -- 1,700 of which went to women. IFC Advisory Services launched a $9.6 million initiative, jointly As a result, smaller towns in these areas gained mod- funded by donor partners, to help crisis-affected financial ern grocery stores. institutions with small and medium enterprise banking, housing finance, microfinance, and leasing. The initiative, which is Clients in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, and expected to raise $40 million over three years, also focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean added more than risk management, distressed-asset management, and financial 10,000 jobs in each of those regions. In the smaller countries of Europe and Central Asia, the region infrastructure. IFC also is coordinating a World Bank Group hardest hit by the crisis, our clients added 5,000 effort to support the G-20 development agenda and provide jobs. Some of these gains were offset by job actionable recommendations to foster access to finance by small losses -- our data showed that 39 percent of our cli- and medium enterprises. ents reduced jobs. Our data also showed that the number of women employed by our clients generally increased in 2008 and 2009. More than 20 percent of the expansion in jobs in 2008 and 2009 reflected jobs that went to women -- 8,790 in all. p15 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT IFC's five pillars and scorecard THE PILL ARS IFC strives to deliver what cannot be obtained elsewhere. We offer clients a unique combination of investment and advice designed to promote sustainable private sector development in emerging markets. We call that special edge our "additionality." Using it to maximize our development impact is a cornerstone of our strategy. Our activities are guided by five strategic priorities that allow us to help where we are most needed, and where our assistance can do the most good. 1 STRENGTHENING THE FOCUS ON FRONTIER MARKETS IDA countries, fragile and conflict-affected situations, and frontier regions of middle-income countries 2 BUILDING LONG-TERM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS IN EMERGING MARKETS Using the full range of our products and services to guide clients' development and assist cross-border growth 3 ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY Developing new business models and financing instruments; setting and raising standards 4 ADDRESSING CONSTRAINTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND THE FOOD-SUPPLY CHAIN Increasing access to basic services and strengthening the agribusiness value chain 5 DEVELOPING LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Using innovative financial products, mobilizing resources, focusing on micro, small, and medium enterprises p16 THE SCORECARD: IFC'S PERFORMANCE ON STRATEGIC PILL ARS FY10 FY09 indicator performance performance Number of Projects in IDA Countries 255 225 Commitments in IDA Countries (millions) $4,881 $4,424 Advisory Services Expenditures in IDA Countries (millions) $81 $74 Commitments in Sub-Saharan Africa (millions) $2,428 $1,824 Commitments in Middle East and North Africa (millions) $1,572 $1,260 Number of South-South Investment Projects 71 52 Commitments in South-South Investment Projects (millions) $1,654 $1,449 Commitments in Energy Efficiency $1,644 $1,034 and Renewable Energy (millions) Commitments in Infrastructure, $3,173 $3,322 Health and Education, and Food1 (millions) Commitments in Financial Markets (millions)2 $6,654 $4,709 Commitments in Micro, Small and $5,279 $2,969 Medium Enterprises Sector (millions)3 DEVELOPMENT RESULTS Investment Projects Rated High 71% 71% (DOTS Score)4 1. Commitments of IFC's Infrastructure, Information and Communication Technologies, Subnational Finance, and Agribusiness departments (not the entire food-supply chain). 2. Commitments of IFC's Financial Markets department. 3. Includes direct MSME borrowers, financial institutions with more than 50% of their business clients being MSMEs, and any other investments that specifically target MSMEs as primary beneficiaries. 4. DOTS scores based on development outcomes rated high as of June 30 of the respective year, for a rolling average of 6 years of approvals (2001­2006 for FY10). p17 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT poverty and unemployment OUR FOCUS Joblessness has become a formidable challenge since the onset of the global economic crisis. It is most crippling in developing countries, where 212 million people were out of work this year. Our focus: helping the private sector generate productive jobs and alleviate poverty. It's an objective that shapes every aspect of our activities, including improving the investment climate. We work to expand economic opportunities and job creation by supporting small and medium enterprises, which account for the bulk of job creation around the world. We do it by promoting the economic empowerment of women, who remain a largely untapped resource in many developing countries. We do it by helping ensure the flow of credit to potential job creators, including through a variety of special initiatives we launched in response to the global crisis. We do it by helping governments create a sound investment climate. p18 INNOVATION AND IMPACT Our investment clients provided 2.2 million jobs in 2009, including nearly 514,000 in manufacturing and services, more than 300,000 in agribusiness, and 96,000 in information and communication technologies. Businesses supported indirectly through IFC-backed investment funds provided more than 711,000 jobs in 2009. We recognize that job creation must be socially and environmentally sustainable. Over the last few years, we have deepened our partnership with the International Labour Organization to ensure productive employment and decent work for all, in line with IFC's Performance Standards. Last year, we signed an agreement with the ILO to increase our cooperation to expand compliance with labor standards through the Better Work program. The partnership is expected to improve the lives of 1.2 million workers in developing countries. p19 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA focusing on opportunities for women Julian Omalla had scant business training. She struggled with complicated and expen- sive business registration requirements and a credit environment that often marginal- izes female entrepreneurs. Thanks in part to IFC, her determina- tion paid off. In 2007, IFC teamed up with one of Uganda's largest banks to provide loans and training to female entrepreneurs, including Omalla. Today, the food and beverage enterprise she created, Delight Uganda Ltd., is an African success story, responsible for hundreds of jobs. Creating economic opportunities for women is a priority for IFC -- it is vital for sus- tainable economic growth, the eradication of poverty, and the well-being of families and communities. Among IFC clients for which we have data, women account for more than a third of the workforce. On aver- age, women employed by our clients make 70 cents for every dollar earned by men, a wage gap that is only slightly larger than the ones that exist in some of the world's most advanced economies. Helping women become successful entrepreneurs is also one of the ways we support the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. World Bank surveys have shown that enterprises owned by women tend to hire women in significantly larger numbers than those owned by men. "The biggest problem in Uganda is unemployment," says Omalla. "I know what to do -- we can create more employment." IFC's Gender Program helps women entrepreneurs by increasing access to financial services and working to reduce gender-based barriers in the investment climate. It is working in Uganda, where our partnership with DFCU Bank, which helped Omalla, is giving female entre- preneurs the confidence to approach the bank for credit -- and start their own thriving businesses. p20 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN helping the poor gain access to markets In Mexico's villages, small shops are big players. Many are one-woman microenterprises, selling food and household goods from just four square meters of floor space. They pro- vide essential income in hard-to-reach rural areas. But they are often isolated from the larger-scale retail industry's efficient dis- tribution chains. Shop owners must travel to distant cities to buy small amounts of goods -- a costly routine. In this challenge, Mi Tienda ("My Store") saw opportunity. The Mexican company uses a modern logistics network to deliver goods directly to small, rural shops. It offers an inexpensive package of volume- discounted goods, customized financing, store modernization, and training. This model has increased revenues of modern- ized stores by 35 percent. Mi Tienda's services helped Obdulia Perez Garcia revive her flagging business. "I don't have to close my store and use gaso- line to get my merchandise," she said. "My business came back to life." With IFC's support, Mi Tienda is help- ing create more than 900 direct jobs -- an important benefit in Mexico, which has seen rising unemployment and an under- employment rate estimated at 25 percent. Mi Tienda's 36 new distribution centers will target rural shops that reach 4.7 million households. IFC promotes inclusive business models across Latin America, focusing on invest- ments that serve the poor, who make up 70 percent of the region's population. They earn $2 to $8 a day, but collectively repre- sent a $509 billion market. Underserved communities lack access to financing, jobs, and other opportunities. IFC seeks to reach them with a market- based approach that engages them as producers, consumers, and distributors. In FY10, IFC dedicated $872 million to 44 investment projects that support these communities in Latin America. p21 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT easing poverty, fostering stability with insurance Everyone is exposed to risks. But in the developing world, where few people have insurance, risks have even more severe consequences. Poor families frequently face financial ruin when a breadwinner dies, prolonging the cycle of poverty. It doesn't need to be that way. IFC is work- With a customer base of as many as 1 billion peo- MITIGATING RISKS ing with LeapFrog Financial Inclusion ple, microinsurance offers a compelling business case. Fund to bring insurance to millions who LeapFrog's success is expected to encourage others in IFC is helping have never had the opportunity to pro- the private sector to participate in this untapped market, LeapFrog offer tect against life-altering shocks. This year, catalyzing the development of a new industry. insurance through we invested $20 million in LeapFrog -- the The fund is pursuing opportunities in Ghana, Kenya, its portfolio world's first commercial microinsurance India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Its first investment companies to investment fund. The investment will help was in AllLife, a South African company that insures 25 million low- LeapFrog offer insurance coverage through HIV-positive and diabetic people -- a group other firms income or financially excluded people. its portfolio companies to 25 million low- consider uninsurable. AllLife's profitable, high-impact income or financially excluded people in business model focuses on making sure clients actively Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, more than half manage their health and are tested regularly. The result: of whom will be women and children. better lives and peace of mind for the previously uninsured. By dampening the shocks brought on by death, ill- ness, property loss, or natural disaster, microinsurance offers income stability where uncertainty was once the norm. That provides the comfort needed to invest in farms, expand businesses, or pay for a child's education. With our help, LeapFrog also is working to strengthen the financial sector in underserved areas by introducing new products. p22 an unequal world Where does a sister share the same inheritance rights to her parents' property as her brother? Which economies differentiate between women and men under the law? For the first time, these questions and Several of the indicators draw on the Gender Law REPORT: more can be answered with quantitative Library, a collection of over 2,000 legal provisions that WOMEN, BUSINESS, and objective data, thanks to the newly affect women's economic status. Both resources can AND THE LAW launched Women, Business, and the Law inform research and policy discussions on how to improve report, which assesses the ways women are women's economic opportunities and outcomes. The key Produced by the treated differently from men under the laws topics covered in the report are: accessing institutions, World Bank and IFC, of 128 countries. The report finds that, in using property, getting a job, dealing with taxes, building the report can help countries identify certain key areas, women have equal rights credit, and going to court. and address gender in only 20 of those countries. The Women, Business, and the Law project is intended inequality. The report, produced jointly by the World to further country-level or cross-country research on the Bank and IFC, presents indicators based on effects of gender-based legal differentiation. Using such laws and regulations affecting women's data, policy makers can identify particular areas of law prospects as entrepreneurs and employ- where gender inequality may be especially pronounced. ees. It gives policy makers around the world Such data already have prompted several countries to a starting point for dialogue and action change their legislation. The project aims to monitor toward gender equality. these efforts. More information on the project is available at http://wbl.worldbank.org p23 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT helping young adults gain productive jobs Rasha Al-Eryani had an education -- but no means of supporting herself. Long after she graduated, she remained jobless, turning to her family for help with the bills. MIDDLE EAST AND Her story is far too common in Yemen, where Over the next three years, IFC and YEFE expect to train NORTH AFRICA nearly 11 million people live on less than 3,000 people under the sponsorship of companies that $2 a day. With the unemployment rate as have pledged to hire 85 percent of the initiative's partici- high as 40 percent, even the most desirable pants. The program will help Yemen diversify its oil-based Yemeni job-seekers, like Al-Eryani, have little economy and solidify its nascent private sector. It will also opportunity. expand access to training in more rural areas and increase That's why IFC joined forces with the Yemen Education the participation of women and youth in the workforce in for Employment Foundation to create the country's first Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Middle East. professional training program for first-time job-seekers. The unemployment rate among youth in this region is It worked for Al-Eryani. She landed a job in the human one of the highest in the world -- and many of the unem- resources department of a company in Yemen a month ployed are well-educated first-time job seekers. IFC's after taking IFC's Business Edge courses. Business Edge training programs are available in more "When I started working, I was well prepared and did not than 20 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, feel any difference between what I studied in the courses Egypt, Pakistan, and Yemen. They are tailored to local mar- and reality," the 27-year-old Al-Eryani said. kets and offered through licensed training providers. We Thousands like her will benefit from Business Edge, provide workshops and training materials to improve skills learning the essentials of marketing, accounting, and other in marketing, human resources, production and opera- bankable skills. tions, finance and accounting, and productivity. p24 a gold mine for local communities There wasn't much opportunity in rural western Mali before the advent of large-scale gold mining -- few jobs, little education, minimal health care or infrastructure. Things are different today. SUB-SAHARAN In a rugged area that had known nothing but also puts about $300,000 a year into a local community- AFRICA extreme poverty for centuries, thousands of development foundation. people now have a chance for better lives. The extraction of natural resources can present both Local residents now earn incomes by pro- risks and opportunities for developing countries. Mining cessing peanut butter and sesame seeds can provide significant opportunities for poor communi- for sale, alongside the fruit, fish, and veg- ties to escape poverty, but it can also cause environmental etables they produce. Improved agricultural and social harm and upheaval for these communities. practices and food security are part of an So we work with companies, governments, and local IFC-supported integrated development people to maximize benefits and minimize risks. We plan in communities adjacent to the Sadiola are helping raise environmental, social, and corporate Gold Mine, 500 kilometers from Mali's capi- governance standards in this area, furthering the work we tal, Bamako. began nearly a decade ago with the Extractive Industries Until IFC helped finance the mine's construction and Review, the most comprehensive sector review ever con- opening in 1995, villagers relied mainly on subsistence ducted by the World Bank Group. agriculture. They were largely cut off from the global econ- We also promote accountability by requiring our extrac- omy -- rarely even using money, conducting transactions tive-industry clients to publicly disclose taxes and royalties instead by barter. they pay to governments -- and by keeping track of the Commercial mining transformed the local econ- numbers ourselves. In 2009, IFC's oil, gas, and mining cli- omy. Sponsored by AngloGold Ashanti of South Africa, ents contributed about $7 billion in government revenues IAMGOLD of Canada, and the Malian government, Sadiola and provided about 128,000 jobs. now produces more than 450,000 ounces of gold a year. The mine and its contractors employ more than 1,000 people and buy goods and services from many more. It p25 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT poverty and unemployment: impact around the world TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO We restructured an existing $9.3 million debt investment in Unicell Paper Mills Caribbean Ltd. so In 2009, our investment it can maintain jobs and boost its business. clients provided 2.2 million jobs, including about 73,000 GUATEMALA We're providing in health and education, and $10 million to help Lapco Corporation 128,000 in oil, gas, mining, and S.A. expand and generate employment and opportunities chemicals. More than 711,000 for women and small enterprises in were provided by businesses rural areas. supported indirectly through IFC-backed investment funds. The employment we helped businesses provide was in ARGENTINA a swath of industries spread IFC's $25 million equity investment around the globe, from in Aluar Aluminio Argentino Saic will help the aluminum automobile manufacturing producer expand and generate more jobs in India to aluminum than 2,000 jobs. production in Argentina. p26 UKRAINE Our $25 million investment in meat producer Globino will increase production capacity, modernize equipment, and add about 600 jobs. JORDAN We're helping Jordan Phosphate Mines Company relocate a fertilizer export terminal and create jobs with a $50 million financing agreement and $60 million INDIA syndication agreement. We're investing 135 million in Volkswagen India Private Ltd. to help the company set up an integrated car manufacturing plant that is expected to directly result in more than 2,500 jobs. SOLOMON ISLANDS A $35 million IFC loan to Gold SENEGAL Ridge Mining Ltd. will provide Our $1.2 million equity investment jobs, boost government and advisory services will help revenues, and help develop MicroCred Sénégal boost lending ETHIOPIA the local community. to entrepreneurs with limited To create jobs and increase access to formal financial services. government revenues, we're investing £3.4 million in Western Ethiopia's Tulu Kapi Gold Project. p27 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT climate change OUR FOCUS Climate change could have far-reaching global consequences -- but the danger is particularly acute for developing countries. In these countries, millions live in coastal areas vulnerable to rising sea levels. For their livelihoods, millions depend on agriculture, which is subject to crop failures and reduced productivity that could increase hunger, malnutrition, and disease. Climate change and sustainability are key areas of strategic focus for us. Working with partners in more than 100 countries, we invest, advise, and mobilize resources from others, creating opportunity for clients in a broad range of industries in emerging markets. We have developed new business models and financing instruments for clean energy and energy efficiency and worked with the private sector to improve its environmental and social standards. p28 INNOVATION AND IMPACT Mitigating and adapting to climate change will cost hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years -- with the private sector bearing most of the costs. As the largest global development institution focused on the private sector, IFC is playing a critical role. We make a special contribution by complementing the work of other organizations in the areas of policy, research, advocacy, negotiation, and grant-based assistance. In FY10, more than $1.64 billion of our direct investments went to finance renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other climate- related business. Our projects have helped Chinese banks implement the country's "Green Credit Policy," enabled farmers to slash their power use, and supported venture capital investment in clean technology companies. p29 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA green housing Cold stairwells and broken windows are an everyday reality for the residents of many apartment buildings in Russia. Given the Soviet legacy of viewing common areas as belonging to no one, many building resi- dents are not used to thinking of energy savings in public areas. Russia has much to gain from making residential buildings energy efficient. The residential housing sector uses approxi- mately 20 percent of the country's electricity output, and 60 percent of its heat. The energy intensity of residential heating in Russia is almost double that of European countries with similar climate conditions. Better energy efficiency could reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Russia by as much as 150 million tons per year -- with nearly half the reduction achieved by imple- menting energy-efficient practices in the common areas of residential buildings. IFC's Russia Residential Energy Efficiency Project, launched in 2010, will work through Russian banks to finance the energy- efficient modernization of multifamily buildings. It also aims to help develop a legal and regulatory environment to allow homeowner associations and housing man- agement companies to access finance for improving energy efficiency. In the city of Rostov-on-Don, through our local partner Centerinvest, the project has enabled housing management companies to obtain finance to make energy-efficient improvements to residential buildings. It also has made residential buildings more pleasant to live in, installing more modern windows and lighting. Before Centerinvest arrived, the win- dows of Marina Gogoleva's building were often blown open by wind, rain, and snow. With new windows, the building is now more comfortable. "It became warm in the building," the 48-year old teacher said. "The windows look better. They are more beautiful." p30 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC helping banks promote energy efficiency Lito Hizon owns and manages Cor farm, a 15,000-head pig farm north of Manila. To minimize power costs from the grid, he decided to construct a methane capture and electricity production facility. Needing financing, he applied for and got a $1 million loan from the Bank of the Philippine Islands under a Sustainable Energy Finance window that the Manila lender had opened in January 2008 with IFC assistance and financial support from the Global Environmental Facility. BPI President Aurelio Montinola III is glad his bank, one of the country's larg- est, can help farmers like Hizon. Pioneering sustainable energy finance affirms BPI's commitment to environmental protection. "IFC helped our bank's staff to bet- ter understand the energy-efficiency and renewable-energy segments, and we are in advanced negotiations with IFC on a risk-sharing agreement that will help us build a robust and sustainable portfolio," Montinola said. The program is based on the idea that financing sustainable energy projects is both good business and useful in fight- ing climate change. Supported by the Global Environment Facility, it works with banks, technology and equipment ven- dors, end-users, regulatory agencies, and market-awareness partners to promote sus- tainable energy. This is the latest in a series of IFC pro- grams that help local banks provide clients with loans for the purchase of energy- saving equipment that comes with advice from technical experts. In China, our three partner banks have extended $1.2 billion in loans of this kind as of June 30, 2010. In Russia, we have helped eight partner banks enter this market, providing $160 million in energy-efficiency financing to several of them. All told, IFC had energy-efficiency pro- grams in 30 countries as of June 30, 2010. p31 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT reducing emissions and cutting costs with cleaner production It is a major challenge: meeting the world's growing demand for energy while simultaneously reducing greenhouse emissions. New conservation measures to eliminate some of the waste from big industrial users' systems will be a key part of the solution. To get there, demand for increased indus- We began by supporting a thorough Cleaner Production trial energy efficiency must grow in large assessment for JK, identifying 40 saving opportunities CLEANER emerging markets like India. But few Indian available through relatively easy, low-cost upgrades: PRODUCTION manufacturers realize they have many small replacing leaky pipes; replacing old, single-speed motors Our $125 million production inefficiencies that create large with new variable speed ones; and others. Then we pro- program is hidden utility costs. vided a $3 million loan to finance the needed upgrades. helping companies Our investment and advisory services When implemented, these measures are expected to implement energy- have helped one of India's best-known firms, lead to a 17 percent reduction in water consumption, a and water-efficiency JK Paper Ltd., realize major cost savings 10 percent improvement in energy efficiency, and an annual improvements from energy and water efficiency improve- savings of more than $1 million. The amount saved equals that are good for ments at its plants in Orissa and Gujarat. the average annual water use of 75,000 Indian households, business and the These simple, low-cost fixes by a respected and the average annual energy use of 9,100 more. environment. player are setting an important example for We started the Cleaner Production lending program others to follow in one of the world's rising with a $20 million global lending pool that helped JK and economic powers. six other clients cut costs through climate-friendly environ- mental measures. Now the initiative is being expanded to $125 million to enable us to help more clients. It builds an even stronger case that these upgrades are good for busi- ness as well as the environment. p32 renewable energy -- IFC's approach For people in developing countries, access to modern sources of energy can be crucial for escaping poverty and illness. The intensity of that need also poses a challenge in the fight against climate change. Over the next 20 years, two-thirds of the This year, IFC played a strong role in the scale-up of solar global demand for energy is expected to energy in developing countries. We made our first invest- AN IFC PRIORITY come from developing countries -- where ment in a solar project in Sub-Saharan Africa, investing more than 1.6 billion people lack electricity $750,000 in Comasel de St. Louis to help it bring electricity Our investments and 2.4 billion burn wood and waste mate- to rural areas of Senegal. in renewable energy and rials for cooking and heating. Harnessing Comasel, a subsidiary of Morocco's Office National de energy efficiency renewable energy resources -- such as l'Electricité, will use a mix of grid connections and indi- reached a record solar, wind, and biomass -- could satisfy vidual solar kits to bring power to nearly 20,000 people in $1.64 billion much of the demand without exacerbating almost 300 villages. The project also will provide electricity in FY10. climate change. to 213 schools and 118 health centers, improving health For that reason, IFC has made the and education services. promotion of renewable and energy effi- We also invested $10 million in Azure Power, marking ciency a key priority. Our investments in our first direct investment in a grid-connected solar power these areas totaled a record $1.64 billion in FY10, up from project in India. The investment will help Azure expand the $1.03 billion in FY09. About 16 percent of our projects had supply of clean energy from 32 villages in India's Punjab a clean-energy component. We have invested in solar, state to about 100 villages, saving 10,000 tons of carbon wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower projects in emissions annually. all developing regions of the world. p33 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT Lighting Africa Imagine 2.5 million people in Africa disposing of kerosene lamps and candles in less than three years. SUB-SAHARAN Then imagine that many people buying climate- assurance services. An increasing number of these prod- AFRICA friendly lighting products -- and in the process ucts now cost less than $25, making them available for creating a thriving private sector-led Base of the the first time to large segments of the African population. Pyramid market. That is a marked improvement from just