国际金融公司(IFC)成立于1956年,它的宗旨是通过鼓励成员国发展生产性私人企业以促进其经济发展,辅助其姊妹机构——国际复兴开发银行的活动。公司有权为无法获得足够私人资本的私人企业提供资助,鼓励向成员国的私营部门进行投资,在投资机会、国内外资本和熟练的管理之间牵线搭桥。尽管以促进发展为目标,但它是作为一个商业机构而非官方 Founded in 1956, IFC aims to assist its sister organization, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, by encouraging its member countries to develop productive private businesses to promote their economic development. Companies have the right to subsidize private firms that lack access to private capital, encourage investment in the private sector of member countries and matchmaking between investment opportunities, domestic and foreign capital, and skilled management. Although targeted at promoting development, it is a commercial institution rather than an official one