Shop talk: IFC wants more DFI-ECA collaboration

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

For many borrowers ECAs and DFIs can both be ill-fitting pegs in a very deep infrastructure hole, particularly on multi-sourced financings. According to Arun Kumar Sharma, CIO of Global Financial Markets at the IFC, the way forward is better ECA and DFI collaboration – but how?

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