a few years ear- Safe, bright lighting can significantly em- lier, when only a handful of products were developed for power families and businesses previously this market. dependent on dirty and hazardous flame-based In FY10, Lighting Africa launched the International Off- lights. The joint IFC/World Bank Lighting Africa grid Lighting Industry Association and took steps toward initiative aims to make electric light a reality for establishing an off-grid lighting quality seal of approval, an millions of Africans. effort that will help assure quality and boost transparency By addressing access to finance, product quality, and for consumers. regulatory constraints, Lighting Africa can make it easier Our overall goal: helping the private sector supply safe, for new players to enter the market. And the market for affordable, high-quality lighting to 2.5 million people by climate-friendly lighting products is potentially huge, with 2012 in a market-based way. To do it, we expect to facili- 250 million African consumers by 2030. tate sales of 500,000 off-grid lighting products through Africans currently spend up to $17 billion a year on commercial channels, and establish a sustainable com- inadequate lighting. Offering them alternatives is a busi- mercial platform to supply 250 million people with similar ness opportunity for local and international distributors, devices by 2030. This will open a new path for social, health, established and fledgling private sector companies, local and economic development. Many households and small assemblers, international manufacturers, and others. businesses will see significant cost savings and produc- Lighting Africa now works with around 50 manufacturers tivity gains through longer working hours and study time, that offer over 70 products, providing them with business and reduced health risks from kerosene-induced indoor support services, access to finance, and product quality air pollution. p34 helping institutional investors make climate-friendly investments The financial world does not negotiate the big international treaties on climate change. But its capital is critical to meeting their goals. IFC can influence the markets. But only local evaluation, Standard & Poor's, to launch a new emerging- and regional banks, institutional investors, market Carbon Efficient Index. We did it with support S&P/IFCI CARBON and other financial institutions have the from the U.K. government and the Global Environment EFFICIENT INDEX power to change them. The vast sums they Facility. In time, such tools can prompt new market-based Launched in late control can be put to good use in the fight incentives such as lower costs of capital and enhanced rep- 2009, the index against climate change once a good busi- utation that can help encourage corporate measurement, can prompt ness case is stated -- something IFC works disclosure, and reduction of carbon emissions. new incentives on several levels to create. The new S&P/IFCI Carbon Efficient Index, launched in to encourage In March 2009, we hosted the annual sum- December 2009, attempts to mobilize significant port- measurement, mit of the P8 Group, a set of leading public folio investment flows to favor allocations to the most disclosure, and pension funds from several countries that carbon-efficient companies in emerging markets, thereby reduction of collectively manages more than $3 trillion encouraging carbon-efficiency competition within sectors. carbon emissions. and has a keen focus on climate change and Targeting the passive equity investor, this new tool sustainability. We have since been helping offers market returns with little additional risk. Carbon data it explore sustainable investment opportunities in emerg- for the index are provided by Trucost, a specialist in calcu- ing markets. lating companies' environmental impacts based on readily But before making investment decisions, investors need available business information. To increase awareness of to see rigorous independent benchmarking of climate- the index, IFC is partnering with the Carbon Disclosure friendly opportunities. Without demand from regulators Project to request information on emissions from more and stakeholders, listed companies in emerging markets than 800 companies in emerging markets in 2010, and to have had little reason to disclose or increase the carbon point to the new index as an example of how investors are efficiency of their business activities. integrating this information into their decisions. To help them get over this hurdle, IFC teamed up with one of the world's foremost sources of indices and risk p35 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT climate change: impact around the world DOMINICAN REPUBLIC A Banco BHD project with $20 million in financing from IFC will help Dominican companies cut their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. IFC is increasing our investments and advice in renewable energy and energy efficiency, a reflection of our growing commitment to address climate change. We financed over $1.64 billion in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other climate-related business investments. Projects we helped get off the ground are bringing wind energy to Mexican households, backing renewable energy in Turkey, and supporting energy-efficiency lending in Vietnam. p36 RUSSIA We're providing a $10 million loan to Monocrystal, helping the manufacturer expand its capacity to produce materials used in energy-efficient technologies. ARMENIA With a $15 million loan from IFC, NEPAL Ameriabank IFC's $6.5 million can provide loan to Butwal long-term Power Company financing to for a run-of-river build small hydropower project hydropower will support rural plants. electrification and irrigation, and address severe VIETNAM power shortages. We're providing $24 million to help TURKEY Techcombank develop its energy- A $75 million loan to INDIA efficiency lending Akenerji will support facility for local the company's Our $7.8 million equity small and medium renewable energy investment in Auro Mira enterprises. projects and help Energy is helping create meet Turkey's growing new renewable energy- energy needs. based generation capacity. PHILIPPINES THAILAND A $75 million loan to the Our $1.7 million Filipino branch office of SRI LANKA investment in Solar U.S.-based SunPower A $12.6 million risk- Power (Korat 1) Corporation will support sharing facility to Sri Company will expand its Filipino solar cell Lanka's NDB Bank private power manufacturing operations. will support the generation and boost country's power- development in generation capacity rural Thailand. while addressing climate change. p37 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT food security OUR FOCUS Across the globe, the number of hungry people already exceeds 1 billion. In the next few decades, the challenge of feeding them will grow even more formidable. By 2050, the United Nations estimates, the world's population will be one-third larger than it is today -- and total 9.1 billion people. In developing countries, food production would need to double to keep up with rising demand. Average net annual investments in food production would need to grow by 50 percent. In a time of competing demands for farmland and water, achieving such an expansion sustainably will depend on innovations that improve efficiency and productivity. IFC is playing a critical role in addressing the challenge -- by supporting effective and sustainable practices throughout the agribusiness value chain, from farm to consumer. p38 INNOVATION AND IMPACT Our work gives farmers and agricultural enterprises better access to finance, letting them reach new markets. We help them improve productivity, reduce waste, and adopt sustainable methods. By channeling investment to promote global and local trade in food and agriculture, IFC strengthens the global distribution of food. We are innovative, creating new products that protect farmers from unforeseen risks that can threaten their livelihoods and providing training on productivity-enhancing sustainable practices. In FY10, we provided nearly $2 billion in lending across the agricultural supply chain, including financing for projects to improve the storage and distribution of agricultural produce, expand rural and agricultural trade finance, and expand food processing. Our agribusiness investment clients reached more than 2 million farmers. p39 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC a peanut farmer's success story Nearly half of all Indonesians work in agri- culture. But many of them can't reliably market their products because they aren't equipped to fully participate in the coun- try's agribusiness supply chain. Peanut farmer H. Sajidin knew the chal- lenges. Like other smallholders in West Nusa Tenggara, one of Indonesia's poor- est regions, he used traditional farming methods and local seeds. He didn't know sustainable land cultivation or manage- ment methods. Local buyers were his only market, and their prices fluctuated with the seasons. That was before IFC and Garuda Food, Indonesia's leading snack manufacturer, changed his life. "My farm's productivity doubled, my income improved significantly, and I can sleep peacefully at night knowing that Garuda Food will buy my crops at agreed prices," Sajidin says. "I want all peanut farmers in Nusa Tenggara to experience the same opportunity that was given to me by IFC and Garuda Food." IFC provides advisory services to Garuda Food to help peanut farmers increase their output through sustainable practices. We advise the company on ways to train farm- ers and monitor their performance, and encourage quality with a transparent pea- nut-purchasing system. Garuda then shares best practices by holding training sessions and providing farmers with high-quality seeds. The farmers sell the resulting crops to the company. Under the program, Garuda doubled its purchases from peanut farmers be- tween 2007 and 2009. In that period, revenue grew for about 7,500 farmers in the program. Garuda's revenues also have grown -- and the presence of an accessible, stable, and transparent market has encour- aged thousands to become professional peanut farmers. p40 SOUTH ASIA modernizing logistics systems Inadequate logistics systems are a critical factor holding back economic growth in India. As much as a third of the country's fresh produce is lost as a result of poor transportation and storage facilities -- a waste of fruit, meat, and dairy products worth $13 billion. To address bottlenecks in agriculture- related logistics and infrastructure, IFC invested $5 million in Snowman Frozen Foods Ltd., a Bangalore-based company that transports, stores, and distributes fro- zen and chilled foods. The investment will help Snowman expand its temperature- controlled storage capacity from 10,000 pallets to 34,000 over the next three years. In a country that accounts for 33 per- cent of the world's poor, the investment will make a difference -- food waste will be reduced, and farmers and food producers will get better access to retail markets. The project also will improve environmental and social practices at Snowman, which reaches over 100 cities and 4,400 retail outlets in India, by spurring investment in energy- efficient compressors and helping the company expand in the low-income state of Uttar Pradesh. "IFC, with us, can scale up the business and try to bring down the waste -- to a great extent -- in fruits and vegetables in India," said Snowman's CEO Ravi Kannan. For now, India only has the capacity to store 18 percent of its yearly horticultural production in temperature-controlled facilities. Most companies in the sector are regional, with just two or three refriger- ated vans and a single storage facility. Most of the country's temperature-controlled storage is only equipped for potatoes and onions. That's why IFC's investment in Snowman, which operates about 75 refrigerated trucks and 16 storage facilities, is so critical. p41 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT increasing food production in Ukraine As one of the world's leading grain exporters, Ukraine plays a major role in the global food supply chain. But its agribusiness sector faces several constraints. EUROPE AND Adverse weather conditions can curtail pro- Natalia Gudyma, president of the League of Insurance CENTRAL ASIA duction and hurt farmers' incomes. Long-term Organizations of Ukraine, says the project contributes to financing for food production can be scarce. the "improvement of the insurance culture, knowledge IFC is helping Ukraine become a more and development of Ukraine's national agri-insurance significant food supplier by working with system, and prevents unfair competition." The growing agribusinesses across the supply chain to availability of insurance products does more than miti- overcome these constraints. This year, we gate risks for farmers -- it also makes it easier for them to provided $75 million in long-term financing obtain bank financing, because banks are more likely to to Mriya, the country's seventh-largest agri- provide loans when they know farmers' crops are insured cultural producer, to help it double its production of wheat against losses. and other agricultural commodities. Recent progress in the project includes IFC's par- We also have helped farmers in Ukraine get bet- ticipation in the development of a new law, expected ter access to insurance products that offset the risks of to be passed later in 2010, which would pave the way crop losses because of weather and other hazards. Our for public-private partnerships in agri-insurance, thus Agri-Insurance Development Project, launched in 2008 in enabling a wider rollout of agri-insurance products. The partnership with the Canadian development agency CIDA, project also has played a key role in establishing an asso- aims to improve the quality of products offered by insur- ciation of agri-insurance companies, the first initiative of ance companies and build a regulatory environment that its kind in Ukraine. facilitates the offering of such products. p42 helping farmers mitigate weather risks Thanks to a new IFC-led insurance program, farmers across the developing world have better ways to cope with the threat of natural disasters. Hazard insurance is a rarity in emerging Policyholders qualify for payouts as soon as the statisti- HAZARD economies, leaving farmers at the mercy of cal indexes are triggered, without having to wait for claims INSURANCE Mother Nature. Earthquakes, floods, and to be settled in the traditional way. hurricanes can wipe out homes in an instant. The facility is backed by an IFC Advisory Services Backed by IFC Droughts can deny farmers the crops and program that is working to raise the capacity of insur- Advisory Services, livestock they need to get by. ance companies to provide index-based insurance, help the Global Index Now the risk can be mitigated. IFC, develop such products, and create a favorable regulatory Insurance Facility helps farmers together with the World Bank, is expand- environment by advising governments on possible regula- ease the often- ing the availability of index-based insurance tory changes. devastating impact for natural disasters and weather risks. The The European Commission has committed 24.5 million of natural disasters. Global Index Insurance Facility, or GIIF, aims as the first donor to a trust fund to finance the advisory to provide new access to insurance products services support. The fund is also supported by the Dutch in developing countries, particularly to farm- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. IFC is working with key partners ers and people in agrarian communities. to expand the program. With index-based insurance, losses resulting from weather and catastrophic events are assigned values on a predefined basis, using an index. When one of those events is triggered, insurance payments are distributed. For example, insurance would be paid out if less than an anticipated amount of rain falls, a wind storm of certain cat- egory hits, or an earthquake registers a certain magnitude on the Richter scale. p43 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT food security: impact around the world PARAGUAY A $30 million IFC Millions of farmers have benefited loan to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from the products or services of our Paraguay will strengthen Paraguay's agricultural supply agribusiness clients. At the end chain and provide new opportunities in of FY10, our committed agribusiness rural areas. portfolio totaled $536 million, and we also financed a variety of projects to strengthen all areas of the supply ARGENTINA chain. With IFC's help, our clients are Banco Patagonia will boost irrigating arid stretches of Morocco, access to finance for farmers and small and medium agribusiness companies with a providing resilient rice and vegetable $30 million loan from IFC. seeds in Bangladesh, and enhancing food safety in China. p44 UKRAINE We're providing more than $60 million in financing to help poultry producer Myronivsky Hliboproduct expand its grain- WEST BANK farming and poultry operations. We launched the second phase of the West Bank Olive Oil Supply Chain Development CHINA Project, which is helping Palestinian olive-oil A $20 million IFC loan to agro- producers obtain processor Xiwang Sugar Holdings financing and become will allow it to upgrade its operations more competitive. and raise food safety standards. MOROCCO IFC is advising the Ministry of Agriculture on a public- BANGLADESH private partnership to build a desalination and irrigation Our advice is helping Supreme Seed Co. plant in the Chtouka area. boost production and supply of stress- tolerant rice and vegetable seeds that can withstand harsh weather conditions. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IFC structured an innovative NIGERIA financing deal that allowed We're providing $8.5 million Africa's Export Trading Group in financing to Nigerian to obtain $120 million in restaurant chain Tantalizers financing to expand trade in to help it supply convenient, agricultural commodities. affordable packaged food for urban populations. p45 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT conflict OUR FOCUS More than a billion of the world's poorest people live in countries that have a recent history of war or civil conflict. These countries often are ill-equipped to take on the hard work of rebuilding once the conflict has ended. That's why IFC is prioritizing our work here, mobilizing private sector investment in key areas such as infrastructure, extractive industries, supply-chain development, and access to finance, and providing guidance on critical regulatory reforms that promote economic development and growth. We are also working to ensure that women are given a stake in post-conflict reconciliation by supporting their economic participation. Countries are less likely to slide back into conflict if people see tangible improvements in their lives: job creation, restoration of basic services like electricity, and new business growth underpin long-term civic stability. But in countries where virtually all such functions have been destroyed, new governments trying to rebuild are confronted with so many pressing and sometimes conflicting priorities that they simply can't do it alone. p46 INNOVATION AND IMPACT The private sector has a critical role to play, and IFC is part of this effort. We support private sector activity as soon as we can safely and productively work in these countries. Our response to this year's devastating earthquake in Haiti shows we can be nimble, quickly focusing resources where they are needed most. Recognizing the additional challenges of achieving results in these countries, we also work closely with the World Bank and donor partners to share information and collaborate in joint initiatives. IFC's activities in conflict countries have grown significantly in recent years. Our investments rose from around $200 million in FY05 to $586 million in FY10. Our Advisory Services activities grew from just $5 million in FY05 to $32 million in FY10. p47 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA the promise of Yemen's mines In the sparsely populated desert highlands of Yemen, Sheik Ayidh Asdan is working to bring opportunity to his clan -- one of the poorest in the region. Yemen's first large-scale base-metal mine is being constructed in this hard- scrabble region 100 miles north of Sana'a, a $200 million project that promises to bring thousands of jobs to the area over the next decade. With IFC's assistance, Sheik Ayidh is making sure local communi- ties benefit from the project -- by playing a coordinating role between the communi- ties, investors, and the government. "Many people here wish that more invest- ments would come to their areas because we know how much good that will do for local communities," he said. Realizing that potential, however, will depend not only on increasing investors' awareness of emerging opportunities in Yemen but also on alerting local communi- ties to the benefits of being engaged in the development of the country's mining sector, he said. Yemen's economy is fragile as a result of years of civil unrest, a dire fiscal situation, and declining oil production. More than a third of Yemenis live on less than $2 a day, and many are illiterate and hungry. The country needs more jobs, and its economy must be diversified. Developing a vibrant mining sector is one way to do that. IFC isn't an investor in the project. But, working with Yemen's mining authority, we organized a workshop to promote produc- tive discussions between tribal leaders such as Sheik Ayidh and investors and the government. We also helped review and overhaul Yemen's mining laws and fiscal regime, and streamline its licensing procedures. In doing so, we helped to ensure the new regulations reflect international best prac- tices, providing benefits to both local and foreign investors. p48 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA creating new businesses, changing lives "I started out hawking on my head. I had to leave very early in the morning and then I would walk all day," says Marie Bob-Kandeh, recalling her days selling sugar, tomatoes, and onions from a basket in the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Now, thanks to reforms fashioned with IFC assistance, she has her own formal busi- ness, a shop named Rehoboth that sustains her and her four children. "My business is my own," she says. "That's why I call it Rehoboth, a Biblical word; it's my business, so it's my freedom." Bob-Kandeh and countless people like her are the beneficiaries of an IFC initia- tive that involved working closely with the government to reform the business climate by making the registration pro- cess cheaper and faster, refurbishing the registration center, and making numerous other changes to encourage private sec- tor commercial initiatives and sustainable economic growth. "Now that I have regis- tered Rehoboth, I have the opportunity to apply for contracts," says Bob-Kandeh, 51, Secretary General of the Market Women's Association. "I couldn't do that before." Following a devastating 11-year civil war, the Government of Sierra Leone in 2004 asked IFC, in partnership with the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, to provide advice on ways to spur business and investment. This led to the Removing Administrative Barriers to Investment program, known as RABI, a six-year multi-phased effort by the gov- ernment and the private sector to knock down impediments to business formation and investment. The results have been impressive: the cost of registering a busi- ness has fallen from $1,500 to $50, while the registration process now takes two days, rather than a week. In 2009, Sierra Leone was deemed to be the quickest and easiest place to start a business in West Africa. p49 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT rebuilding economies, restoring confidence In conflict-affected countries, sustaining economic growth and development is no easy task. Governments lack capacity. Infrastructure is degraded. Financial services are scarce, and access to markets is difficult -- especially for small businesses. Corruption can be widespread, and a climate of mistrust can discourage entrepreneurship. IFC's involvement typically begins with advi- Our work in Iraq illustrates our approach. Our invest- IFC STRATEGY sory services, which can pave the way for ments in the country are small, and primarily in the financial later investment. This work includes improv- sector. Our focus is also on advisory services activities that In conflict-affected ing access to finance -- for micro, small, will support capacity building in the banking sector, pro- countries, we and medium enterprises, and to support mote public-private partnerships in collaboration with help improve trade. We help governments improve the the World Bank, and provide management training for the investment investment climate, so new investment is small and medium enterprises -- especially to women in climate, while encouraged. We also help local manufac- these enterprises. making selective turing and services firms build capacity and In FY10, IFC committed $16 million in two projects in and focused strengthen their supply chains. Iraq's financial and real sectors. We are also exploring ways investments. Investment risks are typically higher in to increase our activities in trade finance, microfinance, conflict-affected countries. So we take a ports, and the power sector. judicious approach, combining selective and focused investments with advisory services that have led to respectable portfolio performance: IFC's invest- ment projects and advisory programs in conflict-affected nations perform in line with IFC averages, although it may take more time to achieve strong results. p50 our swift response Haiti's needs were urgent. IFC's response was swift. In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the country in January, IFC quickly approved and made available a $35 million emergency investment program to help private companies get back to business, reestablish critical services, and create or preserve jobs. LATIN AMERICA AND The program was a key step in our commit- In addition, we are intensifying our advisory services in THE CARIBBEAN ment to helping rebuild Haiti's garment, Haiti to help companies and government agencies retain infrastructure, telecommunications, tourism, and attract investors. This includes simplifying the regula- and financial sectors. tory framework for special economic zones, improving the In these challenging times, IFC aims to country's ports, and supporting the Haitian government's help textile firms capitalize on favorable plans to decentralize zones outside of Port-au-Prince. IFC's trade legislation, which nearly triples duty- goal is to help attract new garment companies to invest free quotas for Haitian clothing exports to $30 million in Haiti, which will support 9,500 new jobs in the United States. As part of our program, these zones. IFC is financing the expansion of an impor- In April, we completed the structuring of the inter- tant garment manufacturer in Northern national bidding process for TELECO, which will bring Haiti, which will create 4,000 new jobs by the the country's largest foreign direct investment since the end of 2011. In addition, IFC has provided earthquake -- a nearly $100 million investment in Vietnam's $7.5 million to enable a group of Haitian biggest mobile telephone operator, Viettel, to expand investors to resume construction of the Oasis hotel com- telecommunications services in Haiti. plex in Port-au-Prince as a business facility. We are also In 2008, we opened a local office in the country. Our providing $3.4 million for the first phase of Canada-based strategy seeks to increase access to basic services and Eurasian Minerals' gold and copper exploration in Haiti, develop human capital. Though the road to recovery will which supports 800 jobs. be long, IFC stands as a long-term partner in Haiti, with one common objective -- to create jobs for the Haitian people and help improve their quality of life. p51 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT the Conflict-Affected States in Africa initiative Conflict magnifies the challenges of poverty in many African countries, with devastating results. