IFC hits new records in emerging market trade support

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31 January 2012

IFC’s trade programmes reached new heights in 2011 in the multilateral’s drive to help banks in the emerging markets gain access to financing for their SME clients.

IFC’s trade programmes reached new records in 2011 in supporting banks in emerging market to gain access to financing for their small and medium enterprise (SME) clients.

IFC’s Global Trade Finance Programme (GTFP), which provides guarantees for individual trade transactions in developing countries, surpassed $5.3 billion in commitments over the past 12 months. A new $532 million trade credit policy signed in June with leading insurance broker Marsh allowed IFC to expand trade credit through GTFP in the world’s poorest countries at a time when many banks are pulling back...

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