Understanding Climate Finance

Upstream Investing: Don Purka shares how IFC goes deeper in emerging markets

December 13, 2022 Faheem Noor Ali, Climate Finance Trade Commissioner for Canada Season 1 Episode 24
Understanding Climate Finance
Upstream Investing: Don Purka shares how IFC goes deeper in emerging markets
Show Notes

Don Purka, Principal Investment Officer for Energy at IFC, describes how IFC's shift to investing "upstream" in emerging markets to address the market conditions that have hindered investments in the past. We talk about energy investments in Africa and the role that IFC has played in catalyzing industries that have crowded in other investors.