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IFC works to provide immediate assistance -- Democratic Republic of Congo: Poverty, famine, and and long-term support to these countries disease are widespread in this nation, where more than by helping them rebuild their private sec- 5 million people were killed in the Second Congo War. IFC tors, increase stability, reduce poverty, and is working here to improve the business climate. put their populations back to work. We do -- Liberia: The end of a long civil war in 2003 ushered it through the Conflict-Affected States in an era of hope and democracy here, where Africa's in Africa initiative, a $25 million program first elected female head of state is leading major reform launched in 2008 to design and implement efforts. From our recently opened office in Freetown, IFC is integrated strategies to support economic working on a roster of projects that includes investments in recovery in these countries. a new microfinance bank and a rubber plantation. The program, supported by Ireland, the Netherlands, -- Sierra Leone: Confidence is on the rise, along with sta- and Norway, has helped IFC become active in some of bility, following the conclusion of a 10-year civil war that the poorest and least developed states in Africa. We ini- ended in 2001. IFC projects here include support for tax tially focused on four countries, where war has destroyed simplification, investment promotion, and small-business economies and caused widespread poverty: development efforts. We are also broadening the range of -- Central African Republic: Heavily dependent on aid, financial services available, such as leasing. this is one of the world's poorest countries, without a via- ble private sector. IFC opened a new office in the capital, Bangui, to support on-the-ground efforts to improve the investment climate and foster small business growth. p52 a home for the Ahmadi family Hamida Ahmadi runs a beauty parlor in Kabul's densely populated Char Qala neighborhood. Until recently, she lived in a rental house with her parents and younger sister while the family saved to build a home of their own. MIDDLE EAST AND Money was tight. The resources provided by IFC helped found FMFB in 2004, providing its sponsors NORTH AFRICA the beauty shop, her mother's tailoring work, at the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance with the capital and her father's money-exchange business and advisory services needed to get started. Today, it is weren't enough to put a new roof over the Afghanistan's most successful commercial microlender, family. In Afghanistan, affordable loans aren't bringing modern banking to more than 85,000 low-income easy to find. people across the country. Then Hamida learned that First MicroFinance Bank of To widen our impact, we began advising FMFB last year Afghanistan offered construction loans. She borrowed on the development of housing-finance products, provid- money to complete construction of a new house on land ing a resident advisor and other specialist services. This her father had purchased. The family recently moved has enabled the bank to make small home loans to nearly in, and is planning to expand the house to fit more 2,000 people like Hamida. family members. IFC's investment portfolio in Afghanistan has increased Hamida, who pays down the loan regularly each month, more than tenfold over the past five years, climbing praised FMFB for providing finance where few other banks to $95 million from $8 million. The portfolio includes a are willing to. $75 million investment in MTN Afghanistan, the country's second-largest mobile-phone operator, to expand its network to serve more low-income populations. IFC also has launched a management and business-skills training program for small and medium enterprises, and provided advice in agriculture and other sectors. p53 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT conflict: impact around the world HAITI IFC structured the bidding for the public-private partnership that led to Haiti's largest foreign direct investment since the earthquake, a $99 million investment by Vietnam's Viettel in Telecommunications d'Haiti. IFC's investments and advisory services are being felt throughout conflict-affected countries, where we are expanding our work. We're helping small business owners in Sierra Leone cut their costs, expanding credit to Yemen's entrepreneurs, and boosting trade finance for firms in Lebanon. At the same time, our initiatives are ensuring that battered economies can recover -- and stay healthy. p54 WEST BANK IFC is providing $72 million for a mortgage finance program expected to double the number of LEBANON Palestinian families able to purchase We're partnering with BLC Bank to help increase homes. trade finance for businesses in Lebanon, expanding economic activity in the region. SIERRA LEONE We're supporting Sierra Leone's recovery by helping YEMEN the government introduce reforms that are simplifying Our advice is helping Saba procedures and lowering Islamic Bank better manage the cost of doing business. risks and increase financing for small and medium enterprises, strengthening Yemen's banking system. LIBERIA IFC advised the government on the RWANDA bidding process for a management Through BusinessEdge, we're giving owners contract for of small and medium enterprises in Rwanda Liberia Electricity a chance to acquire new management skills. Corporation to help rebuild electricity services and connect at least 30,000 new customers. CENTRAL AFRICA We're putting $12.5 million into a new fund designed to give businesses in central Africa better access to credit. p55 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT water and urbanization OUR FOCUS Across the developing world, populations are growing rapidly -- and concentrating in urban areas. This growth will intensify the need not only for roads, bridges, and sanitation systems, but also for social infrastructure such as hospitals and schools. It will make clean water an increasingly critical resource. Under such conditions, successful urbanization will be critical to reducing poverty and ensuring sustainable economic growth. IFC is helping to make that happen. p56 INNOVATION AND IMPACT We are partnering with clients to boost investments in small and medium enterprises and encourage new public- private partnerships, helping build medical centers and open education opportunities to the jobless and under- employed. We are working to ease the pressure on cities' overburdened business infra- structure by financing efficient new buildings. We also are working with cities to create a better investment climate. We are leading initiatives to curb an expected increase in global water requirements that -- if left unchecked -- might lead to a crisis in developing countries in coming decades. To confront water scarcity, we are investing in new technologies that can help bring clean, affordable water to previously parched regions. Those investments have already given millions access to clean water, and helped energize the private sector to deepen its involvement in the sector. p57 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN university education provides hope for a bright future Jaider Fernandez, who lives in Bogotá, was frequently unemployed or underemployed. For him, the opportunity to obtain a univer- sity education made all the difference. In 2003, he enrolled in Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios -- or Uniminuto, one of Colombia's leading educational insti- tutions serving lower- and middle-income students, many of whom live in informal set- tlements, secondary cities, and rural areas. Fernandez worked as a delivery boy on minimum wage, and also at a call center. But he was determined to improve his standard of living. In 2007, he completed his under- graduate studies in Information Systems Technology at Uniminuto. That immediately expanded his job opportunities. He now works as a database administra- tor at a major company in Bogotá. "Thanks to Uniminuto, I am earning a monthly salary of 2.5 million pesos ($1,250)," he says proudly. Uniminuto provides a range of afford- able technical, vocational, and university education to 35,000 students in Colombia. Its business model combines low-cost tuition and high-value programs in com- puter science, business, engineering, and other fields, enabling lower-income stu- dents to receive professional certification and university degrees. IFC provided the equivalent of $8 mil- lion in long-term local-currency financing to Uniminuto in 2009, helping it reach an additional 10,000 students, many of whom represent the base of the economic pyramid. This financing will protect the uni- versity -- and, indirectly, its students -- from exchange-rate risk, keeping its programs reasonably priced for the foreseeable future. Fernandez plans to go to Germany for postgraduate studies and return to Uniminuto to become a teacher. "I feel great affection for Uniminuto," he says. "When I did not have a serious job, Uniminuto helped me finance my studies, obtain my degree, and have a better life." p58 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA bringing world-class health care to Lesotho For 35-year-old nurse Mabothile Poka, working in a modern, state-of-the-art, pub- lic health clinic outside Lesotho's capital fulfills a dream. The recently opened Likotsi clinic in the city of Maseru promises to revolution- ize rural health care in the country, which suffers from one of the world's heaviest caseloads of HIV and AIDS. "This new clinic is something amazing for the people of Lesotho," Poka said. "It has modern equipment like electrocardiograms and scanners, which haven't been available to patients in rural areas before. It is a dream to work in a place like this in my own country." The clinic is one of four resulting from a landmark 2008 public-private partnership agreement between the Tsepong consor- tium -- led by health group Netcare -- and the government of Lesotho. IFC served as lead transaction advisor on the agreement, which also calls for a modern hospital to be built in Maseru. The first three clinics opened in May 2010. Patients are benefiting from a full range of services, including an HIV/AIDS unit, dental facilities, and optometry, radiol- ogy, and maternity wards. Netcare also has introduced a computerized administrative system, speeding services to the 300 men, women, and children treated at each clinic daily. The operator of the clinics, mean- while, has agreed to steadily increase the number of female employees and manag- ers over the life of the project. The public-private partnership agree- ment that made the Lesotho clinics possible could serve as a model across Africa, where public health services are often over- whelmed by growing populations and hamstrung by a lack of funding. "In other clinics I've worked at in Lesotho, we always had to turn people away," Poka said. "There were just too many patients, and we didn't always have the right equip- ment or supplies. Now I am happy I can treat everyone who comes to the clinic for help." p59 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT our approach to water security The scarcity of clean water and sanitation is threatening global economic growth and security. In two decades, a third of the world's population is expected to have access to just half the water it needs. Without action, water security could turn into the world's next crisis. IFC is working with the private sector to To increase private participation in the water sector, address a problem that governments alone IFC is developing a pipeline of bankable projects and IFC STRATEGY don't have the resources to fix. Since 2000, providing innovative financing options for projects that IFC has invested more than $1 billion in the help reduce water loss and increase connections. We're IFC helps finance sector, reaching over 30 million people. building support for new models to address the chal- projects that We know that boosting access to clean lenges of water, while promoting the transfer of know-how reduce water loss and boost access water and sanitation services contributes through partnerships. to clean water to economic development: every dollar Through our work with the private sector, we are help- and sanitation. invested in water and sanitation yields an ing reduce the number of children who die from diseases We've invested estimated $8 benefit in increased produc- spread by dirty water. Also, fewer people are forced to walk $1.4 billion in the tivity and reduced costs. But as long as miles every day for fresh water, and fewer families lack the sector since 2000. water prices don't reflect the cost of deliv- dignity of a clean toilet. ery, the private sector will largely remain on the sidelines. p60 helping new global players invest in infrastructure Africa is an increasingly attractive destination for investment, drawing capital from companies around the globe. IFC is helping a new set of investors -- including China -- ensure their projects have the biggest development impact and recognize the importance of higher environmental, social, and corporate governance standards. In Tanzania, we committed $10 million to In the Dar es Salaam project, IFC helped make the build- finance a 20-story office and retail building ing design energy- and water-efficient, and ensured that SOUTH-SOUTH being developed in Dar es Salaam by the the wastewater discharged from the complex is treated, INVESTMENT Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation and a subsid- since the city -- Tanzania's largest -- lacks a sewage treat- iary of China Railway Jianchang Engineering ment system. When it is finished, the building will ease the IFC committed $1.7 billion in Company Ltd., one of China's largest con- pressure on Dar es Salaam's strained business infrastruc- 71 South-South tractors. The project, IFC's first direct ture, providing much-needed office space and helping projects in FY10. investment in a Chinese firm operating in Tanzania's services sector expand. Sub-Saharan Africa, builds on our work with The project also reflects our increasing involvement in companies inside China, where we're boost- "South-South" investment, projects executed in Africa by ing energy-efficiency financing, supporting companies from developing countries. Such investments the country's "Green Credit Policy," and working to pro- encourage smoother capital flows and promote high stan- mote balanced rural and urban development. dards that are critical for Africa's economic development. China's emergence as an economic power and its In FY10, IFC helped facilitate 71 South-South investment substantial investments in Africa make it an impor- projects with commitments totaling $1.7 billion. tant partner for IFC. We can help Chinese enterprises operating in Africa adopt social, environmental, and cor- porate-governance standards consistent with international best practices. Our track record and strong presence in Africa put us in position to identify and support the com- panies that understand the long-term business value of sustainable investment. p61 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT cleaner water -- and a healthier future In Mohan Prasad's village in India, outbreaks of typhoid, malaria, and other waterborne diseases used to occur with regularity. Clean water was an unattainable luxury. SOUTH ASIA That is changing, thanks to low-cost ultra- Building centralized water supply networks capable of violet technology provided by IFC client providing safe water can be prohibitively expensive, even WaterHealth International. An innovative for developed countries. With IFC's help, WHI provided solution for low-income people in areas that an alternative that could be a model for communities in lack access to potable water, it quickly filters rural areas and on the outskirts of cities -- water-puri- out microbes, allowing the firm to provide fication systems can allow these communities to safely safe, purified water for less than a penny a tap available water resources without the need for large liter -- prices even the poor can afford. infrastructure projects. "Now, I and everyone in the village get IFC is backing WHI's expansion to make an impact on good, safe drinking water," says Prasad, the waterborne diseases that claim hundreds of thousands who lives in Nadigudem in the state of of lives each year in India -- more than any other country. Andhra Pradesh. Our investments will help the company install more than WHI entered the Indian market in 2005, 600 systems in rural communities in India, Bangladesh, and soon after receiving IFC's early-stage $1.2 million invest- Ghana over the next two years. ment. Our investment helped the company attract more WaterHealth has installed systems in more than 300 vil- from others like Dow Chemical of the U.S. and India's ICICI lages in Andhra Pradesh. Through its water centers, the Bank. Today, it provides clean, affordable water to more company also provides employment -- for service opera- than 1 million people in India alone. tors like Prasad, maintenance engineers, and others who engage with people from the village and train them on operating machines and collecting revenue. p62 fostering productive public-private partnerships One million people live in Periperi, an impoverished district in the Brazilian city of Salvador. For decades, they lacked an emergency hospital. LATIN AMERICA AND That's about to change with the Hospital The hospital will be equipped and operated by a pri- THE CARIBBEAN do Subúrbio, the first to be built in the area vate consortium for 10 years, after which it will revert to the in 20 years, and the first to operate under a government. IFC's expertise helped prepare the feasibility public-private partnership in the country. study, economic analysis, and project structuring for the IFC served as the lead advisor to the gov- concession contract. We also helped with public consul- ernment of Bahia state, which is building tation and the bidding process, under the highest levels the hospital. With 298 beds, the hospital of transparency. is expected to treat 20,000 inpatients and In a time of scarce resources and growing needs, 120,000 outpatients each year. For many many governments are searching for ways to do more people in the area, the hospital's opening with less -- to increase the quantity and quality of infra- marks the first time they can easily obtain structure investments while limiting public-sector surgical, orthopedic, and other specialized funding and risk. IFC is responding by helping them set medical services. up public-private partnerships and other private sector "I feel happy to be working here on the Hospital do participation arrangements. We are the only multilateral Subúrbio, getting it ready for my family and others," agency that offers direct advisory services to governments said Carlos Nascimento, a mason who worked on the on private sector participation in infrastructure, health, hospital's construction. and education. In 2010, IFC completed 10 successful public-private partnerships that address basic infrastructure and health care needs. These partnerships have also yielded fiscal savings of $1.4 billion for governments and leveraged $1.7 billion in private investment. p63 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT water and urbanization: impact around the world BRAZIL IFC's loan of 65 million Brazilian reais will help Grupo Ser Educacional bring high-quality education to underserved areas and lower- income students. IFC is deploying all of our resources to address the developing world's mounting water needs and ease the stresses on its PERU increasingly crowded cities. Our clients IFC is providing $65 million to help Lima's Sedapal build a water treatment plant that will benefit over distributed water to nearly 35 million people 2.4 million low-income residents. in 2009, and reached nearly 8 million patients in need of health care. In Eastern Europe, we're helping overhaul water and wastewater networks. In Uganda, government workers are receiving training on the water sector. And in Peru, millions will take advantage of a water treatment plant we helped finance. p64 RUSSIA EASTERN EUROPE We are working with municipal Our investment of water utilities and private industrial up to 100 million in companies to help them improve the Czech Republic's water efficiency and the quality Veolia Voda will of discharged water. help the company rehabilitate and upgrade water and wastewater networks in Eastern Europe. CHINA $25 million in IFC financing for Singapore-based Healthway Medical Corporation Ltd. will help widen access to high-quality medical care in underserved areas of China. NIGERIA We're extending $150 million in UGANDA syndicated loans to help Helios Towers Nigeria Ltd. improve We helped the government of Uganda access to quality, affordable implement a strategy to increase the telecommunications in Nigeria. efficiency of water distribution to small towns and rural areas through public- private partnerships. RWANDA KENYA IFC guaranteed a letter of credit issued by Kenya Commercial Bank, We are advising and allowing Cimerwa, Rwanda's investing in Kenya's largest cement company, to Spencon International so import equipment and improve the firm can expand its competitiveness. infrastructure projects in Eastern and Southern Africa. SOUTH AFRICA A strategic partnership with South Africa's Life Healthcare Group will help transfer the company's hospital management know- how to other countries. p65 GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND IMPACT lessons learned Even projects with the THE FINANCIAL CRISIS -- SHAPING OUR STRATEGY deepest development impact can be improved. IFC's approach to private sector development has evolved as a result of the global financial crisis. The changed economic environment called As a learning institution, for new ways of doing business -- not only for our clients but also for IFC IFC takes pride in constantly and other development institutions. assessing our strengths and weaknesses -- and putting the As economies in the developed world faltered, we worked to help export-dependent coun- findings into practice. It makes tries in emerging markets build and leverage domestic sources of growth -- among other our investments, advice, and things, we helped them address the challenges and opportunities created by rapid urban- ization. Last year, for example, we invested $40 million to help modernize and expand the mobilization more effective, operations of Masan Foods, a Vietnamese packaged-foods company that links local farmers ensuring that mistakes made to the growing base of urban middle-class consumers. once aren't repeated. We put special emphasis on the delivery of advisory services to help clients manage risks and improve corporate governance. We redoubled our efforts to help governments develop Working with the more effective financial-market regulation and systems for dealing with corporate insolvency. Independent Evaluation For example, we helped the Ministry of Economy in Ukraine -- one of the countries hit hardest by the crisis -- identify ways to improve the regulatory framework for insolvency administra- Group and the Compliance tors and develop rules for out-of-court dispute resolution. Advisor/Ombudsman, IFC The crisis highlighted the importance of building partnerships and promoting coordina- addresses the concerns of tion in international responses to development challenges. Several of our crisis initiatives (see people affected by our work page 14) reflected such partnerships -- between the public and private sectors, and among and broadly gauges our international development institutions and donors. In addition, the crisis underscored the importance of having people, programs, and capital in place before a crisis. These attributes performance. We evaluate significantly enhance our capacity to respond swiftly. the "cross-cutting" effects The Independent Evaluation Group examined our response, and found that our perfor- a single project can have mance reflected lessons learned from past crises -- but also a few missed opportunities. on multiple industries and Among the findings: regions. Applied routinely, -- Speed and Effectiveness: Anticipating financial turmoil, IFC began preparing to assist cli- ents as early as 2007. New investments declined by 7 percent during the crisis -- less than the this approach builds 40 percent average in past crises. Investment in the poorest countries increased by 25 percent. credibility and trust, and -- Response Design: IFC's initiatives were ambitious and innovative and involved mobiliz- enhances our accountability ing $25 billion between fiscal 2009 and 2011. The initiatives were targeted, temporary, and with stakeholders. partnership-based, a structure that showed we are "learning from past crises." -- Adaptation: IFC demonstrated flexibility in adjusting to changing circumstances. For example, in 2009 we created a Back Office Operational Team to coordinate initiatives and manage fiduciary obligations to donors and investors. -- Coordination: Partnerships with other development finance institutions were a defining feature of IFC's crisis response, and sent an important signal to financial markets that these institutions would "take unprecedented joint action to avoid a systemic banking collapse." -- Financial Capacity and Countercyclical Role: To preserve our financial capacity and main- tain our triple-A credit rating, IFC focused heavily on portfolio management. IFC also was selective in embarking on new business. Although that approach was appropriate, it may have caused IFC to miss some "good opportunities for impact through new investments." The full findings from IEG's update on the ongoing evaluation of "The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Crisis" are available at: http://www.ifc.org/WBCrisisResponse. p66 IFC'S APPROACH TO PALM OIL IMPROVING LIVES, IMPROVING HEALTH CARE The palm oil sector is rich with sustainable IFC has made significant progress in improving lives development possibilities -- and challenges. by investing in health care -- an accomplishment that reflects the lessons of experience. Sustainable palm oil production offers major benefits consistent with IFC's goal of reducing poverty and improving lives. It is an Last year, a 10-year review by the Independent Evaluation Group important source of jobs and income for millions of the world's found that IFC health projects undertaken before 1999 performed rural poor. In Indonesia, for example, the sector directly and indi- poorly, partly because of a lack of expertise in screening and rectly employs as many as 6 million people and can contribute to structuring deals. The performance partly reflected our early inex- better health and education. perience in the sector and the effect of financial crises in some Opportunities, however, can be accompanied by risks. Last year, regions. But IEG found our performance improved with experi- IFC's palm oil funding was suspended pending the development ence, and more recent investments have realized good financial of safeguards to ensure that lending does not cause social or envi- returns and achieved stronger development outcomes, including ronmental harm. This action came in response to the findings of increasing access to services and raising standards. an independent audit of our investments in Wilmar Group, one IFC has worked to improve the social impact of health initia- of the world's largest processors and merchandisers of palm oil. tives by supporting investments providing greater benefits to The audit by the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, who reports the poor (as recommended by the IEG report) such as increas- directly to the President of the World Bank Group, concluded ing investment in low-cost generic drugs and technologies that that IFC "did not meet the intent or requirements of its own address health problems affecting the poor. Most IFC-supported Performance Standards" for assessing the Wilmar investments. pharmaceutical projects have resulted in "significant declines" in We are seeking to learn from this experience and emerge generic drug prices, according to IEG. better for it. We are working with the World Bank to develop a To increase our impact, we have integrated our investment shared framework to guide our engagement in the palm oil sector. work with advisory services and increased support for public- The framework is being developed in consultation with multiple private partnerships. Such partnerships in the health sector are stakeholders, who are helping craft principles to guide work in the still a relatively new development in emerging markets, although sector, with an emphasis on maximizing development outcomes there is growing interest in them, and IFC is playing a pioneering for local communities and minimizing adverse social and environ- role here. mental impacts. IFC has also improved its investment performance by support- As an integral part of the process, IFC is seeking the views ing innovative approaches and business models that increase of diverse stakeholders on key challenges and opportunities access to health services for the poor. We do this by encourag- facing the palm oil sector. That includes civil society organiza- ing our clients to invest their capital and expertise in low-income tions, affected communities, donors, shareholders, partners, countries and frontier markets, working with banks to provide private sector representatives, governments, and agriculture- financing for small companies, and helping our clients reach low- and agribusiness-focused think tanks. The strategic framework income groups in smaller cities. will strengthen our commitment to ensuring that positive out- We are also working closely with the World Bank to increase our comes, including environmental and social sustainability, remain development impact with the Health in Africa Initiative -- which at the core of IFC's development efforts. is designed to mobilize up to $1 billion to strengthen socially responsible health care in Sub-Saharan Africa. p67 3 our products, roles, and expertise where values As the largest global development finance institution focused on the private sector, IFC plays a distinctive role in creating opportunity in emerging markets. We catalyze private sector growth wherever we can make the biggest difference -- by leading the way and demonstrating to others the value of achieving strong development results. We leverage our leadership role in private sector development -- by helping raise global standards for sustainable development, and by collaborating with others to address the most urgent development challenges of our time. We mobilize resources far beyond our own, enlarging the pool of capital and expertise available to the poorest countries and regions of the world. p70: what we do p72: Investment Services p73: Advisory Services p74: IFC Asset Management Company p75: partnerships and mobilization p76: standard setting meet purpose p78: our industries p80: special innovations in financing p82: role in IDA countries p83: inclusive business In our activities, we bring several advantages to bear. IFC has a strong financial position -- and a record of strong performance in both good times and bad -- that makes us a reliable long-term partner to our clients. We have a history of developing innovative products and services that help them succeed and expand. We have a growing focus on the world's poorest countries and regions -- and a growing portfolio involving micro, small, and medium enterprises, which play a critical role in creating jobs and expanding opportunity. products, roles, and expertise p69 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE what we do We provide more than money. We blend investment We mobilize resources from our many partners, with advice to help the private sector find solutions enlarging the pool of capital and expertise available to today's greatest development challenges. for improving the lives of people in developing countries. This work sets an example for the private IFC's three businesses -- Investment Services, sector and helps influence policy, deepening Advisory Services, and Asset Management -- our impact on the poor. As a result, low-income are mutually reinforcing, delivering global expertise families are gaining better access to schools and to clients in more than 100 developing countries. hospitals. Residents of remote villages are gaining connections to urgently needed water and power We provide