Many women around the world face significant financial disparities in terms of accessing paid work, training in financial literacy, and small business loans. The growing population of female refugees face greater challenges. …

One year ago, Russia launched an unprovoked and horrific attack on Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have shown their bravery and resolve in fighting back against this incursion. The United States government, including the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has stood and will continue to stand with Ukraine today and…

Stretching from the west coast of the United States to the west coast of India, the Indo-Pacific is home to more than half of the world’s population and nearly two-thirds of the world’s economy. The region supports more than three million American jobs and sources nearly $900 billion in foreign…

When President Biden welcomed heads of state and industry to the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, he emphasized the importance of investment to create a more prosperous future. Africa is central to DFC’s work and success in mobilizing private sector capital to address important developmental challenges. More…

In a recent visit to the Philippines, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke of the returns generated by investing in women. “You lift up the economic status of a woman, her family will be lifted, her community will be lifted… Lift up the economic status of women, and all of society…

This week, President Biden will host leaders from across Africa at the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit to discuss ways to deepen collaboration between the United States and the countries of Africa, advance shared goals, and address urgent challenges. Across much of Africa, one of the most persistent challenges is hunger…

For more than 30 years, the United States has worked to create and maintain strong diplomatic and economic relations with Georgia. DFC’s predecessors, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Development Credit Authority (DCA) were among the first development finance institutions to invest…

During one of the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, when a new variant swept through South Asia, DFC moved quickly to build local vaccine manufacturing capacity to help ensure more people could receive life-saving shots. …

“We may sometimes speak of democracy in abstract terms. But democracy is a powerful tool for economic growth,” DFC CEO Scott Nathan told a group of world leaders this week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). As world leaders gathered to advance solutions to widespread food insecurity and other…