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More than 200 million people in the
developing world were out of work this year. Over 1 billion
are hungry, while millions more are confronting the threat
that climate change poses. The United Nations estimates that
884 million people don't have safe drinking water and
more than 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation. The
population of the developing world will expand by a third
over the next four decades, growth that will strain already
weak infrastructure. In this environment, International
Finance Corporation (IFC) is innovating to create
opportunity where it's needed most. IFC committed a
record $18 billion in fiscal year 2010, $12.7 billion of
which was for own account. We invested in 528 projects, an
18 percent increase from FY09. Advisory Services portfolio
comprised 736 active projects valued at more than $850
million, with annual expenditures totaling $268 million.
Countries served by the International Development
Association, or IDA, accounted for nearly half our
investments 255 projects totaling $4.9 billion and more
than 60 percent of Advisory Services expenditures.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 19 percent of our
investment commitments and 25 percent of Advisory Services
expenditures. The invested a record $1.64 billion in clean
energy, leveraging $6.8 billion, while climate change
related projects grew to 15 percent of the value of our
Advisory Services portfolio. The investments in microfinance
rose 10 percent to $400 million, expanding microfinance
portfolio to $1.2 billion.