financing for both immediate and sources. And small farmers are improving their long-term needs, and we combine it with advice ability to sell their goods by tapping into the that helps companies grow quickly and global supply chain. sustainably -- by innovating, raising standards, mitigating risk, and sharing expertise across Whether investing, advising, or mobilizing industries and regions. funds, we use our combined global presence and local knowledge to deliver results, creating o or tunit r tu n i er er opportunity where it's needed most. IFC Brand Value Proposition INNOVATION DEMONSTR ATION INFLUENCE IMPACT Engaging Partners, Mobilizing Capital, Shaping Policy, Achieving Results, Devising Solutions Setting Standards Proving Concepts Sharing Ideas Creating Opportunity Where It's Needed Most p70 our three businesses: IFC Investment Services As the developing world's largest provider of multilateral fi nancing to the private sector, IFC offers crucial investment services in areas that aren't traditionally a focus for private sector capital. Our broad suite of financial products and services ease poverty and spur long-term growth by promoting worthy enterprises, encouraging entrepreneurship, and mobilizing resources that wouldn't otherwise be available. Importantly, our investment services provide a critical reminder that investors can boost development in emerging economies and make a profit at the same time. Our fi nancing products are tailored to meet the needs of each project. We provide growth capital, but the bulk of the funding comes from -- and leadership and management responsibility lies with -- private sector owners. Last year, we invested $12.7 billion in 528 projects, of which $4.9 billion went to projects in IDA countries. We also mobilized an additional $5.4 billion to support the private sector in developing countries. IFC Advisory Services Economic development is often stifled in countries where private enterprises face obstacles to their operations and growth. To help the private sector in emerging markets overcome these obstacles, IFC provides more than invest- ment. IFC's advisory services provide advice, problem solving, and training to companies, industries, and governments. Our experience shows that companies need more than financial investment to thrive -- they need a legislative environment that enables entrepreneurship, and advice on business best practices. Our work includes advising national and local governments on how to improve their investment climate. Governments account for about half of our advisory projects. We also help investment clients improve corpo- rate governance and become more sustainable. We offer advice through more than 1,000 Advisory Services staff in 84 offices across 66 countries. Funding comes from donor partners, IFC, and client contributions. In FY10, Advisory Services expenditures totaled $268 million, of which 61 percent went to IDA countries. IFC Asset Management Company IFC Asset Management Company is a private equity fund manager. It was created to tap the substantial financial resources held by sovereign funds, pension funds, and other institutional investors -- channeling them to profit- able investment opportunities in countries that most need the capital. A wholly owned subsidiary of IFC, the company invests third-party capital alongside IFC across the developing world. In the process, we expand our development reach by "crowding in" commercial investors. The impact can be long lasting. By demonstrating the financial benefits and growth opportunities -- as well as the development impact -- of investing in these markets, AMC aims to encourage investors to shift the long-term composition of their portfolios. AMC allows IFC to make more investments than we could alone. And it gives investors access to our pipeline of transactions and deep expertise in developing countries. p71 fy10 borrowing on OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE international markets what we do: U.S. dollar $4,445,924,292 (46%) IFC Investment Services Australian dollar $3,093,724,000 (32%) Brazilian real $858,114,215 (9%) Turkish lira $606,653,426 (6%) New Zealand dollar $349,343,220 (4%) Singapore dollar $141,562,854 (1%) Central African franc $45,832,272 (0%) Other $143,275,346 (1%) LOANS IFC finances projects and companies through loans for our own account, In FY10, 44 percent of our total syndicated loan volume was in IDA typically for seven to 12 years. We also make loans to intermediary banks, countries and frontier regions -- one of the highest levels reached in leasing companies, and other financial institutions for on-lending. recent years. IFC also mobilized a total of $2 billion through B-loans, While IFC loans traditionally have been denominated in the cur- parallel loans, and A-loan participation sales. As of June 30, 2010, IFC's rencies of major industrial nations, we have made it a priority to committed syndicated loan portfolio totaled $9.3 billion. structure local currency products. Our disbursed portfolio includes loans denominated in 25 local currencies, including Brazilian reais, Colombian pesos, Chinese renminbi, Indian rupees, Indonesian rupiah, SECURITIZED FINANCE Mexican pesos, Nigerian nairas, Russian rubles, South African rand, and Zambian kwachas. IFC uses structured and securitized products to provide cost-effective In FY10, we made commitments for $5.7 billion in new loans. forms of financing that would not otherwise be readily available to clients. Products include partial credit guarantees, structured liquidity facilities, portfolio risk transfer, securitizations, and Islamic finance. We EQUIT Y use our expertise in structuring -- along with our international triple-A credit rating -- to help clients diversify funding, extend maturities, and Equity investments provide developmental support and long-term obtain financing in their currency of choice. Through structured and growth capital that private enterprises need. These investments also securitized products, IFC mobilized a total of $797 million for clients provide opportunities to support corporate governance and enhance in FY10. social responsibility. We invest directly in companies' equity, and also through private equity funds. This part of our portfolio totaled $11 billion at fair value CLIENT RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES at the end of FY10. IFC generally invests between 5 and 20 percent of a company's IFC provides derivative products to our clients to allow them to hedge equity. We encourage the companies we invest in to broaden share their interest rate, currency, or commodity-price exposures. IFC inter- ownership through public listings, thereby deepening local capital mediates between our clients in developing countries and derivatives markets. We also invest through profit-participating loans, convertible market makers in order to provide clients with full market access to loans, and preferred shares. risk-management products. TRADE FINANCE TREASURY SERVICES The IFC Global Trade Finance Program guarantees trade-related IFC funds lending by issuing bonds in international capital markets. We payment obligations of approved financial institutions. The program are often the first multilateral institution to issue bonds in the local cur- extends and complements the capacity of banks to deliver trade rencies of emerging markets. Most of IFC's lending is denominated in finance by providing risk mitigation on a per-transaction basis for over U.S. dollars, but we borrow in a variety of currencies to diversify access 190 banks across more than 80 countries. to funding, reduce borrowing costs, and help develop local capital In FY10, IFC issued over 2,800 guarantees totaling $3.46 billion. markets. IFC's borrowings have continued to keep pace with our lend- More than 51 percent of the volume of guarantees issued went to ing. New borrowings in the international markets totaled $8.8 billion IDA countries. equivalent in FY10. This year, we also created the Global Trade Liquidity Program, an award-winning crisis-response initiative. LIQUIDIT Y MANAGEMENT SYNDICATIONS Liquid assets on IFC's balance sheet totaled $21 billion on June 30, 2010, compared with $17.9 billion a year earlier. Most liquid assets are IFC's Syndicated Loan program, the oldest and largest syndicated held in U.S. dollars. The exposure arising from assets denominated in lending program among multilateral development banks, is an impor- currencies other than U.S. dollars are hedged into U.S. dollars to man- tant tool for mobilizing capital to serve development needs. Since age currency risk. The level of these assets is determined with a view its establishment in 1957, the program has mobilized over $34 billion to ensure sufficient resources to meet commitments even during times from more than 550 financial institutions for projects in more than of market stress. 100 emerging markets. p72 what we do: IFC Advisory Services ACCESS TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE We increase the availability and affordability of financial services, par- We expand access to infrastructure and other basic services by helping ticularly for micro, small, and medium enterprises. We focus on three governments design and implement sustainable public-private part- priorities -- building financial institutions, including nonbank institu- nerships. At the end of FY10, we had an active portfolio of 91 projects tions; improving financial infrastructure; and improving the legal and in 53 countries, valued at more than $130 million. Our FY10 project regulatory framework. At the end of FY10, we had an active portfo- expenditures totaled about $26 million, of which 40 percent were in lio of 238 projects in 68 countries, valued at almost $290 million. IDA countries and 14 percent in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Our FY10 project expenditures totaled about $50 million, of which 50 percent were in IDA countries and 14 percent in fragile and conflict- affected countries. INVESTMENT CLIMATE We foster competitive markets, growth, and job creation by helping CORPORATE ADVICE governments design and implement reforms to their business environ- ments. At the end of FY10, we had an active portfolio of 144 projects in Our corporate advice focuses on four priorities -- improving cor- 67 countries, valued at more than $185 million. Our FY10 project expen- porate governance; building markets for small and medium enterprises ditures totaled $53 million, of which 75 percent were in IDA countries and improving their managerial capacity; contributing to commercially and 32 percent in fragile and conflict-affected countries. viable and scalable businesses; and enhancing corporate responsi- bility and community engagement. At the end of FY10, we had an active portfolio of 187 projects in 68 countries, valued at $145 million. Our FY10 project expenditures totaled about $34 million, of which 56 percent were in IDA countries and 14 percent in fragile and conflict- affected countries. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILIT Y We promote the adoption of profitable business models that are good for social development and the environment. We focus on three priori- ties -- addressing climate change; leveraging labor and social capital; and preventing biodiversity loss. At the end of FY10, we had an active portfolio of 76 projects in 28 countries, valued at almost $110 million. Our FY10 project expenditures totaled about $17 million, of which 42 percent were in IDA countries and 3 percent in fragile and conflict- affected countries. p73 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE what we do: IFC Asset Management Company We have used our own balance sheet to IFC CAPITALIZATION FUND A SUCCESSFUL L AUNCH YEAR invest in member countries for more than 50 years. Now, we are using that expertise The $3 billion IFC Capitalization Fund In its first full year of operation, AMC to invest others' capital as well. In FY09, the invests in commercial banks in develop- established its operating platform, hired IFC Board created a new, wholly owned ing countries that are systemic for their a core team of investment profession- local economies. The fund is jointly als, and achieved a critical mass of funds subsidiary to act as a fund manager for supported by a $2 billion commitment under management. AMC's investment third-party capital. IFC Asset Management from the Japan Bank for International decisions are taken independently by Company, LLC, provides a fund management Cooperation, and a $1 billion com- fund investment committees chaired platform to raise money from sovereign mitment from IFC. As of June 30, 2010, by Gavin Wilson, AMC's Chief Executive funds, pension funds, and other institutional the fund has made investment com- Officer. Wilson reports to AMC's Board mitments totaling $395 million in five of Directors, which is chaired by IFC investors, and invest it using IFC's well- commercial banks in Paraguay, Serbia, Executive Vice President and Chief Exec- tested approach. the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and utive Officer Lars Thunell, and includes a West Africa. majority of non-executive members. The objective: to expand the supply of AMC continues to design and launch long-term equity capital to developing other fund management products that AL AC FUND fit IFC's strategic priorities and meet the and frontier markets in a way that enhances needs of investors. IFC's development goals and generates The ALAC Fund was launched in April profits for investors. 2010 and has investment commitments totaling $950 million from IFC, Dutch As of June 30, 2010, AMC had approximately pension fund manager PGGM, Korea $4 billion of assets under management Investment Corporation, the State Oil in two funds: the IFC Capitalization Fund Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, and the IFC African, Latin American and and a fund investor from Saudi Arabia. Caribbean Fund (the ALAC Fund). These The fund co-invests with IFC in equity funds expand IFC's development reach investments across a range of sectors and give outside investors access to our in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, investment expertise and track record of and the Caribbean. Its aim is to create a portfolio diversified by geography strong equity returns. and industry that matches our long- term returns in these markets. As of June 30, 2010, it has made investment commitments of $66 million in its first three transactions. p74 partnerships and mobilization CATALYZING INVESTMENT OUR CONVENING POWER OUR ABILITY TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES IN AFRICA Our expanding relationship with IFC's success in fostering private sector Every dollar of IFC investment leverages Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, development reflects our many inno- about $3 from others. S.A., Africa's largest local fi nancial vative partnerships with governments, It's a number we strive to increase. We services network, is giving people in foundations, and civil society. We maxi- know the needs of the private sector in underserved markets better access to mize results by collaborating with others developing countries are far greater than financial services and helping bolster who share our objectives. Collaboration we can provide for on our own. So we work the continent's economic recovery -- helps us achieve what we could not do on with a wide array of partners to maximize an example of the impact IFC and IFC our own. It allows us to pool our resources the resources we bring to bear -- including Asset Management Company can and capitalize on the competitive advan- private investors, international banks, inter- have by working together. tages of each of our partners. It lets us national financial institutions, sovereign IFC, the IFC Capitalization Fund, and share knowledge and helps improve the funds, institutional investors, philanthropic the ALAC Fund signed a $175 million design and implementation of programs. foundations, and governments. financing package for Ecobank in June. Several dimensions of our work give us Our traditional approach to mobiliz- Given the breadth of Ecobank's oper- a worldwide convening power that sets ing third-party resources involves our ations across Africa, the investment us apart from regional organizations. Our syndicated lending program, which will provide capital support to bank- global, local, and cross-sector presence allows others to co-invest with us through ing subsidiaries in many countries with allows us to work with both the public and B-loans, syndicated parallel loans, and few alternative sources of long-term private sectors -- not only in low-income sales of A-loan participations. We have capital, helping them respond to the countries but also in middle-income also mobilized funds for clients through financial crisis. countries, and in partnership with devel- structured and securitized products. The impact of our investment: A more oped countries. In recent years, we have broadened stable financial sector that leads to Our global perspective and pres- our approach. Partnerships with other job creation and spurs economic ence allows us to capture and share international finance institutions have growth. It also sends a powerful signal lessons of experience across regions. deepened under the IFI Cooperation to other investors -- what we call the We also have world-class expertise in Program, in which IFC has played a "demonstration effect." risk-management, banking, results mea- key role. Since the global economic surement, and many other areas -- and crisis began, we have also taken a joint That's what makes us unique: The we can play a key role in formulating solu- approach to many crisis initiatives -- ability to make well-structured, com- tions to development challenges that can including the Joint IFI Action Plan for prehensive investments across a be addressed only through collective Central and Eastern Europe, which range of frontier markets, and to share the opportunity with investors action. For these reasons, many multi- pledged the equivalent of $34 billion who otherwise might not have been lateral development banks and other to support banks affected by the crisis. able to invest. institutions look for IFC's expertise and In addition, we have expanded our leadership as they develop their private partnerships with donor governments, Ecobank operates in 29 African coun- sector operations. foundations, and nongovernmental tries and is systemically important in organizations. 17 of them. Its reach stretches from We also have taken the innovative Senegal in West Africa to Chad in the step of launching IFC Asset Management middle of the continent to Tanzania in Company, which is designed to mobilize the east. additional resources by allowing outside investors to access IFC's transaction The ALAC Fund also invested $35 mil- lion alongside IFC to support Heidel- pipeline and benefit from our expertise bergCement's expansion in Africa. in achieving strong equity returns and development impact. p75 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE what we do: standard setting IFC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 1 IFC's catalytic role in private sector development is Social and Environmental Assessments and Management Systems bolstered by our expanding work as a standard setter and developer of tools to help the private sector navi- gate the fast-changing world of investor, shareholder, and stakeholder expectations. Our Performance Standards define our clients' roles 2 and responsibilities for managing their projects, and the Labor and Working Conditions requirements for receiving and retaining IFC support. They have become globally recognized good practice in dealing with environmental and social risk management, facilitating in global financial markets the swift conver- gence of standards for cross-border project finance. 3 We have eight performance standards. More infor- Pollution Prevention and Abatement mation on each is available at http://www.ifc.org/ performancestandards. These standards are part of IFC's sustainability framework, which is being updated for the first time this year under a policy-review pro- cess that includes engagement with a wide range of 4 stakeholders from academia, civil society, affected com- Community Health, Safety, and Security munities, and the private sector. More information on the process is available at http://www.ifc.org/policyreview. 5 Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement 6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 7 Indigenous Peoples 8 Cultural Heritage p76 THE EQUATOR PRINCIPLES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY ROUNDTABLES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IFC's approach to transforming business prac- Food security and climate change are inextri- Sound corporate governance is an increas- tices in emerging markets can best be seen in cably linked. ingly important element of sustainable private the role we play in setting global environmen- The food and agribusiness sector consumes sector development -- not only because it tal and social standards. up to 70 percent of the world's fresh water and strengthens businesses' ability to attract In 2002, a group of international banks generates up to 30 percent of greenhouse investment and grow but also because it decided to develop a global environmental gases. It contributes to deforestation and loss makes them more accountable. and social risk-management framework for of biodiversity. At the same time, the sector IFC promotes better corporate governance the banking industry. They sought our help to is vulnerable to water shortages and shifts in in developing countries, improving board develop what became the Equator Principles, weather patterns caused by climate change. practices, strengthening shareholder rights, which today are used by about 70 financial That poses a major challenge for the world. and enhancing risk management and cor- institutions to manage social and environmen- Minimizing the tradeoffs between increased porate disclosure. We also provide advice to tal risks in project finance. food production and harm to the environment regulators, stock markets, and others with an These institutions, known as EPFIs, pledge requires joint effort -- by the private, public, interest in improving corporate governance. not to provide loans for projects in which the and financial sectors, and by civil society. IFC Our experience allows IFC to tailor global borrower is unwilling or unable to comply with is helping by supporting roundtables on sus- principles to the realities of the private sector the principles. Over the years, they have paid tainable agriculture. in developing countries. As a result, develop- increasing attention to IFC's Performance The roundtables bring producers, pro- ment banks and other investors working in Standards. When those standards were cessors, traders, and other participants in a emerging markets now look to IFC for leader- launched in 2006, the Equator Principles were commodity's supply chain together with banks ship on corporate governance. soon updated to reflect them. and civil society groups that are concerned We provide this in a variety of ways -- includ- IFC's influence on social and environmental about the harmful effects agriculture can have. ing through the Global Corporate Governance standards continues to grow. Eighteen of the They build consensus on what constitutes Forum, a multi-donor trust-fund facility. The financial institutions that have adopted the responsible production and processing, and forum drives the corporate governance Equator Principles are from emerging markets. promote better management practices. agenda among regulators and leading cor- In some cases, the Performance Standards Take the case of palm oil, the world's porate directors' organizations. We also bring are also being taken up by governments as a most-used vegetable oil. Until recently, pro- together international portfolio investors, framework for banking regulation. In China, for ducers of palm oil had no comprehensive, representing more than $3 trillion, and local example, IFC's Performance Standards have widely accepted sustainability standard. business leaders to discuss what governance influenced the government's "Green Credit That changed with the establishment of the changes are needed to attract more capital. policy." In addition, 32 export credit agencies Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, which We established the IFC Corporate from member countries of the Organisation united the Indonesia Palm Oil Producers Governance Methodology -- a system for for Economic Co-operation and Development Association, Unilever, HSBC, WWF, Oxfam, evaluating corporate governance risks and and 16 European development finance institu- IFC, and others. opportunities that is recognized as the most tions refer to IFC's Performance Standards in With the financial support of the Global advanced of its kind among development their private sector projects. Environment Facility and other donors, IFC finance institutions. is active in several initiatives: the Roundtable We train our investment officers to iden- on Sustainable Palm Oil, the Roundtable for tify five areas of risk and opportunity -- the Responsible Soy, the Better Sugarcane commitment of a client's leadership to strong Initiative, the Better Cotton Initiative, the corporate governance, the structure and func- Union for Ethical BioTrade, and the Sustainable tion of its board of directors with respect to Cattle Ranching Working Group in Brazil. oversight and strategy, the quality of its risk- management framework, the extent of its transparency and disclosure, and its treatment of minority shareholders, such as IFC. p77 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE our industries IFC's leadership role in sustainable private sector FINANCIAL MARKETS development reflects a special advantage -- the depth and breadth of expertise we have acquired over more Financial markets account for almost half of IFC's new investments each than 50 years of helping emerging-market firms succeed year. Sound financial markets are vital to development -- they ensure and grow. efficient resource allocation, create jobs, and spur economic growth. We focus on small and medium enterprises, microfinance, trade, and climate change, among others. IFC is a leading investor in microfinance. This role reflects the insights we have gained from our We create innovative products in insurance and supply-chain finance to work in more than 100 developing countries -- in every reach the poor. We are rebuilding our investments in housing finance region of the world, and in industries with the greatest and are supporting capital-market development in light of the global potential to address the major development challenges financial crisis. The crisis underscored the need for IFC in financial mar- of our time. This knowledge enables us to provide kets. Small and medium enterprises, which account for more than half of employment worldwide, saw lines of credit reduced or eliminated. our clients the right mix of capabilities to address their Investors shied away from capital markets. IFC stepped in to fill the gap. needs, delivering the best of what IFC has to offer in To maximize our impact, we work with financial intermediaries to both global knowledge and local know-how. We also extend financial products and best practices to more businesses, and help local companies make better use of their own microfinance entrepreneurs than we could on our own. knowledge by matching it to opportunities in other developing countries. HEALTH AND EDUCATION We have moved increasingly to leverage our global IFC is the world's largest multilateral investor in private health care and industry knowledge to tackle the biggest development education in emerging markets. We invest in these sectors because challenges of the coming years -- including climate they are fundamental to human and economic development -- health change, unemployment, and urbanization. care plays a key role in improving the quality of life, while education is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and growing human capital. IFC works to increase access to high-quality health and education. We help improve standards of quality and efficiency, facilitate the AGRIBUSINESS exchange of best practices, and create jobs for skilled professionals. IFC also works closely with the World Bank and developing-country gov- Agribusiness is a strategic priority for IFC because of the sector's broad ernments to tailor strategies for countries that lack adequate resources. development impact and strong role in poverty reduction. The agricul- IFC is focused on helping partner companies increase development tural sector often accounts for at least half of GDP and 60 percent of impact. In addition to making direct investments in socially respon- total employment in many developing countries. sible companies, our role includes sharing industry knowledge and IFC helps the private sector address higher demand and escalating expertise, funding small companies, raising medical and education food prices in an environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive way. standards, and helping clients expand services to lower-income groups. We support global initiatives for sustainable production of agricul- tural commodities. To help clients finance inventories, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, and fuel for farmers, IFC offers working-capital facilities. To facilitate trade and lower costs, we pursue investments in infrastructure such as warehouses and cold-storage facilities. We work to bring land into sustainable production, improve productivity by transferring tech- nologies, and make the best use of resources. IFC helps companies set benchmarks for responsible production, in line with industry best practices. In areas such as sequestering carbon, managing watersheds, preserving biodiversity, and producing renew- able energy resources, IFC can help generate new income through environmental services. p78 We focus on clients that are, or can be, strong players in their local INFRASTRUCTURE markets. In middle-income countries, we increasingly support local second-tier companies and cross-border investments. We aim to play About 2.5 billion people lack proper sanitation facilities in developing a strong role in developing local companies in the poorest countries. countries. At least 1.6 billion have no electricity. And 884 million can't As these industries represent some of the most carbon-intensive sec- get clean water. tors, we are helping clients develop and undertake investments that IFC helps increase access to power, transport, and water by financ- help reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption. ing infrastructure projects and advising client governments on public-private partnerships. We add value by devising innovative projects and public-private OIL, GAS, MINING, AND CHEMICALS partnerships in difficult markets. We mitigate risk and leverage special- ized financial structuring and other capabilities. A significant part of our IFC's mission in the oil, gas, mining, and chemicals sector is to help advisory work is supported by other parts of the World Bank Group and developing countries realize sustainable economic benefits from donor partners. natural resources. We provide financing and advice for private sector Our infrastructure projects exhibit a solid development impact. In clients. We also help governments put in place regulatory frameworks the power sector, 79 percent of IFC investment projects approved and strengthen their capacity to manage these industries across before 2005 achieved significant development outcomes. In the the value chain -- from resource extraction to revenue management water and gas sector and the transport industry, the figures were and spending. 