Multilateral Development Financial Institutions (owned by several different member countries) include:
- ADB, Asian Development Bank. The ADB focuses on Asia and all its financing activities are required to comply with the ADB Safeguard Policies.
- AfDB, African Development Bank. The AfDB focuses on Africa and requires its projects to comply with an Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy .
- IDB, Inter-American Development Bank. The IDB operates in Latin America and the Caribbean and requires all financing activities to comply with the IDB Sustainability Standards.
- IIC, Inter-American Investment Corporation . The IIC is part of the IDB Group and targets private sector and capital markets in Latin American and the Caribbean. All financing activities are required to comply with the IDB Sustainability Standards.
- MIF, Multilateral Investment Fund. The MIF is part of the IDB Group and focuses on micro and small businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean. All of its financing activities are required to comply with the IDB Sustainability Standards .
- EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The EBRD focuses on Central Europe, the Balkans and Central Asia. It requires all financing activities to comply with the EBRD Performance Requirements.
- EIB, European Investment Bank. The EIB targets the member countries of the European Union and requires all financing activities to comply with the EIB Environmental and Social Principles and Standards.
Bilateral Development Finance Institutions (owned by a single country) include:
- FMO, Netherlands Development Finance Company. The FMO is the development agency for The Netherlands. It requires all its projects to comply with the FMO Sustainability Policy and the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
- AFD, Agence Française de Développement. The AFD works on behalf of the French government. Its financing activities must comply with the AFD Environmental and Social Responsibility Policy .
- CDC Group. The CDC Group is a development finance institution owned by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development. Its financing activities are required to comply with the CDC Investment Code and the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
- KfW Bankengruppe (Banking Group). KfW is owned by the German government. Its financing activities must comply with the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
- DEG, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH. DEG is the German international development agency and a member of the KfW Banking Group. It requires its financing activities to comply with the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
- OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation. OPIC is a U.S.-government agency, which supports the U.S. private sector to foster development in developing countries. Its projects are required to comply with congressionally-mandated requirements summarized in the OPIC Environmental and Social Policies.
- PROPARCO, Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique. PROPARCO is owned in part by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and requires that all of its financing activities comply with the AFD’s Environmental and Social Responsibility Policy and the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) .
- Norfund, Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries. Norfund is the Norwegian development finance institution. It requires that all its financing activities comply with the IFC’s Environmental and Social Standards and the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
- Swedfund. Swedfund is owned by the Swedish government. It requires all its financing activities to comply with its Policy for Sustainable Development and the Principles for Responsible Financing of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI).
