Understanding Climate Finance

Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante shares how IFC is pioneering modern DFI Blended Finance

May 26, 2021 Faheem Noor Ali, Climate Finance Trade Commissioner for Canada Season 1 Episode 7
Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante shares how IFC is pioneering modern DFI Blended Finance
Understanding Climate Finance
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Understanding Climate Finance
Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante shares how IFC is pioneering modern DFI Blended Finance
May 26, 2021 Season 1 Episode 7
Faheem Noor Ali, Climate Finance Trade Commissioner for Canada

The International Finance Corporation has deployed a total of $1.6 billion in concessional donor funds to support 266 high-impact projects in over 50 countries in the decade leading up to June 2020.  Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante, Senior Manager for Blended Finance at IFC, talks about how IFC uses blended finance to help impactful projects become investible and how Canada has helped support IFC in the use of innovative finance.


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The International Finance Corporation has deployed a total of $1.6 billion in concessional donor funds to support 266 high-impact projects in over 50 countries in the decade leading up to June 2020.  Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante, Senior Manager for Blended Finance at IFC, talks about how IFC uses blended finance to help impactful projects become investible and how Canada has helped support IFC in the use of innovative finance.