77 percent and 68 percent, respectively. Fossil fuels such as natural gas play a role as a transition fuel to a less carbon-intensive economy. In addition to fossil fuels, our energy investments support a mix of traditional and alternative energy sources, MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES including wind, solar, and thermal energy. We support private sector investment in extractive industries by The manufacturing and services sector plays a vital role in creating working to ensure that communities enjoy concrete benefits such as opportunity and reducing poverty in developing countries. IFC's jobs, improved infrastructure, and economic opportunities. We also manufacturing and services clients tend to create or maintain more help develop capacity among small and local companies, engage with employment than those in any other sector. communities to improve projects' long-term development benefits, We have increased our activities in the sector, which includes con- and foster transparency and governance to combat corruption. struction materials; forest products; life sciences; energy-efficient machinery; and tourism, retail, and property. We invest in companies that are developing new products and markets, and restructuring and INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES modernizing to become internationally competitive. Modern information and communication technologies make it easier for the poor to obtain access to services and resources. They expand opportunity and make markets and institutions more efficient. IFC works to extend the availability of such technologies to pro- fy10 commitments by industry, mote sustainable economic growth and good governance, enhance with dollar volumes social inclusion, and reduce poverty. We channel investments toward dollars in millions private companies that build modern communications infrastructure and information-technology businesses, and develop climate-friendly Agribusiness $536 (4%) technologies. IFC has the ability to raise additional funds through its syndications Global Financial Markets and guarantee program. We almost always bring co-investors into proj- $6,654 (53%) ects, providing comfort and encouraging other private investors into markets often considered too risky. Global Information and IFC increasingly helps clients move beyond their own national bor- Communication Technologies $461 (4%) ders and into other developing markets. We estimate that each dollar Global Manufacturing and Services $1,376 (11%) of IFC funding attracts about $9 in private financing. Health and Education $432 (3%) Infrastructure $1,578 (12%) Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals $1,053 (8%) Private Equity and Investment Funds $408 (3%) Subnational Finance $166 (1%) p79 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE special innovations in financing One of IFC's strengths is the agility with which we are able to develop innovative financial tools to maximize development impact in developing countries. Here are a few of this year's highlights: GREEN BOND MICROFINANCE BOND IFC's first "Green Bond," a $200 million issue, is IFC's first microfinance bond issue, which raised designed to support climate-friendly projects in $300 million equivalent in Australian dollars, will developing countries. Bond proceeds go into a help increase access to finance for low-income special "green account" for investment in renew- entrepreneurs in developing countries. The list- able energy, and in energy-efficient or other ing and sale was arranged by Daiwa Securities climate-friendly projects. This was the first time Group and the bonds were sold to Japanese we issued bonds to raise funds that then went investors. Under this arrangement, IFC directed into a separate account tied to specific types of an amount equal to the net proceeds of the loans. Solar and wind installations are among the bond issue to financial institutions that provide kinds of projects eligible for funding. loans to micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries, magnifying the impact of our micro- finance activities. p80 SUKUK BOND GLOBAL BOND CENTRAL BANK SWAPS IFC's first-of-its-kind $100 million Hilal Sukuk IFC's annual global bond issue was heavily IFC reached an innovative agreement with bond created opportunities for Islamic inves- oversubscribed -- the $2 billion issue gener- the central banks of Rwanda and Belarus that tors who want to make a positive social impact. ated an order book in excess of $2.5 billion. will allow us to provide local-currency loans This benchmark issue was the product of This strong demand reflected investor con- to support each country's private sector. The three years' coordination between IFC and fidence in IFC and its management through central banks will provide IFC with local cur- Islamic scholars, and it created a standardized the global crisis. It highlights IFC's ability rency through swaps until local commercial model that promises to facilitate a pipeline to raise funds in a cost-effective manner for swaps markets develop. Access to long-term of Islamic finance projects in key sectors private sector development lending in fulfill- local currency allows us to extend long-term such as education, health, and infrastruc- ment of its mission of reducing poverty and loans to companies that lack foreign exchange ture. Sukuks are investment certificates with improving lives. Buyers included central banks, revenues and cannot assume the foreign- an undivided ownership share in underlying official institutions, and a wide range of com- exchange risks associated with borrowing in Islamic-law-compliant assets. mercial banks. international currencies. p81 OUR PRODUCTS, ROLES, AND EXPERTISE expanding role in IDA countries and focus on the poor EXPANDING OUR WORK IN IDA COUNTRIES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT About 2.5 billion people -- half the population of the developing This work is having a significant development impact. In 2009, our world -- live in the 79 countries eligible to borrow from the International clients in IDA countries provided 134 million phone connections, gen- Development Association, the arm of the World Bank Group that helps erated enough power for 51.5 million people, and distributed water to the poorest countries. Most people in these countries survive on 800,000 people. Our clients contributed almost $4.5 billion to govern- incomes of less than $2 a day. ment revenues and helped drive $7.4 billion in local purchases of goods That's why creating opportunity in IDA countries is a top priority for and services. Our advisory services have contributed to millions in IFC, the first of our five strategic pillars. Lives are at stake. By catalyzing savings from recommended regulatory reforms and bolstered environ- the private sector in IDA countries, we can help put millions of unem- mental sustainability by helping countries slash their carbon footprint. ployed people to work, speed nascent economic growth, boost tax Yet the development challenges remain, with IDA countries strug- revenues, and address inadequate education and health care. gling to access credit, lift the world's lowest investment flows, and head off shortages of food and fuel. Investing in IDA countries isn't easy. A lax regulatory environment, corruption in many areas, and the RAMPING UP OUR IDA PORTFOLIO difficulty of attracting the best talent to hardscrabble regions top the list of challenges we face in IDA countries. We are ideally positioned Our work in these countries has intensified in recent years, from to mobilize capital where others will not -- our global expertise and Afghanistan to Zambia. Since FY05, IFC's investments in IDA countries decentralized structure give us a prime opportunity to spearhead pri- have more than quadrupled to $4.9 billion. Our advisory expenditures vate sector development in the IDA countries. totaled $83.3 million in FY10. Nearly half of our investment projects are in IDA countries. These countries also accounted for 61 percent of our advisory OUR APPROACH IN IDA COUNTRIES projects. Reflecting our expanded reach in frontier markets, we are now active in 78 percent of IDA countries, half of which are in Sub- IFC's strategy in the most challenging countries is to start with products Saharan Africa. such as investment-climate advice, which paves the way for investment. That presence reflects our willingness to take risks in challenging In addition, IFC and the World Bank bring complementary skills to environments. The performance of our equity portfolio suggests the bear in joint projects. Working together, we can provide clients more risks are paying off. For every $1 in equity we invested in IDA countries flexible financing options, such as a mix of public and private finance. over the last decade, we received $2.45 back in return, four cents better We can also provide project-structuring expertise while simultaneously than similar investments in non-IDA countries. advancing industry-sector reform. Private investment is essential for promoting development in IDA In FY10, 10 joint investment projects were committed in IDA coun- countries, where access to finance is difficult and the need for better tries, twice as many as in FY08. IFC staff also collaborated on 123 joint infrastructure, health services, and education often exceeds available advisory projects, marking an increase of 45 since FY08. In addition, government resources. between FY06 and FY09, IFC contributed $1.3 billion directly to IDA. Our projects are diverse. In Central America, for example, an IFC-led Going forward, IFC will further deepen our engagement in IDA partnership is training coffee farmers to adopt sustainable practices. countries, expanding our product range and increasing the number In Uganda, we're helping finance a hydropower project that will of countries we work with. Our strategy will target innovative projects bring more power to a country where few people have electricity. In that link farmers to markets, increase climate-friendly investments, and Cambodia, we are advising a venture to give more people access to help firms become regional players. We will also focus on gender while banking through their mobile phones. supporting micro, small, and medium enterprises, and establish busi- ness models that benefit the base of the economic pyramid. We are working with the World Bank to develop more detailed strategies for IDA countries. p82 INCLUSIVE BUSINESS -- OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID IFC's vision is that people should have the opportunity Landmark research by the World Resources Institute to escape poverty and improve their lives. and IFC has shown that about 4 billion people -- roughly two thirds of the world's population -- live at the base Increasingly, we do this by supporting clients that of the global economic pyramid. Each of these people invest in inclusive business models -- offering critical makes ends meet on less than the equivalent of $3,000 goods, services, and livelihoods to the poor in financially per year in local purchasing power. Beyond low incomes, sustainable and expandable ways. The private sector they also have significant unmet needs, depend on can play a pivotal role in meeting the needs of people informal or subsistence livelihoods, and pay a "poverty who struggle with poverty in its broadest form -- penalty" -- higher prices for basic goods and services, the kind defined as much by a scarcity of opportunity often of lower quality, than wealthier people pay. and access as by a lack of income. DEFINING THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID The "base of the pyramid" refers to people living below a given WRI/IFC INCOME THRESHOLD income or spending threshold. The threshold varies in different countries, because the cost of the same basket of daily goods varies across countries. IFC uses the purchasing-power-parity method to define the income threshold. 4 BILLION PEOPLE INDIA GHANA CHINA BRAZIL U.S.A. lacking basic goods and services, and/or $1.72/day $2.09/day $2.32/day $3.69/day $8.21/day income-generating opportunities At the same time, the poor are creative and resourceful economic IFC is approaching this challenge with integrated investment and agents with an appetite for change. Pioneering companies are finding advisory services, as well as a proactive effort to document and share ways to tap into this potential, integrating low-income producers and what we learn. Recognizing that our vision will require the combined consumers into their supply chains. Using inclusive business models, effort of many partners, IFC is working to foster a network of corpo- local companies are investing in supply and distribution chains that rations, financial institutions, donors, service providers, and others provide better income opportunities and more goods and services interested in making the process of starting and scaling up inclusive for the poor. business models easier. Building on these pioneering efforts -- and the development imperative -- our challenge now is to greatly increase the number of financially sustainable inclusive business models operating at scale. This is an important role for the private sector: to be able to invest in business models that include the poor as full economic partners. p83 4 our internal standards and operations where principles IFC's commitment to alleviating poverty and creating opportunity for the developing world's most vulnerable people is reflected in our corporate culture. At a time of heightened demand for private sector development, our staff of 3,354 men and women around the world enhances IFC's impact by delivering innovative solutions to the toughest challenges. p100: IFC 2013 p102: sustainability framework / policy review p103: footprint commitment p104: investment cycle p106: working with civil society p107: accountability p110: web links p87: development goals p88: our staff p90: measuring results p92: clients' development reach p94: compensation p96: our governance p97: donors, foundations, and IFIs meet practice As the need grows for the private sector to take a greater role in spurring development, we think we can do more. To achieve greater development impact, we are adapting, leveraging our strengths, and sharpening our focus on efficiency under a comprehensive change program we call IFC 2013. We are working more closely with clients and partners, crafting new development goals, and finding new ways to mobilize capital. Our history shows we learn from experience and take on new challenges. And our staff is better positioned than ever to maximize IFC's development impact. More than half of us are based in developing countries, close to the clients and communities we serve. We are also more diverse than ever -- 57 percent of our staff is from developing countries. internal standards and operations p85 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS the IFC Way The IFC Way is a way of being, defining, and solidifying IFC's culture and brand, and a process that engages staff at all levels and in all regions to inform management decision making. It includes our vision, our core corporate values, our purpose, and the way we work. OUR VISION that people should have the opportunity to escape poverty and improve their lives OUR CORE VALUES Excellence, Commitment, Integrity, Teamwork The initiative began in fiscal 2008 with the most extensive consultative process in IFC OUR PURPOSE history -- 52 consultations involving more to create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their than 1,400 staff members in 31 countries. lives by: We learned that regular personal engage- -- Promoting open and competitive markets in developing countries ment with staff members led to new insights -- Supporting companies and other private sector partners where there and specific ideas for putting them into is a gap practice. We also learned that these discus- -- Helping to generate productive jobs and deliver essential services to sions, giving staff members the opportunity the underserved to share concerns and ideas with manage- -- Catalyzing and mobilizing other sources of finance for private ment, helped create a sense of commitment enterprise development and community. IFC is building on that In order to achieve our purpose, IFC offers development impact solutions momentum, infusing our culture into all through fi rm-level interventions (direct investments, Advisory Services, of our activities in ways that will help us and the Asset Management Company), standard setting, and business- be more client-focused and produce even enabling environment work. stronger results. A strong corporate culture is central to any organization's ability to succeed and OUR STRATEGY PROCESS adapt to new challenges. IFC's adaptive cul- IFC has a structured and inclusive approach to strategy setting, sharing a ture has encouraged our staff of more than common process and language: 3,000 employees in more than 80 countries -- We fi rst consider the external environment to see how we can help to find creative ways to meet the challenges clients succeed posed by the global crisis. -- We then draw on the global knowledge and local know-how of IFC staff By identifying the shared values of our -- We work in a unified way to achieve our goals diverse staff, and by establishing forums for -- We look for partnership opportunities to maximize development impact regular dialogue and discussion among staff members and managers, The IFC Way is enhancing our ability to tackle new challenges. THE WAY WE WORK -- We help our clients succeed in a changing world -- Good business is sustainable, and sustainability is good business -- One IFC, one team, one goal -- Diversity creates value -- Creating opportunity requires partnership -- Global knowledge, local know-how -- Innovation is worth the risk -- We learn from experience -- Work smart and have fun -- No frontier is too far or too difficult p86 IFC development goals We are changing the way we do business, finding This is a pioneering approach, and represents a significant shift from the innovative ways to help more people escape poverty. past. Until now, we have primarily measured development impact as we go, setting broad priorities and then evaluating each investment or advisory It begins by setting a series of specific development project based on its expected impact. goals to provide a forward-looking road map to The development goals now being put in place will give us a broad guide IFC's strategy and operations. framework to set our development-driven strategy, coupled with credible measures of our progress. The effort is a work in progress. Our initial set of goals includes targets to expand access to financial, infrastructure, health and education services, and to expand opportunities for micro, small, and medium enterprises, and for farmers. Based on early experience, methodologies will be refined, and progress against the goals will become an important tool for management. p87 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS who we are IFC's employees are based in about 100 offices in 86 countries, including 42 of the poorest countries -- those served by IDA. headquarters staff: 1,544 We represent 137 countries, including 59 IDA nationalities. Today, 54 percent of our staff is based in the field, up from 43 percent in FY04. field staff: 1,810 We are diverse. Our diversity enriches our perspectives, allowing for innovative and local solutions for local clients and stakeholders while capturing best practices that can be applied globally. Employees from developing countries represent 66 percent of all staff and 57 percent of those at officer level and higher. where we work gender (all full-time staff) location fy04 fy10 gender fy04 fy10 Washington, D.C. 1,291 (57%) 1,544 (46%) Male staff 1,121 (50%) 1,571 (47%) Field offices 963 (43%) 1,810 (54%) Female staff 1,133 (50%) 1,783 (53%) Total IFC staff 2,254 3,354 Total 2,254 3,354 national origins (all full-time staff) gender (all staff at officer level and higher) national origins fy04 fy10 fy04 fy10 Developed countries 963 (43%) 1,145 (33%) Male staff 844 (69%) 1,238 (60%) Developing countries 1,291 (57%) 2,209 (67%) Female staff 387 (31%) 827 (40%) Total 2,254 3,354 Total 1,231 2,065 national origins (all staff at officer level and higher) national origins fy04 fy10 Developed countries 647 (53%) 892 (43%) Developing countries 584 (47%) 1,173 (57%) Total 1,231 2,065 p88 IDA countries middle-income countries with frontier regions other client countries our place in the World Bank Group The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries. Established in 1944, its mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism, for lasting results. IFC is one of five members of the Bank Group, and carries out the mission by working with the private sector to create opportunity where it's needed most. Since our founding in 1956, we have committed more than $86 billion of our own funds for private sector investments in developing coun- tries, and we have mobilized billions more from others. In working toward a world free of poverty, we collaborate closely with other members of the Bank Group, including: -- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which lends to governments of middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries. -- The International Development Association, which provides interest-free loans, called credits, to governments of the poorest countries. -- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which provides guarantees against losses caused by noncommercial risks to investors in developing countries. -- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, which provides international facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes. p89 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS measuring results Development effectiveness is the guiding principle of This report provides the DOTS score -- the percentage of projects that IFC's work. Through our Development Outcome Tracking have achieved a high rating (in the top half of the rating scale) -- for IFC overall and by region and industry. Data for total development reach are System, which measures the development effectiveness provided by IFC's active portfolio clients, and presented regardless of of our investment and advisory work, we have established IFC's investment size. Given that IFC is always a minority investor, these ourselves as a leader in development-results measurement. results cannot be attributed solely to IFC. IFC does not claim attribution for DOTS gives IFC a key competitive advantage, and is critical these reach figures. However, IFC has created specific attribution rules to to understanding how well our strategy is working and be applied in measuring and reporting development achievements. These rules, designed to capture the extent to which incremental reach of a cli- whether we are reaching the people and industries that ent company should be attributed to IFC, will be monitored in department most need our help. scorecards, starting in FY11. IFC was the first multilateral development bank to report on development results for our entire portfolio, beginning with our 2007 Annual Report, and WHAT DOTS COVERS to have an external firm review the application of our methodology and reported results, as part of assurance for these aspects of our reporting. IFC's tracking system covers all active projects in our portfolio, for both Since 2008, we have been reporting on changes in development results for investments and Advisory Services. The tracking process starts by setting investments compared with the previous year and, for advisory services, on initial objectives, using standard indicators by industry or business line, and the results of in-depth evaluations. We also launched a development results tracking achievements throughout the project cycle until closure. portal (www.ifc.org/results) to supplement information in the printed report. For Investment Services, DOTS covers--after certain exclusions-- In FY09, IFC's Independent Evaluation Group evaluated IFC's systems almost all 1,513 companies under super vision. This report focuses on the 493 and processes for monitoring and evaluating development results, includ- out of 535 investments approved between 2001 and 2006 that are mature ing DOTS. The evaluation found that the tracking system provides current, enough to be rated. Every year the cohort of investments we report on shifts unbiased assessments of the development results of our investments. It also by one year. Newer investments are not mature enough to be evaluated, highlighted the significance of mechanisms introduced to link incentives to while older ones are less relevant for today's operations and have often project results through performance awards. "In so doing," the report said, already closed. We also address the current reach of all active investments in "IFC has been at the forefront of performance measurement related to pri- IFC's portfolio. Reach indicators measure the number of people reached by vate sector development among multilateral development banks." goods and services provided by IFC clients, or the dollar benefit to particular In FY10, we launched DOTS-2, which improves the way development stakeholders affected by the activities of IFC clients. results data are captured and tracked through the system, fully integrating For Advisory Services, DOTS covers all projects that are active, with IFC's investment project cycle and other information systems. This year, completed, or on hold, dating back to FY06. At the end of FY10, the super- we report for the first time on the development results of our investments, vision portfolio included 562 active projects. This report highlights results using data generated by DOTS-2. achieved between 2006 and 2009, and those of 111 (of 153) projects for which IFC's evaluation framework for investments reflects good practice stan- project completion reports were done in FY09 and for which development dards agreed on by multilateral development banks for private sector effectiveness could be assessed. The time periods for which these results results. Our tracking system is built on this foundation. are reported differ by Advisory Services business lines and product lines. Some types of projects are not tracked in the DOTS systems. By number, the most important exclusions were projects at early stages of the project DOTS cycle, projects that are expansions to existing ones, projects that are split into several investments, small projects that typically form parts of larger DOTS allows for real-time tracking of development results throughout the programs, and certain financial products such as swaps and rights issues. project cycle. IFC staff members identify clear, standardized, and verifiable indicators, with baselines and targets, at the outset of a project. They track progress throughout supervision, which allows for contemporaneous feed- back into operations. For investments, the overall development outcome score is a synthe- sis of four performance categories that are informed by achievement of industry-specific indicators. To obtain a positive rating, a project must make a contribution to the host country's development -- a contribution that is assessed according to good practice standards agreed on by multilateral banks for evaluating private sector investment operations. For Advisory Services, the rating is a synthesis of the overall strategic relevance, effec- tiveness (as measured by project outputs, outcomes, and impacts), and efficiency of the services. p90 development outcome: investments performance general indicators examples of specific indicators category and benchmarks assessed against targets Financial performance Returns to financiers, e.g., financial returns at or above Return on invested capital, return on equity, project weighted-average cost of capital implemented on time and on budget Economic performance Returns to society, e.g., economic returns at or above Numbers of connections to basic services, loans to small 10 percent enterprises, people employed, tax payments Environmental and social performance Project meets IFC's Performance Standards Improvements in environmental and social management, effl uent or emission levels, community development programs Private sector development impact Project contributes to improvement for the private sector Demonstration effects (other firms replicating a new beyond the project company approach, product, or service), linkages to other private companies, corporate governance improvements development outcome: advisory services performance general indicators examples of specific indicators category and benchmarks assessed against targets Strategic relevance Potential impact on local, regional, national economy Client contributions, alignment with country strategy Efficiency Returns on investment in advisory operations Cost-benefit ratios, project implemented on time and budget Effectiveness Project contributes to improvement for the client, the Improvements in operations, investments enabled, jobs beneficiaries, and the broader private sector created, increase in revenues for beneficiaries, cost savings from policy reforms IFC's development results for IFC's development results by IFC's development results by investments industry fy09 vs. fy10 region fy09 vs. fy10 Development Outcome 493 71% IFC 71% IFC 71% $15,431 82% 71% 71% Financial Performance 57% Manufacturing and Services 54% Europe and Central Asia 70% 65% 57% 66% Information and Economic Performance 62% Communication 64% Sub-Saharan Africa 65% 71% Technologies 70% 66% Environmental and Social 68% Infrastructure 80% Middle East and North Africa 68% Performance 70% 70% 70% Private Sector 78% Financial Markets 77% East Asia and the Pacific 64% Development Impact 87% 73% 72% % Rated High 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Private Equity and 68% Latin America and 77% Investment Funds 74% the Caribbean 77% Unweighted (number of projects) Agribusiness 80% South Asia 79% Weighted by IFC investment size 78% 79% (US$ millions) Oil, Gas, Mining, and 80% % Rated High 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chemicals 79% DOTS data as of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar Health and Education 73% 2009 2010 years 2001­2006. 85% % Rated High 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% FY10: DOTS data as of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar years 2001­2006. FY09: DOTS data as of June 30, 2009, 2009 2010 for projects approved in calendar years 2000­2005. FY10: DOTS data as of June 30, 2010, for projects approved in calendar years 2001­2006. FY09: DOTS data as of June 30, 2009, for projects approved in calendar years 2000­2005. p91 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS Compared with industry departments, IFC's regional departments had INVESTMENT RESULTS smaller fluctuations in their development results scores between FY09 and FY10. The DOTS score for the Europe and Central Asia region, where the IFC's development-outcome scores remained stable compared with the past impact of the crisis remains pronounced, deteriorated by four percentage two years, with 71 percent of investments rated high in FY10. Results among points to 66 percent in FY10, marking a decline of 18 percentage points since industries were mixed, reflecting different sensitivities to the adverse effects FY08. The deterioration was driven by weaker financial and economic per- of the global crisis. Among regions, only Europe and Central Asia deterio- formance, and to a much lesser extent by lower private sector development rated, but this was offset by improvement in East Asia and the Pacific. impacts. This pattern is similar to that experienced by the European Bank for Our Health and Education department showed the biggest performance Reconstruction and Development. improvement -- the percentage of investments rated high rose by 12 points The Europe and Central Asia region, as a result, was among the weakest- to 85 percent, although the number of department operations is relatively performing regions in FY10, with a DOTS score of 66 percent that put it on small. The DOTS scores of our Private Equity and Investment Funds and par with Sub-Saharan Africa. IFC's financial-markets investments in the region Information and Communication Technologies departments climbed by six clearly suffered from the crisis. Non-performing loans have risen substantially points to 74 and 70, respectively. and are expected to continue to rise for some time. Infrastructure investments The score for the Manufacturing and Services department rose three points to 57. That is encouraging because the department continues to be development reach by IFC's client companies IFC's weakest performer. Having traditionally suffered from difficult invest- ment climates and poor infrastructure, the Manufacturing and Services new business portfolio portfolio expectations department is beginning to benefit from its recent shift away from direct cy08 cy09 fy10 support to small businesses and toward indirect support through finan- cial intermediaries, and also from IFC's strategic focus -- often jointly with the World Bank -- on improving business climates and infrastructure in the Investments: countries of our clients. Employment provided (million) 2.1 2.2 0.3 Performance improvements in several sectors reflected the fact that Microfinance loans newer projects entering the reporting cohort performed better than older projects that dropped out. In the Information and Communication Number (million) 8.5 8.5 11.7 Technologies sector, many companies were located in Asia, which recovered Amount ($ billion) $9.32 $10.79 $10.31 more quickly from the crisis and continued to show strong performance. The performance of our Private Equity and Investment Funds department SME loans rebounded partly from last year's drop, as equity markets recovered Number (million) 1.3 1.5 2.0 some of the losses suffered at the peak of the financial crisis -- with the Amount ($ billion) $90.63 $101.32 $54.21 exception of investments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. The performance of our Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals; Agribusiness; Customers reached with services: and Financial Markets departments remained relatively stable compared Power generation (million) 153.4 132.2 14.3 with last year (within four percentage points). But the DOTS score of our Infrastructure department deteriorated 10 percentage points, and results Power distribution (million) 28.5 29.4 5.0 that previously were very strong are now in line with the IFC average. With Water distribution (million) 21.6 34.6 31.0 the exception of Latin America and East Asia, the development per formance Gas distribution (million) 12.5 15.7 0.1 of infrastructure operations deteriorated across the board -- particularly in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. By sector, power and utilities Phone connections (million) 220.1 169.3 25.4 projects confirmed their solid performances, while transport operations con- Patients reached (million) 5.5 7.6 4.7 tinued to be the weaker component of our infrastructure portfolio. As in prior years, results weighted by IFC's investment volume proved to Students reached (million) 1.2 1.4 1.0 be stronger (projects accounting for 82 percent of investment volume rated Farmers reached (million) 1.8 2.1 0.6 high, compared with 71 percent by number). This indicated that, on average, Payments to suppliers and governments: larger investments and companies tend to perform better. In part, this is due to a higher risk profile for small businesses and investments. Moreover, Domestic purchases of goods and services ($ billion)* $48.57 $38.02 $12.51 larger companies have economies of scale, and often have better manage- ment and corporate governance that make it easier for them to overcome Contribution to government revenues or savings ($ billion) $22.24 $20.08 $9.58 difficult business environments and external shocks. IFC's weighted results were higher for all industries and regions, especially in the Information and CY08 and CY09 data are not strictly comparable, because they are based on a changed portfolio of IFC clients. Communication Technologies and in the Middle East and North Africa Indicator definitions and reporting periods vary somewhat across industries. Some CY08 data have been revised. New Business Expectations timelines vary by department. Please see footnotes to industry tables on our Web site departments, which DOTS scores increased by 18 and 17 points, respec- at www.ifc.org/results_industry. tively, when considering weighted results. *Only from Manufacturing and Services and Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Departments. p92 learning and using results deteriorated significantly, mainly because of the poor performance of trans- port-sector investments in Russia. Still, the performance of clients in the general ENHANCING RESULTS MEASUREMENT manufacturing sector improved, and regional investments in the oil, gas, and mining sector achieved high development results. In FY10, we improved our Development Outcome Tracking System with the The East Asia and the Pacific region registered the biggest improvement launch of DOTS-2. in DOTS scores in FY10 -- an increase of eight percentage points that raised The new system allows us to measure our development performance the region's score to 72 percent, which is above the IFC average of 71 percent. and reach more quickly and accurately. DOTS-2 further standardizes indica- The improvement was broad based, reflecting better performance across the tors across regions and industries, and significantly enhances the indicators portfolio, and particularly strong performance in newer investments in pri- themselves. We are now able to compare actual results against the original vate equity and investment funds, financial markets, and agribusiness. This baselines and expectations -- and do it faster and more accurately, which improvement also reflects better selection of projects over time. East Asia allows us to apply the findings to new operations sooner. and the Pacific was one of only two regions where the development results With DOTS-2, IFC has an interactive module that enables tracking, of IFC's financial-markets investments improved (Sub-Saharan Africa being monitoring, and reporting on IFC's additionality in projects in terms of risk the other). Results of private equity and information-technology investments mitigation, policy setting, knowledge and innovation, and standard-setting. also improved. Development outcomes for China, which accounted for This will allow us to better analyze and articulate the value and unique ben- 60 percent of the total number of rated companies in the region, continued efits we provide through our activities. Faster feedback to management will to improve. Indonesia achieved a perfect DOTS score of 100 percent. better inform strategy, operations, and incentives. Results of the Sub-Saharan Africa region remained about the same as in We have streamlined and harmonized our reporting across IFC, as per- FY09 despite the global crisis, at 66 percent in FY10 (up from 65 percent in FY09). formance indicators and data are systematically incorporated into project Investments that entered this year's reporting pool did substantially better documents throughout the project life cycle. than those that exited. Investments in financial markets and in oil, gas, and We constantly share our experience with the broader development com- mining performed strongly -- with scores above 80 percent. On the other munity, including other multilateral development banks, foundations, and hand, the region continued to be one of the weakest performers, with results donors. Since 2005, we have fostered the improvement and harmonization dragged down by very poor performance of manufacturing and infrastructure of development-results measurement among multilateral development investments. IFC has made improving the investment climate a focus of its banks through the Common Performance Assessment System, an annual activities in the region. A poor investment climate hampers smaller manufac- self-assessment exercise led each year by a different multilateral develop- turing investments and also makes implementing successful infrastructure ment bank. investments more difficult. The performance of three other regions -- Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia -- also remained relatively stable. ADVISORY SERVICES RESULTS Fifty-eight percent of IFC Advisory Services projects that closed in fiscal year 2009 and could be assessed for development effectiveness were rated positively as of June 30, 2009. The results are based on a review of 153 com- pletion reports filed between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. Of those, 111 could be assessed for development effectiveness. Projects that could not be assessed for development effectiveness were excluded from the analysis. These 42 projects included 30 non-client- facing projects that are not subject to development-effectiveness ratings, 10 Grassroots Business Initiative projects that are no longer managed by IFC, and two projects that were deemed too early to judge because their out- come and/or impact results had not been achieved by June 30, 2009. Development effectiveness varied by business line: In Access to Finance, 64 percent of projects were rated positively; in Infrastructure Advice, 50 percent; in Corporate Advice, 53 percent; in Environmental and Social Sustainability, 75 percent; and in Investment Climate, 52 percent. Performance also varied by region. In East Asia and the Pacific, 53 percent of projects were rated positively; in Europe and Central Asia, 68 percent; in Latin America and the Caribbean, 82 percent; in the Middle East and North Africa, 41 percent; in Sub-Saharan Africa, 50 percent; and in South Asia, 62 percent. p93 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS empowering our people Executive Compensation DELIVERING TO CLIENTS IN CHALLENGING TIMES The salary of the President of the World Bank Group is determined by the IFC's staff focuses on supporting our clients in a challenging environment Board of Directors. The salary structure for IFC's Executive Vice President and and developing products to reduce the impact of the global economic crisis CEO is determined by positioning a midpoint between the salary structure of on the private sector in developing countries. staff at the highest level, as determined annually by independent U.S. com- Our people are deeply committed to IFC's mission of creating oppor- pensation market surveys, and the salary of the World Bank Group President. tunity for people to escape poverty. They offer IFC clients a powerful The compensation of our executive leadership is transparent. IFC's Executive combination of global expertise and local know-how that allows us to Vice President and CEO, Lars Thunell, receives a salary of $347,050, net of respond rapidly to changing needs. taxes. There are no executive incentive compensation packages. Leveraging Our Talent Variable Pay Programs IFC's business has grown significantly over the past five years. Our operating IFC's variable-pay and retention programs were suspended in FY09 in model, as a result, has evolved to respond to market demands. response to the change in market conditions and for IFC's own financial pru- In FY10, IFC's Management Team adopted IFC 2013, a comprehensive dence. Recognizing that outstanding work by individuals and teams remains program to ensure that IFC continues to adapt the way we work and deliver important to IFC and to our high-performance culture, the temporary sus- more effectively on our strategic priorities. In that context, we are launching pension of IFC's variable pay programs was lifted for FY10. a new performance-management approach, to further strengthen talent and leadership management across the organization. Our organizational Benefi ts Programs structure will emphasize clarity of roles and career paths. To properly organize and deploy the global knowledge generated by IFC provides a competitive package of benefits, including medical insur- our specialists, client teams will be strengthened by the creation of Global ance and a retirement plan. Washington-based employees are covered by Industry Groups to enhance knowledge sharing, and Operations Centers to Aetna, contracted through an open procurement process. Other staff mem- facilitate decision making closer to the client through the co-location of criti- bers are covered by La Garantie Médicale et Chirurgicale, an international cal resources. By increasing client proximity to IFC experts and managers health care provider. Medical insurance costs are shared -- 75 percent is through the Operations Centers, we will deliver a higher level of responsive- paid by IFC and 25 percent by the insured. ness locally while leveraging global insight. IFC's pension is part of the World Bank Group plan, based on two ben- People are IFC's most important asset. As we decentralize our orga- efit components -- the first: years of service, salary, and retirement age; the nization, we are also intensifying our effort to build a global cadre of second: a cash savings plan, which includes a mandatory contribution of professionals who bring the full spectrum of global, local, and technical 5 percent of salary, to which IFC adds 10 percent annually. Legacy pension expertise to our clients. Attracting and nurturing the best talent is an impor- benefits from earlier World Bank Group pension plans include termination tant element of IFC 2013 and key to the way we work. For more information grants and additional cash payouts. on IFC 2013, see page 100. Compensation IFC's compensation guidelines are part of the World Bank Group's frame- work. The international competitiveness of compensation is essential to our capacity to attract and retain a highly qualified, diverse staff. The sal- ary structure of the World Bank Group for staff recruited in Washington is determined with reference to the U.S. market, which historically has been globally competitive. Salaries for staff hired in countries outside the United States are based on local competitiveness, determined by independent local market surveys. Based on the World Bank Group's status as a multilat- eral organization, staff salaries are determined on a net-of-tax basis. p94 Staff Salary Structure* (Washington, D.C.) During the period July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, the salary structure (net of tax) and average salaries and benefits for World Bank Group staff was as follows. market staff at grade average average grade representative job titles minimum $ reference $ maximum $ level (%) salary / grade benefits** GA Offi ce Assistant 24,420 31,740 41,250 5.8% 34,640 18,605 GB Team Assistant, Information Technician 31,190 40,550 56,770 0.8% 41,277 22,170 GC Program Assistant, Information Assistant 38,520 50,090 70,130 10.4% 52,056 27,959 GD Senior Program Assistant, Information Specialist, 44,530 57,880 81,040 8.5% 63,683 34,204 Budget Assistant GE Analyst 58,100 75,520 105,720 9.5% 74,384 39,952 GF Professional 76,950 100,030 140,050 18.4% 95,323 51,198 GG Senior Professional 104,050 135,270 189,370 31.3% 131,476 70,616 GH Manager, Lead Professional 143,600 186,700 241,260 17.7% 181,374 97,416 GI Director, Senior Advisor 190,390 249,070 285,580 2.8% 238,283 127,982 GJ Vice President 256,760 287,570 322,000 0.4% 286,638 153,953 GK Managing Director, Executive Vice President 282,010 319,810 351,740 0.1% 338,403 166,329 Note: Because World Bank Group staff, other than U.S. citizens, usually are not required to pay income taxes on their World Bank Group compensation, the salaries are set on a net-of-tax basis, which is generally equivalent to the after-tax take- home pay of the employees of the comparator organizations and firms from which WBG salaries are derived. Only a relatively small minority of staff will reach the upper third of the salary range. * These figures do not apply to the U.S. Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director, who are subject to U.S. congressional salary caps. **Includes annual leave, medical, life and disability insurance; accrued termination benefits; and other nonsalary benefits p95 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS our governance From left to right (standing): Merza Hasan, Abdulrahman Almofadhi, Dante Contreras, Konstantin Huber, Alexey Kvasov, Toru Shikibu, Ambroise Fayolle, Sid Dib, Susanna Moorehead, Rudolf Treffers, Michael Hofmann, Toga McIntosh, James Hagan, Samy Watson, Pulok Chatterji, Philippe Ong Seng. Seated: Jose Rojas, Sun Vithespongse, Giovanni Majnoni, Carolina Renteria, Ian Solomon, Anna Brandt, Shaolin Yang, Michel Mordasini. IFC is an international organization established Strong Shareholder EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS (ALTERNATIVE) Support from in 1956. We are part of the World Bank Group, Member Countries although IFC is a legal entity separate and distinct Abdulrahman M. Almofadhi (Abdulhamid Alkhalifa) Capital Stock by Country from the other Bank Group institutions, with Anna Brandt (Jens Haarlov) separate Articles of Agreement, share capital, Pulok Chatterji (Kazi M. Aminul Islam) Dante Contreras (Felix Alberto Camarasa) United States 24% financial structure, management, and staff. Sid Ahmed Dib (Javed Talat) Japan 6% Ambroise Fayolle (Anne Touret-Blondy) Germany 5% Membership in IFC is open only to member countries of France 5% James Hagan (Do-Hyeong Kim) the World Bank. As of June 30, 2010, IFC's share capital United Kingdom 5% Merza H. Hasan (Ayman Alkaffas) Canada 3% of $2.45 billion was held by 182 member countries. These India 3% Michael Hofmann (Ruediger Von Kleist) countries guide IFC's programs and activities. Each country Italy 3% Konstantin Huber (Gino Alzetta) Russian Federation 3% appoints one governor and one alternate. Corporate pow- Netherlands 2% Alexey Kvasov (Eugene Miagkov) ers are vested in the Board of Governors, which delegates Giovanni Majnoni (Nuno Mota Pinto) most powers to a board of 24 directors. Voting power on Toga McIntosh (Hassan Ahmed Taha) issues brought before them is weighted according to the 172 other countries 38% Susanna Moorehead (Stewart James) share capital each director represents. Michel Mordasini (Michal Krupinski) The directors meet regularly at World Bank Group head- Louis Philippe Ong Seng (Agapito Mendes Dias) quarters in Washington, D.C., where they review and decide Carolina Renteria (Rogerio Studart) on investments and provide overall strategic guidance to Jose A. Rojas (Marta Garcia Jauregui) IFC management. Robert B. Zoellick is President of IFC and Toru Shikibu (Yasuo Takamura) the other World Bank Group institutions; he also serves as Ian H. Solomon (vacant) Chairman of the Boards. Lars H. Thunell is IFC's Executive Rudolf Treffers (Tamara Solyanyk) Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, and oversees Sun Vithespongse (Irfa Ampri) IFC's overall strategy and operations. Samy Watson (Kelvin Dalrymple) Shaolin Yang (Junhong Chang) p96 forming productive partnerships IFC works with governments, businesses, and foundations to WORKING WITH THE DONOR COMMUNIT Y foster innovative donor partnerships to reduce poverty and improve people's lives through private-sector development. In FY10, a year of severe financial constraints, 19 donor governments and sev- Our approach to donor relations emphasizes the power eral institutional and private partners helped finance the expansion of IFC's of long-term partnerships, maintains a focus on results Advisory Services operations through $181.19 million in new commitments. In response to the global crisis, we expanded the Advisory Services Crisis measurement and efficiency, and provides appropriate Response Initiative, which has already raised $18.3 million with the financial visibility for donor partners. support of Austria, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The Global Trade Liquidity Program is a compelling example of innovat- Our donor partners are vital in helping us deliver greater ing partnership building to ensure an effective response to global financial development impact. The financial support they provide crisis (see page 14). The program has benefited from the support of a num- not only leverages IFC's own contributions to Advisory ber of partners, including the African Development Bank, Canada, China, Japan, the Netherlands, the OPEC Fund for International Development, the Services but also enhances the impact of IFC's investment Saudi Fund for Development, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. operations through strengthened collaboration and shared In FY10, IFC partnered with many donors to address climate change, mutual priorities. reduce biodiversity loss, and leverage social capital. For instance, through the Netherlands-IFC Renewable Energy part- IFC's partnership with our donors often extends beyond nership, which is expected to provide $20.3 million of funding over four a funding relationship to one that is based on mutual years, the Netherlands has provided new financing for projects in India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Pakistan, ranging from clean-energy finance to wind understanding and knowledge sharing. We foster this by and hydro power projects. convening donors around thematic issues such as climate IFC promotes the use of geothermal resources around the world through change and food security. In so doing, we strive to be a partnership with Japan and Iceland, and supports the development of a thought leaders and stimulate coordinated action. carbon-efficient index in a partnership with the United Kingdom. To scale up investments addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, During FY10, IFC and our donor partners worked together to IFC managed over $320 million from the Global Environment Facility and the Climate Investment Funds, used in the form of concessional investments and address the highest-priority challenges on the development grants for Advisory Services. IFC also held its first high-level consultation with agenda -- including employment, food security, climate the European Commission and the European Investment Bank to explore change, infrastructure, and fragile and conflict-affected better ways to work together to tackle issues such as energy efficiency. countries. In a time of limited resources and global financial IFC and our donor partners also work through public-private partner- strains, such partnerships are essential for maximizing ships to expand access to basic services: water, electricity, transport, food, health, and education. Over 29 donor partners contribute to IFC's advi- our development impact. IFC makes it a priority to convey sory work in public-private partnerships in 86 countries. The Infrastructure to donors how their funds are used and what results are Development Collaboration Partnership Fund is supported by Austria, the achieved through their contributions. Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. With donor support, IFC also promotes job creation and business oppor- tunities in conflict-affected countries. Our Conflict-Affected States in Africa Initiative is supported by Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway (see page 52). In addition, our Conflict-Affected Countries partnership with the Netherlands has provided $5.4 million in funding for Advisory Services globally. Since this year's earthquake, our work in Haiti has received critical sup- port from Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (see page 51). p97 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS financial commitments to financial commitments to IFC advisory PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS IFC advisory services services by donor government ($ millions equivalent) ($ millions equivalent) Through partnerships with donor and host country govern- ments, other development institutions, philanthropies, and Summary fy10 fy09 Governments fy10 fy09 clients, IFC seeks to achieve maximum development impact. These partnerships are especially important in a resource- Governments 152.05 185.81 Australia 8.84 5.58 constrained environment as the world grapples with the fallout from an unprecedented financial and economic cri- Austria 10.08 16.46 sis. IFC formulated Key Principles of Partnerships to spell Institutional/Multilateral 19.54 64.52 Canada 12.63 17.66 Partners out how we engage with our donor partners and how we ensure that the partnerships are mutually complementary Denmark 0.39 5.34 Private Partners/ 9.60 0.71 and strengthening: Foundations Finland 5.44 2.28 -- IFC and our donor partners pool their respective Total 181.19 251.04 France 2.92 3.25 resources to achieve a common goal of promoting sustain- able private sector development in emerging markets. Germany 0.04 1.39 -- IFC and our donor partners create opportunities Iceland 0.2 0 to share knowledge and views about the strategies and approaches to be adopted in Advisory Services managed financial commitments to IFC services Ireland 1 7.94 by IFC. The opportunities for strategic consultations are by institutional and private donors Italy 0 0.74 multiple, sometimes formalized in agreement, sometimes ($ millions equivalent) Japan 9.19 2.62 ad hoc based on ongoing interactions. Institutional and -- IFC provides our donor partners with regular opera- fy10 fy09 Luxembourg 2.25 1.9 Private Donors tional and financial updates that allow the donors to Netherlands 25.61 44.75 understand how IFC is spending their funding, assess proj- Caribbean Development 0 0.4 ect progress, and provide timely feedback. Bank New Zealand 0.58 4 -- Beneficiaries, as well as other stakeholders in both Norway 10.86 15.44 donor partner and client countries, are interested in the European Commission 2.25 31.13 Portugal 0 0.7 impacts and efficiencies of Advisory Services programs managed by IFC. IFC is therefore enhancing results mea- Gates Foundation 8 0 South Africa 0.71 0 surement, knowledge sharing and dissemination, and donor Spain 0 6.79 partner visibility. GEF, CTF 17.24 32.94 Sweden 1.62 1.28 Switzerland 15.33 27.13 Islamic Development 0 0.04 Bank United Kingdom 42.52 19.24 United States 1.85 1.34 UN Agencies 0.05 0.02 Total 152.05 185.81 Various Private Donors 1.6 0.71 p98 WORKING WITH FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATE PHIL ANTHROPIES WORKING WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS Foundations and corporate philanthropies are important allies in the effort As demand for IFC's services intensifies and the fiscal constraints on our to reduce poverty and promote development. shareholders and clients mount, effective partnerships with other interna- IFC seeks long-term strategic partnerships with innovative foundations tional organizations are more important than ever. that are active in our client countries. Foundations and corporate phi- We are teaming up with a host of multi- and bilateral private sector lanthropies value working with IFC because of our global presence, our development institutions, pooling resources to expand our reach and relationships with the private sector, our ability to combine investment and maximize the impact of our investments and advisory services. Through advice, and our links to the World Bank Group. collaboration, we can share knowledge and design more efficient programs In partnership, IFC and philanthropies implement hands-on programs to confront the thorniest development issues. Our partners, in turn, benefit that mitigate market inefficiencies and foster economic growth in devel- from IFC's leadership position -- we account for about 30 percent of the oping countries. In the past, philanthropy focused on grant making as its financing committed by international financial institutions to the private primary means of contributing to development work; more recently, phil- sector in developing countries. anthropic organizations have become interested in the use of innovative Collaboration has been critical in our response to the global economic investment vehicles to support sustainable private sector development. crisis, allowing us to swiftly launch new initiatives to boost trade finance, IFC's top private donors in FY10 were the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recapitalize banks, and spur infrastructure investment. More broadly, IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation. Here are a few examples of our partnership and other IFIs participate together on individual projects, provide joint work during the year: financing, and cooperate on best practices and standards. -- The Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations supported IFC's Through the Master Cooperation Agreement, we have expanded our effort to mobilize up to $1 billion to strengthen private health care delivery formal co-financing arrangements with other IFIs. The agreement, which in Africa and advance socially responsible health care. details how IFIs work together to co-finance projects led by IFC, supple- -- The Kauffman Foundation sponsored Global Entrepreneurship Week ments the commercial finance made scarce by the crisis. to highlight the efforts and challenges of bringing entrepreneurship to scale IFC senior management also meets periodically with counterparts from in emerging markets and frontier countries. more than 20 other private sector development institutions to review the -- Visa International supported the expansion of IFC's Small and Medium progress of joint initiatives. More than 15 working groups have been created Enterprise Toolkit curriculum to include financial-literacy content that ben- to share best practices and harmonize activities in areas including corporate efits both small and medium enterprises and financial providers. governance, off-shore financial centers, and development results. Collaboration has been critical in IFC's response to the global economic crisis, allowing us to swiftly launch new initiatives. p99 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS ensuring an effective and sustainable business model IFC's first Operations Center outside Washington is in Istanbul, serv- IFC 2013 ing IFC operations in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Southern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The establishment of this center will be followed by a phased rollout of other Operations Centers globally, A Comprehensive Change Program incorporating lessons learned from the Istanbul center. We are coordinating with the World Bank on the location of these centers, and the approach we IFC 2013 is a comprehensive change process to create a more effective, take to the regions they serve. sustainable business model that allows us to achieve greater development impact. This process builds on earlier decentralization efforts designed to help us do more in the least developed countries and regions of middle- MANAGING RISKS income countries while building on our track record as a leader in private sector development -- and on our core corporate values of excellence, com- mitment, integrity, and teamwork. Portfolio Management As part of this process, we looked at ways to update our business delivery model, simplify how we work, and put decision making closer to our clients Portfolio management plays a key role in ensuring that IFC investments so we can respond more quickly to their needs. We are introducing a set result in successful, environmentally sustainable private sector enterprises. of development goals to guide long-term strategy. We are strengthening In an uncertain economic environment, the role of portfolio management is our industry expertise to extend our global franchise and find better ways even more important. Since the global economic crisis began, IFC portfolio to put our global knowledge to work for our clients. We are continuing to staffers have worked proactively with client companies to assess vulner- sharpen the focus of our advisory services, and strengthening the align- abilities and risk exposures both for clients and for IFC. Additional resources ment between our Advisory and Investment Services, to expand our impact. have been allocated to portfolio processes, and more staff members have Measures of success will include increased client satisfaction and greater been active in portfolio work. We have conducted portfolio stress testing development impact. and have continued to review and adjust our product mix to maximize devel- To ensure the sustainability of our business model, we have also increased opment impact as well as financial returns. our focus on financial results. Because of our sound financial position, we On an ongoing basis, IFC monitors compliance with investment agree- were able to respond to our clients' needs during the global financial crisis. ments, visits sites to check on project status, and helps identify solutions Going forward, a critical element of our strategy will remain safeguarding to address potential problem projects. We also track the development out- our financial position and ensuring that our business model continues to be comes of projects with respect to environmental and social performance. sustainable as our clients' needs and financial conditions change. These supervision processes are performed by portfolio units largely based We are strengthening our financial position by growing our equity in field offices. IFC management oversees supervision by reviewing the investments, generating management and mobilization fees, and secur- entire investment portfolio on a quarterly basis. The portfolio management ing additional stakeholder contributions. The establishment of IFC Asset process is supported by a credit-risk rating system. Banks participating in Management Company in 2009 creates a new platform for mobilizing third- IFC loans are kept regularly informed of project developments. IFC consults party investment for development (see page 74). or seeks their consent as appropriate. When financial difficulties arise, management determines specific reserves against loan losses on the basis of portfolio reviews and recom- THE NEW OPERATIONS CENTERS mendations by portfolio management units and in accordance with policies and methods approved by IFC's external auditors. For projects with severe A hallmark of IFC's success over the years has been our ability to deliver global problems, the Special Operations Department determines the appropri- expertise to meet the needs of our clients in different parts of the world. ate remedial actions. It seeks to negotiate agreements with all creditors To improve that delivery, we have periodically adjusted our organizational and shareholders to share the burden of restructuring so problems can be structure. Previously, we established specialized industry departments. We worked out while the project continues to operate. In exceptional cases, also increased our presence in field offices in developing countries. Under when the parties reach an impasse, IFC takes all necessary and appropriate IFC 2013, we are taking an important next step, establishing Operations measures to protect our interests. Centers to serve our clients in different time zones. Before making any investment, IFC carries out broad due diligence, IFC 2013 calls for the establishment of several regional Operations including integrity due diligence on the sponsors and principals, to ensure Centers, each led by an IFC Vice President. These centers will concentrate that the project meets all IFC standards in a number of areas -- including decision making, execution capacity, and support functions closer to our social and environmental, combating money laundering and the financing clients, facilitating more efficient investment and portfolio risk-management of terrorism, anti-corruption, corporate governance, and tax transparency. activities. The centers also will support further integration of our investment IFC also applies heightened scrutiny of projects involving offshore financial and advisory work, increasing the benefits for our clients. centers, in order to assess the legitimacy of the proposed structures. Such broad due diligence has long been standard for IFC projects. p100 Capital Adequacy and Financial Capacity IFC and Anticorruption We assess our capital adequacy by measuring our growth needs and the risk Corruption undermines public trust in open markets and the rule of law, and profile of current and projected investments against the established mini- adds to the cost of doing business in most developing nations. Tackling cor- mum capital adequacy for these needs. The minimum capital requirement is ruption is an essential element of IFC's effort to promote sustainable private determined using IFC's Capital, Pricing, and Risk, or CAPRI, economic capital sector development. Our initiatives to enhance openness and competition, approach, which differentiates assets based on statistical measures of risk. and to promote stronger corporate governance and integrity systems, have According to CAPRI, IFC needs to maintain a minimum level of total proven to be effective tools in combating corruption. available resources (including paid-in capital, retained earnings net of des- IFC's due-diligence processes and procedures are the first line of ignations and certain unrealized gains, and total loan loss reserves) equal to defense against corruption in our projects. They aim to ensure the integrity total potential losses for all on- and off-balance-sheet exposures estimated of our potential partners and prevent unethical or illegal practices. Relying at levels IFC believes to be consistent with maintaining a triple-A rating. on intelligence on the ground and leveraging information through other Our economic capital-based method of calculating capital adequacy, sources, such as publicly available databases, IFC inquires into the back- taking into account our unique mandate of private sector development and ground of potential partners and their stakeholders -- including sponsors, our countercyclical nature, is in line with industry best practices and is con- management, and owners. figured to provide adequate capital backing for a triple-A rating. Our anticorruption stance is incorporated into the legal framework gov- Even with the more demanding capital adequacy that a triple-A rating erning our investments. Acts of fraud or corruption by a client in an IFC requires, we have historically exceeded our minimum capital requirements project give us the right to cancel disbursements or terminate a facility. by a wide margin. Sanctions are also a possibility for persons or entities found -- under the As of the end of FY10, the total resources required were $12.8 billion, World Bank Group's sanctions process -- to have engaged in corrupt, fraud- while total resources available were $16.8 billion. IFC's debt-to-equity ratio ulent, coercive, collusive, or obstructive practices in connection with an IFC was 2.2:1, well within the limit of 4:1 prescribed by our financial policies. project. Sanctions include publishing the name of the company or person IFC's paid-in capital, retained earnings net of designations and certain on a public Web site, and may include debarment from World Bank Group unrealized gains, and total loan-loss reserves constitute our total resources engagements. available. This financial capacity serves to support existing business, accom- The World Bank Group's investigative unit, the Integrity Vice Presidency, modate medium-term growth opportunities and strategic plans, and is responsible for investigating allegations of fraud and corruption in IFC provide a buffer to withstand shocks or crises in some client countries or projects. IFC's Business Risk Department acts as a liaison between the Vice more general global market downturns, while retaining the capacity to pre- Presidency and IFC. The Vice Presidency's annual report can be found on serve our triple-A rating and play a countercyclical role. the World Bank's Web site. IFC is also participating in the Cross-Debarment Accord signed in April between the World Bank Group and four leading multilateral banks. Under the agreement, entities sanctioned by one participating development bank may be cross-debarred by the others for the same misconduct. The accord helps ensure a level playing field for all firms competing for multilateral Tackling corruption is an development bank projects. A list of debarred firms is available on the World Bank's Web site. Further reforms to the sanctions process were made by the World Bank essential element of IFC's Group Governance on Anti-Corruption Forum. These include early tem- porary suspension, debarment with conditional release, settlements, and effort to promote sustainable revised sanctioning guidelines. These reforms are being implemented together with updated legal agreement templates. In FY10, a new inter- private sector development. nal Web site was launched to improve staff access to information on anti- corruption. It includes tools on the World Bank Group's sanctions pro- cess and access to mandatory e-Learning programs. p101 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS working responsibly IFC'S APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILIT Y IFC'S SUSTAINABILIT Y FRAMEWORK AND POLICY REVIEW IFC's approach to sustainability is founded on the belief that sound eco- IFC's sustainability framework reflects our longstanding commitment to nomic growth, driven by private sector development, is crucial to poverty sound environmental management and social development. It gives private reduction. In our investments, operations, and advisory services across the sector clients an understanding of their requirements and performance globe, we consider four dimensions of sustainability -- financial, economic, expectations well before they finalize a transaction with IFC. It is designed environmental, and social. to address the concerns of people who are affected by our projects, and -- The financial sustainability of IFC and our clients ensures that together boost our development impact. we can make a long-term contribution to development. The framework consists of three components: the Policy on Social and -- The economic sustainability of the projects and companies IFC finances Environmental Sustainability, which defines our responsibility in support- means they are contributing to host economies. ing project performance in partnership with clients; the IFC Performance -- Environmental sustainability in our clients' operations and supply Standards (see page 76), and the Policy on Disclosure of Information. When chains helps protect and conserve natural resources, mitigate environmen- it approved the current framework in 2006, IFC's Board of Directors asked us tal impacts, and address the global imperative of climate change. to review our experience in implementation after three years. -- Social sustainability is supported through improved living and working The resulting report concluded that clarifications and modifications were standards, poverty reduction, concern for the welfare of communities, and needed to adapt to a changing business environment and address the respect for key human rights. evolution of IFC's products. We launched a review in September 2009 and IFC is committed to ensuring that the benefits of economic development began consultations with stakeholders in November. are shared with those who are poor or vulnerable, and that develop- So far, IFC has engaged with a wide variety of stakeholder groups, ment takes place in an environmentally sustainable manner. We also see including civil society, industry representatives, academics and technical sustainability as an opportunity to transform markets, drive innovation experts, our Board, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, the Independent in new areas, and add value to our clients by helping them improve their Evaluation Group, the IFC's Sustainability Framework External Advisory business performance. Group, and internal peer groups. Stakeholders identified a number of areas where more attention or clari- fication was needed. Key cross-cutting themes included climate change, ecosystem services, and gender and human rights. Other issues of interest to stakeholders: the implications of "consent" versus "consultation" with indigenous people, biodiversity protection, environmental and social cat- 43,591 Metric Tons of tC0 2e egorization, and contract transparency. fy09 carbon emissions inventory for Proposed changes expand the scope of our clients' greenhouse gas IFC's global internal business operations emissions reporting, add requirements on water and energy efficiency, ensure projects take a gender-responsive approach, and address trafficking of women and children. IFC committed to expand disclosure of information on our development impact and project performance. More information on the process is available at http://www.ifc.org/ Air Travel 56% policyreview. Onsite Fuel 1% Vehicle Fuel 3% Other 5% Refrigerant 1% Electricity 39% IFC's FY09 carbon emissions totaled 43,591 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e), which includes emissions from carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. p102 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OUR FOOTPRINT COMMITMENT IFC has calculated an environmental and social risk rating for our invest- Helping our clients address environmental challenges is central to IFC's ments since 2000. We rate investments that have some degree of risk, as strategy. Aligning this strategy with how we run our business is an important reflected by their environmental and social categorization as A, B, or FI. The day-to-day effort. rating is given and updated, usually once a year, by our environmental and This year, IFC received the "Environmental Excellence" award from social specialists, based on reports provided by clients and site visits. The District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty. The annual competition recognizes frequency of visits depends on an investment's risk rating and its perfor- environmental stewardship, innovative best practices, pollution prevention, mance against agreed action-plan items. and resource conservation by businesses in Washington, D.C. Research at IFC shows a positive correlation between environmental and As part of the World Bank Group, IFC became the first multilateral social risk and credit risk in IFC's investments. Our most recent research, development bank to report our greenhouse emissions -- starting with completed in 2010, indicated that around 35 percent of loan invest- IFC/World Bank headquarters operations -- in the Carbon Disclosure ments with the highest environmental and social risk also carry a high IFC Project, the world's largest database of primary corporate information on credit-risk rating. Similarly, only about 5 percent of investments with low climate change. environmental and social risk ratings have a high credit risk. In the case of This year, IFC's headquarters building -- our largest office -- was awarded equity investments, research has shown that IFC investments assessed to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental have less environmental and social risk also yield significantly higher rates Design Platinum Certification for Existing Buildings. This is the highest of return on investment. rating given to existing buildings for maximizing operational efficiency and To further strengthen IFC's environmental and social risk management, minimizing environmental impacts -- by reducing water and energy con- we continued to focus in FY10 on reducing the environmental and social sumption, for example. knowledge gap in IFC's portfolio. The gap refers to the percentage of com- More than half of IFC's carbon footprint is from air travel. We are working panies in IFC's portfolio for which we have not received updated information to reduce corporate air travel by increasing the use of video conferences, on environmental and social performance within the last two years. The e-meetings, and online training. Since FY08, our use of video conferencing knowledge gap was reduced from 6.4 percent in FY09 to 4.4 percent in FY10. has more than doubled. In addition, more staff training has been moved to an e-learning platform. The other significant part of IFC's carbon footprint is electricity use -- IFC's headquarters electricity use accounts for 22 percent of the overall FY09 carbon footprint. In FY10, we reduced electricity use per work station at IFC headquarters by 10 percent to 6,394 kilowatt hours, achieving the electricity reduction target we set for the years FY08 through FY13. We will be readjusting this target in FY11 to encourage even more energy- IFC INVESTMENT PROJECT CATEGORIES efficient operations. A Expected to have significant adverse social In FY10, we began using a new Web-based data management system, or environmental impacts that are diverse, instituted in FY09, for the collection and calculation of our global carbon irreversible, or unprecedented. emissions inventory from internal operations. Because of the complexity and detail of IFC's carbon inventory methodology, transition to the new B Expected to have limited adverse social or system has posed several challenges -- including data inconsistencies and environmental impacts that can be readily addressed through mitigation measures. issues concerning data calculation, which we are working to resolve. In FY09, carbon emissions from IFC's global internal business operations totaled C Expected to have minimal or no adverse 43,591 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. impacts; includes certain financial inter- IFC continues to be carbon-neutral for all global business operations. mediary investments. We purchase carbon credits from a portfolio of five projects. Working with ClimateCare, IFC chose projects that bring clear and tangible benefits to FI Investments in financial intermediaries that the development of the communities in which they take place. have no adverse social or environmental impacts but that may finance subprojects with potential impacts. p103 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS The IFC Investment Cycle The following cycle shows the stages a business idea goes through to become an IFC-financed project: 1: BUSINESS 12: CLOSING DEVELOPMENT We close our books on the project when Guided by IFC's strategic goals, our the investment is repaid in full or when we exit investment officers and business develop- by selling our equity stake. In some cases, we ment officers identify suitable projects. The may decide to write off the debt. Our goal is to help initial conversation with the client is critical in help- the client develop practices and management systems ing us understand their needs and determining that support a project's sustainability and that will con- whether there is a role for IFC. tinue long after our involvement has ended. 2: EARLY REVIEW 11: EVALUATION The investment officer prepares a description of the project, To help improve our operational performance, annual evaluations IFC's role, the anticipated contribution to development and bene- are conducted based on a random sample of projects that have fi ts to stakeholders, and any potential deal-breakers. Lessons from reached early operating maturity. previous projects are considered and, in some cases, a pre-appraisal visit is conducted to identify any issues in advance. IFC senior manage- 10: PROJECT SUPERVISION AND ment then decides whether to authorize project appraisal. DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME TRACKING 3: APPRAISAL (DUE DILIGENCE) We monitor our investments to ensure compliance with the conditions in the loan agreement. The company submits regular reports on financial and The investment team assesses the full business potential, risks, and oppor- social and environmental performance, as well as information on factors that tunities associated with the investment through discussions with the client might materially affect the enterprise. Project site visits are scheduled to and visits to the project site. The following questions are asked: Is the invest- verify that E&S requirements are met. Ongoing dialogue allows IFC to help ment financially and economically sound? Can it comply with IFC's social and clients to solve issues and identify new opportunities. We also track the proj- environmental Performance Standards? Have lessons from prior investments ect's contribution to development against key indicators identifi ed at the been taken into account? Have the necessary disclosure and consultation start of the investment cycle. requirements been met? How can IFC help the client further improve the sus- tainability of the project or enterprise? 9: DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS 4: INVESTMENT REVIEW Funds are often paid out in stages or upon completion of certain steps docu- mented in the legal agreement. The project team makes its recommendations to IFC departmental manage- ment, which decides whether to approve the project. This is a key stage in 8: COMMITMENT the investment cycle. The project team and departmental management must be confident that the client is able and willing to meet IFC standards IFC and the company sign the legal agreement for the investment. This and work with us to improve the sustainability of their enterprise. includes the client's agreement to comply with the requirements of IFC's Sustainability Framework, to immediately report any serious accident or 5: NEGOTIATIONS fatality, and to provide regular monitoring reports. The legal agreement also formalizes the client's E&S Action Plan. The project team starts to negotiate the terms and conditions of IFC's participation in the project. These include conditions of disburse- 7: BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVAL ment, performance and monitoring requirements, agreement of action plans, and resolution of any outstanding issues. The projec t is submitted to IFC's Board of Direc tors for consideration and approval through regular or streamlined 6: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE procedures. "Streamlined'' means that the members of the Board review the documents but don't meet to Upon completion of environmental and social, or E&S, due discuss the project. This option is available to low-risk diligence, review summaries and action plans are issued. projects. Certain small projects can be approved by These documents describe key findings and list actions IFC management under delegated authority. The to be taken by the client to close any significant E&S due diligence process and public disclosure compliance gap. The documents, as well as a remain the same in all cases. The Board Summary of Proposed Investment, are posted demands that each investment have eco- on IFC's Web site before being submitted to nomic, financial, and development the Board for review. The length of the value and reflect IFC's commit- disclosure period is determined by ment to sustainability. the category of the project. p104 COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY IFC'S DISCLOSURE PORTAL AND PROJECT MAPPING As a global, multilateral finance institution with operations in many regions IFC continues to improve our Internet-based Disclosure Portal, which serves and sectors, IFC has an impact on a diverse range of stakeholders. as a central location for corporate information, policies and standards, pro- We believe that transparency and accountability are fundamental to posed investments, and stakeholder feedback. The portal provides links to fulfilling our development mandate, and to strengthening public trust in a project database containing client information, summaries of proposed IFC and our clients. IFC makes information concerning our investments investments, environmental and social reviews and mitigation measures, and advisory services publicly available, enabling our clients, partners, and and expected development impact. The database was expanded last year stakeholders to better understand our activities and engage in informed to include IFC Advisory Services projects. The portal encourages stake- discussion about them. holder feedback, allowing users to ask questions or provide comments We frequently solicit feedback to identify issues of importance to stake- about specific projects. holder groups. Feedback includes an annual client survey and ongoing This year, to improve access to IFC's project information and develop- engagement with stakeholders, including representatives of civil society, ment impact, IFC introduced a project-mapping Web tool. Using satellite local communities affected by our projects, industry associations, govern- images hosted by Google, the tool allows visitors to see the global distribu- ments, international finance institutions, and academia. tion of our projects, in a color-coded map that includes information about Such feedback has prompted us to consider how we can disclose more the environmental and social risk associated with each project. Clicking on information. In September 2009, we began a review of our Disclosure Policy, specific icons on the map allows readers to access broader project informa- in conjunction with the review of IFC's Sustainability Framework. Through tion contained in IFC's Disclosure Portal. In addition, readers can search IFC this process, IFC will seek to increase reporting on project performance and projects by sector, region, and country. development impact while also ensuring consistency with the World Bank's For members of the public who feel that an initial request for informa- new Access to Information Policy, where appropriate. tion has been unreasonably denied or that our policy has been incorrectly We are also providing updated information on the development impact applied, we have established a complaints mechanism. Complaints are of our projects. Working with our clients, and on an experimental basis, reviewed by the Disclosure Policy Advisor, who reports directly to IFC's IFC this year produced several reports containing updated development Executive Vice President and CEO. results of selected projects. We will use lessons learned from producing For full information, see www.ifc.org/disclosure. these reports, as well as feedback from stakeholders, to inform our deci- sions as we develop a new disclosure framework. IFC makes information concerning our investments and advisory services publicly available, enabling our clients, partners, and stakeholders to better understand our activities and engage in informed discussion about them. p105 OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS AND OPERATIONS WORKING WITH CIVIL SOCIET Y BRAZIL: CONTAINING DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON IFC engages with civil society, including nongovernmental organizations, John Carter felt "a sorrow" as he watched the Amazon forest disap- both institutionally and in project implementation. We maintain an ongoing pear before his eyes. dialogue about many aspects of our operations, strategy, and policies, and we are collaborating on a variety of initiatives. In hundreds of flights, piloting his single-engine Cessna over Brazil's IFC works with the World Bank Group's Civil Society Team to reach out Mato Grosso, he saw bulldozers and massive fires tear through one to civil society on a regular basis. For example, senior IFC staffers have held of the world's most important ecosystems. There were laws and envi- roundtable meetings with civil society representatives to discuss the financial ronmental strategies, but none seemed to contain the deforestation. crisis and its effect on the poor. IFC also has several advisory groups that pro- vide feedback and make recommendations on our strategies and policies in "I thought, if we could support landowners and create economic various areas. The Compliance Advisory/Ombudsman, in collaboration with incentives for responsible production, that might work where other IFC project teams, also maintains close contact with local communities, civil conservation efforts have failed," Carter said. society organizations, and other stakeholders through its work. IFC is making a concerted effort to engage with civil society in the con- In 2004, he founded Aliança da Terra, a nongovernmental organi- zation that seeks market-based solutions to deforestation in the text of the review of its Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Amazon. Its Registry for Socio-environmental Responsibility helps Environmental Sustainability and its Policy on Disclosure of Information. ranchers and soybean producers enhance social and environmental The review of these policies began in September 2009, and IFC has since practices. When Carter needed help growing his organization, he engaged with stakeholders, including civil society organizations, using a turned to IFC. combination of Web tools (such as e-mails, a blog, live Web chats, and the Policy Review Web site), teleconferences, and face-to-face consultations "We were a small, grassroots organization oriented toward opera- to receive input. We will continue these consultations globally throughout tions in the field, but we didn't have a view toward capitalizing on the review period. what we were building," he said. We seek to improve and initiate more strategic partnerships with non- governmental organizations at the operational level, improving projects IFC Advisory Services helped strengthen Carter's NGO and add and enhancing our development impact. For example, we work with the 2 million hectares to its registry, bringing the total to 3.5 million hect- ares. In addition, IFC is helping develop a carbon monitoring system World Wildlife Fund's Global Forest Trade Network to promote sustain- that could help bring new streams of revenue for farmers that follow able forestry, with the Rainforest Alliance to assist coffee growers in Central responsible environmental practices. America and southern Mexico, and with Oxfam Hong Kong to develop sus- tainable tourism in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. "This is a new model of agriculture happening in the eye of the IFC has also collaborated with the World Wildlife Fund to promote better hurricane, the area of the Amazon which has had the largest defor- agricultural management practices in such industries as cotton, palm oil, estation," Carter said. soybeans, and sugar cane. p106 To encourage learning from its reports, IEG CAO reaches out to civil society and other ACCOUNTABILIT Y makes frequent presentations for IFC staff in stakeholders to raise awareness about account- Washington, D.C., and in the field. IEG's reports ability and recourse at IFC. In FY10, CAO met are available at www.ifc.org/IEG. with about 300 civil society organizations from Independent Evaluation Group over 20 countries. CAO works with IFC staff at Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman headquarters and in the field to share lessons IFC emphasizes learning from experience. The from its work. Independent Evaluation Group, which reports The Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman is the inde- Visit www.cao- ombudsman.org for more to IFC's Board of Directors, contributes to IFC's pendent accountability mechanism for IFC and information. learning agenda and is a vital part of its account- the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. ability structure. Reporting to the President of the World Bank Internal Auditing Each year, IEG independently evaluates or Group, CAO responds to complaints from people validates the performance of a representative affected by IFC and MIGA projects, with the goal The Internal Auditing Department helps the sample of IFC investment and advisory projects. of enhancing the social and environmental out- World Bank Group achieve its mission by provid- This year, IEG evaluated IFC activities concerning comes of these projects. ing objective assurance and advice to add value; agribusiness, the response to the global finan- CAO has three roles. CAO's Ombudsman team enhancing risk management, control, and gover- cial crisis, environmental and social performance works to identify the causes of conflict and helps nance; and improving accountability for results. standards, climate change, energy efficiency, and stakeholders resolve concerns through dialogue The department conducts its work in all organiza- the Chad-Cameroon cluster of projects. For the and assisted negotiation. CAO Compliance spe- tional activities (including trust-funded operations) first time, IEG also evaluated IFC's country opera- cialists conduct appraisals and audits of IFC's in accordance with the International Standards for tions in Peru along with those of the World Bank social and environmental performance to ensure the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing pro- and MIGA, providing a comprehensive view of adherence to its policies and guidelines. In its mulgated by the Institute of Internal Auditors. the World Bank Group's contribution to Peru's advisory role, CAO provides independent guid- Auditing work primarily focuses on determin- development. Such an approach encourages ance to the President and management of IFC ing whether the Bank Group's risk management, cross-institutional learning. on social and environmental concerns related to control, and governance processes provide This year's evaluation findings show that dur- policies, systemic issues, and emerging trends. reasonable assurance that significant financial, ing fiscal years 2007­09 over 74 percent of IFC's CAO does not give project-specific advice. managerial, and operating information is accu- investment projects achieved satisfactory or In FY10, CAO worked on 22 cases related to rate, reliable, and timely; resources are acquired higher development outcome ratings. Ratings 28 IFC projects in 16 countries. Of these, eight economically and used efficiently; assets are declined slightly in FY09, reflecting the initial were new complaints accepted by CAO for fur- safeguarded; the organization's actions are in impact of the global crisis. The performance of ther assessment, and 14 were carried over from compliance with policies, procedures, contracts, IFC's financial- sector projects declined, although previous years. CAO closed six cases, facilitated and applicable laws and regulations; and busi- their environmental and social impact ratings seven agreements through its ombudsman team, ness objectives are achieved. improved, reversing a three-year downward trend. and released six compliance appraisals and one Infrastructure, still among IFC's best-performing audit of IFC. sectors in development outcomes, has seen an The audit was prompted by a complaint from almost 40 percent decline in activities since the civil society in 2007 regarding IFC's investments crisis began. in Wilmar Group, which relate to palm oil in In-depth analysis shows that project develop- Indonesia. CAO facilitated settlements between ment outcomes appear to hinge on two groups of the company and affected communities in FY08 factors: those external to IFC -- such as a change in and FY09 and released an audit of IFC's involve- a country's business-climate risk, sponsor risk, mar- ment with Wilmar in early FY10. In response, IFC is ket risk, or project type risk -- and those internal conducting a strategic review of its engagement to IFC, such as the quality of IFC's work in project in the global palm oil sector (see page 67). CAO appraisal and structuring, project supervision, and continues to monitor the settlements, and the additionality. This year's findings indicate that IFC's audit remains open. overall work quality has continued its recent upward In May 2010, CAO completed an advisory review trend, with some decline in supervision quality. IEG of IFC's Sustainability Framework (see page 102). also has recommended that IFC intensify its focus It focused on issues relevant to communities on Africa, where development outcomes have affected by IFC projects and assessed IFC's lagged behind those of other regions. implementation of the framework. p107 independent assurance report on a selection of sustainable development information Further to the request made by IFC, we performed a review on a selection of sustainable development information for the fi nancial year ended June 30, 2010 in the Annual Report, including quantitative indicators ("the Indicators") and qualitative statements ("the Statements"), related to the following material areas: M ATER I A L A R E AS STATEMENTS INDICATORS Environmental and Social Performance of projects "What We Do: Standard Setting: IFC Performance Standards" · Commitments by Environmental and Social Category (p. 10): (p. 76), "The Equator Principles" (p. 77), and "Corporate Category Commitments Number of Governance" (p.77) ($ millions) projects A 825 10 B 3,975 147 C 4,516 254 F1 3,348 117 N 0 0 Development effectiveness of investments and "Measuring results" (pp. 90 and 91), "Investments Results" · Development Effectiveness scores of Investments advisory services (p. 92, excluding the table "Development Reach by IFC's Client (pp. 10, 11 and 91): 71% "rated high"1 companies"), and "Advisory Services Results" (p. 93) · Development Effectiveness score of Advisory Services (p. 93): 58% "rated positively" Financial inclusion: microfinance loans and loans · Number and amounts of microfinance loans and SME loans to small and medium enterprises (p. 92) Type of loans Number of loans Amount (millions) ($ billions) Microfinance 8.5 10.79 SMEs 1.5 101.32 Climate change Climate Change section (pp. 28 ­37) · Amount committed in renewable energy and energy efficiency investments (p. 17): $1,644 millions Corporate footprint, social responsibility, and "IFC 2013" (p. 100), "IFC and Anticorruption" (p. 101), and · Carbon footprint (p. 102): 43,591 tCO2 equivalent in sustainable business model "Working Responsibly" (pp. 102 ­103) financial year 2009 Water "Water and Urbanization: Focus" (p. 56), "Innovation and Impact (p. 57), "Our Approach to Water Security" (p. 60), "Cleaner Water and a Healthier future" (p. 62) and "Impact around the World" (pp. 64 and 65) Engagement in IDA2 countries "Expanding role in IDA countries and focus on the poor" (pp. 82 and 83) Partnerships "Forming Productive Partnerships"(p. 97) Accountability "Independent Evaluation Group" and "Compliance Advisor/ Ombudsman" (p. 107) 1 FY10 Development Results for investments (% rated high): Overall Portfolio Unweighted Weighted (% rated high) (number of by investment projects) size Development Outcome by industry (% rated high) Development Outcome by region (% rated high) Development Outcome 71% 82% IFC (total) 71 IFC (total) 71 Financial Performance 57% 65% Oil, Gas, Mining & Chemicals 79 South Asia 79 Economic Performance 62% 71% Infrastructure 70 Latin America & the Caribbean 77 Environmental and 68% 70% Agribusiness 78 Europe and Central Asia 66 Social Performance Global Financial Markets 73 Middle East & North Africa 70 Private Sector 78% 87% Health & Education 85 Sub-Saharan Africa 66 Development impact Private Equity & Investment Funds 74 East Asia & the Pacific 72 Information & Communication Technologies 70 Manufacturing & Services 57 p108 Our review aimed at obtaining limited assurance3 that: LIMITATIONS OF OUR REVIEW RELIABILITY 1. the Indicators were prepared in accordance with Our review was limited to the Statements and Indicators The reporting tools and internal controls for the Indicators the reporting criteria applicable in 2010 (the "Reporting identified in the table above and did not cover other dis- related to "Investments in renewable energy and energy Criteria"), consisting in IFC instructions, procedures, and closures in the Annual Report. efficiency" and "Development effectiveness of advisory guidelines specific for each indicator, a summary of which is Our tests were limited to document reviews and inter- services" need to be strengthened and formalized in order provided in the comments next to the Indicators presenta- views at IFC's headquarters in Washington, DC. We did to be more adapted to their complexity and the significant tion (pp.10, 11, 17, 91, 92, 93 and 102) in the Annual Report not participate in any activities with external stakeholders, reliance on professional judgments of people entering or or on IFC's website; and clients, or local IFC offices. validating the data. 2. the Statements have been presented in accordance The improvement of the Statements preparation pro- with "IFC's Policy on Disclosure of Information" and prin- INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPORTING CRITERIA cesses should be continued to ensure that the Statements ciples of relevance, completeness, neutrality and clarity, and AND THE STATEMENT PREPARATION PROCESS rely on the most up-do-date and accurate information. reliability as defined by international standards.4 With regards to the Reporting Criteria and the Statement It is the responsibility of IFC to prepare the Indicators CONCLUSION preparation policies and principles, we wish to make the and Statements, to provide information on the Reporting following comments: For the Indicator related to "carbon footprint", IFC imple- Criteria, and to compile the Annual Report. mented methodological changes and a new reporting tool It is our responsibility to express a conclusion on the RELEVANCE this year. We identified significant gaps between the carbon Indicators and the Statements on the basis of our review. IFC publishes an integrated Annual Report and, for the first footprint calculated with this new tool and the requirements Our review was conducted in accordance with the ISAE time, involved stakeholders in an effort to improve the iden- of the Reporting Criteria. Due to time constraints, it was not 3000, International Standard on Assurance Engagements tification of key sustainability issues that should be included possible to check if all the inconsistencies were corrected. from IFAC.5 Our independence is defined by IFAC profes- in the Annual Report. Based on our review, and except for the above qualifica- sional code of ethics. IFC presents sustainability information on its own tion, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to NATURE AND SCOPE OF OUR REVIEW impact and the environmental and social risks, impacts, believe that: and outcomes of projects financed directly or through -- the Indicators were not established, in all material We performed the following review to be able to express financial intermediaries that are comparable to other multi- aspects, in accordance with the Reporting Criteria; a conclusion: lateral development banks. A specific effort is made by -- the Statements were not presented, in all material -- We assessed the Reporting Criteria, policies and prin- IFC to assess its development results, notably through its aspects, in accordance with "IFC's Policy on Disclosure of ciples, with respect to their relevance, their completeness, Development Outcome Tracking System (DOTS). Information" and the principles of relevance, completeness, their neutrality, and their reliability. neutrality and clarity, and reliability as defined by interna- -- We reviewed the content of the Annual Report in COMPLETENESS tional standards. order to identify key statements regarding the sustain- The Indicators reporting perimeters aim to cover all relevant ability areas listed above. We selected statements that IFC's activities. An effort has been made this year to formal- Paris-La Défense, France, August 25, 2010 were deemed to be committing, of particular stakeholder ize the definitions, perimeters, and exclusion rules for the interest, of potential reputation risk to IFC, together with Indicators, especially related to "Development effective- statements on corporate responsibility management ness of advisory services" and the "Microfinance and SME and performance. loans". The perimeters actually covered by each indicator -- At group level, we conducted interviews with people have been indicated in the comments next to the data in responsible for reporting in order to assess the application the Annual Report. of the Reporting Criteria or to substantiate the Statements. -- At group level, we implemented analytical procedures NEUTRALITY AND CLARITY The Independent Auditors and verified, on a test basis, the calculations and the con- IFC provides information on the methodologies used to ERNST & YOUNG et Associés solidation of the Indicators. establish the Indicators in the comments next to the pub- -- We collected supporting documents of Indicators or lished data, in particular for indicators related to "Carbon Eric Duvaud Statements, such as reports to the board of directors footprint", "Investments in renewable energy and energy Partner, Climate Change and or other meetings, loan contracts, internal and external efficiency", "Microfinance and SME loans", "Development Sustainability Services presentations and reports, studies or results of survey. Results" in the related sections and on the IFC website -- We reviewed the presentation of the Information in the (links listed p.110). Annual Report and the associated notes on methodology. 2 International Development Association. 3 A higher level of assurance would have required more extensive work. 4 ISAE 3000 from IFAC, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), or AA1000 Accountability Principles. 5 ISAE 3000: "Assurance Engagement other than reviews of historical data", International Federation of Accountants, International Audit and Assurance Board, December 2003. p109 acronyms credits web resources AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa A product of IFC Corporate Relations. IFC's Web site, www.ifc.org, provides com- CAO Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman prehensive information on every aspect of CAPRI Capital Pricing and Risk design our activities. It includes contact informa- (economic capital approach) Addison tion for offices worldwide, news releases CY calendar year www.addison.com and feature stories, data on results measure- DEG private sector arm of German ment, disclosure documents for proposed development agency KfW printing investments, and key policies and guidelines DFI development finance institution Worth Higgins & Associates affecting IFC and our client companies. DFID Department for International Development www.whaprint.com The online version of the IFC Annual of the United Kingdom Report 2010 provides downloadable PDFs of DOTS Development Outcome Tracking System cover photography all materials in this volume and translations EBRD European Bank for Dan Saelinger as they become available. It is available at Reconstruction and Development www.ifc.org/annualreport. The Web site also FMO Netherlands Development interior photography provides more information on sustainability, Finance Company (clockwise, from left to right) including a Global Reporting Initiative index. FY Fiscal Year Gatefold, closed: Dan Saelinger For more information on several key top- GBF Grassroots Business Fund Gatefold, open: Jason Florio ics, please visit the following Web Resources: GTLP Global Trade Liquidity Program Page 1: Dan Saelinger IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction Page 2: Frank Vincent/WB Photolab IFC's crisis-response initiatives and Development (World Bank) Page 3: Jenny Matthews/Panos Pictures, http://www.ifc.org/issuebriefs ICF Infrastructure Crisis Facility Photolibrary Creating opportunity at the (IFC crisis-response facility) Page 4: Iwan Bagus Base of the Pyramid IDA International Development Association Page 5: Photolibrary, Corbis http://www.ifc.org/TOS_baseofthepyramid IEG Independent Evaluation Group Pages 6­7: Iwan Bagus IFI International Financial Institution Page 13: Photolibrary IFC's Women in Business Program ILO International Labour Organization Page 15: Photolibrary http://www.ifc.org/gem KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Page 18: Dan Saelinger Supporting women in business in Africa (German development agency) Page 19: Photolibrary http://www.ifc.org/ LNG Liquefied Natural Gas Pages 20­21: Jason Florio womenentrepreneursinafrica MIGA Multilateral Investment Page 22: Diede van Lamoen Gender dimensions of investment Guarantee Agency Page 23: Photolibrary climate reform MSMEs micro, small, and medium enterprises Page 24: Yemen Education for http://www.ifc.org/GenderIC OeEB Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG Employment Foundation (YEEF) (Austrian Development Bank) Page 25: Sadiola Gold Mine Project Embedding gender in PPP Public-Private Partnership Page 28: Photolibrary sustainability reporting PROPARCO Promotion et Participation pour la Page 29: Dan Saelinger http://www.ifc.org/genderreporting Coopération Economique (development Pages 30­31: Jason Florio IFC's June 2010 Corporate finance institution of France) Page 32: Photolibrary Responsibility Forum SMEs small and medium enterprises Page 33: Comasel http://www.ifc.org/ UNESCO United Nations Educational, Page 34: Peter Alstone CorporateResponsibilityForum Scientific and Cultural Organization Page 35: IFC Addressing climate change Pages 38­39: Dan Saelinger http://www.ifc.org/TOS_climatechange Pages 40­41: Jason Florio Page 42: Olesya Zhuchenko IFC's transportation strategies Page 43: Martin Buehler http://www.ifc.org/ Pages 46­47: Dan Saelinger TransportationStrategies letter to the Pages 48­49: Jason Florio IFC's project mapping tool Board of Governors Page 50: Getty Images Page 51: Master file http://www.ifc.org/projectmappingtool Page 52: Katrina Manson IFC's Better Work Program in Haiti The Board of Directors of IFC has had this annual report http://www.ifc.org/betterworkhaiti Page 53: First MicroFinance Bank prepared in accordance with the Corporation's bylaws. Page 56: Photolibrary IFC Performance Standards and Robert B. Zoellick, President of IFC and Chairman of Page 57: Dan Saelinger human rights the Board of Directors, has submitted this report with Pages 58­59: Jason Florio http://www.ifc.org/IBHRandIFCPoliciesPS the audited financial statements to the Board of Governors. Page 60: Alejandro Perez The Directors are pleased to report that for the fiscal year Food security Page 61: Jouni Eerikainen ended June 30, 2010, IFC expanded its sustainable devel- http://www.ifc.org/foodsecurity Page 62: Dilip Banerjee opment impact through private sector investments and Page 63: Governo do Estado da Bahia Charting our Water Future Advisory Services. http://www.ifc.org/charting waterfuture Page 77: Crispin Hughes/Panos Pictures, Chris Stowers/Panos Pictures IFC in conflict-affected countries Page 80: COMCEL, Guatemala, http://www.ifc.org/ Mainé Astonitas conflictaffectedcountries Page 81: Jason Florio, Andy Johnstone/ Panos Pictures, Photolibrary Performance Standards Page 87: Jouni Eerikainen http://www.ifc.org/performancestandards Page 96: Frank Vincent/WB Photolab World Bank list of debarred firms Pages 112­113: Jason Florio www.ifc.org/WBDebarredFirms IFC footprint commitment http://www.ifc.org/footprint p110 stakeholder review panel on 2010 Annual Report IFC regularly engages with stakeholders on a variety of issues. Panelists This year, we convened our fi rst stakeholder review panel on the 2010 IFC and the facilitator jointly selected the panelists by considering the fol- Annual Report. The panel was asked to assess IFC's identification of lowing: understanding of IFC's work; expertise in areas of importance to IFC; material issues in the first draft. IFC found the feedback constructive, and geographic, gender, and issue diversity. IFC reimbursed the panelist's and is committed to continuing our engagement with stakeholders expenses. The panel consisted of the following experts: in order to receive more substantive commentary on future reports. -- Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights, What follows is a summary of the meeting, which panelists agree Human Rights Watch accurately describes the process and outcomes. -- Frank Mantero, Director, Corporate Citizenship, General Electric -- Carol Peasley, President and CEO, Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) Engagement Process -- Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women We retained a neutral facilitator to manage the engagement process. There -- Ruth Rosenbaum, Executive Director, Center for Reflection, Education were two goals: to advance mutual learning; and to assess IFC's identifi- and Action (CREA) cation of material issues in the first draft of the report. "Materiality" was -- Ken Wilson, Executive Director, The Christensen Fund defined as those aspects of IFC's strategy, initiatives, and performance that -- Simon Zadek, Visiting Senior Fellow, Harvard University's Kennedy Center are important to communicate to IFC's stakeholders and to demonstrate our development impact. Panelists participated in a four-hour meeting for Panelists' Suggestions and IFC's Response a facilitated discussion with senior managers of IFC. Panelists subsequently The panel suggested several areas where the report could be strengthened reviewed changes IFC made to the Annual Report based on their feed- in terms of its format, including clarifying the unique role of IFC, and pro- back. However, neither the panel nor any individual member endorsed or viding greater transparency about the challenges and dilemmas we face. approved the 2010 Annual Report. This engagement was neither an audit Additionally, some panelists offered recommendations that require further nor verification. discussion and examination. We will explore ways to address that feedback in future reports. The panel appreciated IFC's forthrightness at the meeting and the changes IFC made in this year's report. The following summarizes key themes and IFC's responses. Panelists' Feedback IFC's Response Discuss dilemmas of private sector development (such as palm oil), emphasizing Addressed in introductory essays; "Lessons Learned" section expanded and moved context, learning, and need to manage risks. forward; text strengthened on examples, e.g., "The Financial Crisis -- Shaping IFC's Strategy," "IFC's Approach to Palm Oil." Discuss IFC's unique role and impact. Addressed in introductory essays; text strengthened, e.g., "Despite Crisis, IFC Clients Expanded Jobs." Clarify what IFC means by "sustainability." Sustainability definition provided. Provide more information on policy work and normative impact of standard-setting, Addressed in introductory essays; expanded discussion of the IFC Sustainability including an analysis of the relationship with external standards such as human Framework Policy Review; added details on Better Work program; added Web link rights covenants. to human-rights impact analysis and examples of impact. Provide greater clarity about outcome-oriented approach to development. Addressed in introductory essays; strengthened text on development results, including Advisory Services results. Strengthen discussion about gender. "Focusing on Opportunities for Women" section revised and expanded to highlight women, business, and the law; other text strengthened. Discuss IFC's efforts to build "resilience." Addressed in introductory essays; new examples added, e.g., "Easing Poverty, Fostering Stability with Insurance." Address role of new market players in Africa. Focus of section changed to "Helping New Global Players Invest In Infrastructure;" text on Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation project strengthened. Discuss youth. Story on "Helping Young Adults Gain Productive Jobs" strengthened to discuss challenge of youth unemployment. Provide information on debarred companies. Web link provided to list of debarred companies. Adopt a sound approach to placing content on the Web, providing links to more About a dozen Web links were added, offering more details about the issues detailed information on the Web. raised here, provided as a box. Emphasize IFC's venture capital work to strengthen discussion of Base of Strengthened text to "Inclusive Business -- Opportunities At The Base Of The Pyramid work. Pyramid;" added Web link to "Telling our Story" on Creating Opportunity at the Base of the Pyramid, but this work cannot be characterized as "venture capital." Use investment cycle chart to tell the story of a deal. 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