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FinDev Canada
FinDev Canada is Canada's development finance institution (DFI) set up in 2018. It has US$1 billion on its balance sheet. Its purpose is to provide direct and indirect development financing consistent with Canada's international development priorities. The DFI is wholly owned by Canada's export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC). FinDev was set up amid the expansion of development banks by other donors, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark. Its CEO Lori Kerr hails from the World Bank.{{Cite web , title=FinDev Canada hires CEO , url=https://www.africaglobalfunds.com/news/people-moves/findev-canada-hires-ceo/ , access-date=2024-01-11 , website=www.africaglobalfunds.com , language=en References Crown corporations of Canada 2018 establishments in Quebec Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Corporations Of Canada
Crown corporation () is the term used in Canada for organizations that are structured like private companies, but are directly and wholly owned by the government. Crown corporations have a long-standing presence in the country, and have a significant economic impact, with commercial operations equivalent to 7% of Canadian GDP. Crown corporations are created to advance government policy objectives. Often they provide services to the public that are not economically viable for a private enterprise, or that do not fit exactly within the scope of any ministry. They represent a form of state-owned enterprise. Crown corporations are established by an Act of Parliament, act of parliament or an act of a provincial legislature. Federal government Crowns report to the relevant Minister of the Crown, minister in Cabinet of Canada, Cabinet, though they are "shielded from constant government intervention and legislative oversight" and thus "generally enjoy greater freedom from direct pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montréal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Export Development Canada
Export Development Canada (EDC; ) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada. Its mandate is to support and develop trade between Canada and other countries, and help Canada's competitiveness in the international marketplace. EDC products and services include trade credit insurance, export financing for Canadian companies and for their foreign customers, equity investments, bonding products, international market expertise, as well as information on opportunities in international markets. EDC was founded in 1944. Its corporate headquarters is located in Ottawa, Ontario, and it has 21 regional offices across Canada and permanent representations in 21 cities in 15 foreign markets. EDC also owns FinDev Canada, the governmental development bank set up in 2018. History Founding (1944-2017) In 1944, the ''Export Credits Insurance Act'' was proclaimed. Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) was created following WWII to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Kerr
Lori may refer to: *Lori (given name) *Lori Province, Armenia * Lori Fortress, a fortress in Armenia * Lori Berd, a village in Armenia * Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, a historical Armenian kingdom from c. 980 to 1240, sometimes known as the Kingdom of Lori * Lori people, a nomadic community found in Balochistan region of Pakistan and Iran *Luri language (or Lori language), spoken by the Lur people Lorestān, Iran *'' Hesperornithoides'', a dinosaur whose type specimen was nicknamed "Lori" until it was described in 2019 * William Lori (born 1951), U.S. Catholic bishop * Lori, Grand'Anse, a village in the Jérémie commune of Haiti * Lori Vanadzor, defunct football club from Vanadzor *Lori FC, football club from Vanadzor founded in 2017 *Aircraft name of National Airlines Flight 102 *2022 EP by Iron & Wine See also *Lory (other) *Lorry (other) * Loris (other) * Lodi (other) *Loris Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development Finance Institution
Development finance institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development projects on a non-commercial basis. DFIs are often established and owned by governments or nonprofit organizations to finance projects that would otherwise not be able to get financing from commercial lenders. They are often structured as a company that provides loans for projects that a government or nonprofit wants to encourage for non commercial reasons. They can be at a local, national or international level. DFIs include multilateral development banks, national development banks, bilateral development banks, microfinance institutions, community development financial institution and revolving loan funds.Andrea Levere, Bill Schweke, and Beadsie Woo, Development Finance and Regional Economic Development, Washington, DC: CFED, July 2006 Mandate DFIs can play a crucial role in financing private and public sector invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start, its first loan was to France in 1947. In its early years, it primarily focused on rebuilding Europe. Over time, it focused on providing loans to developing world countries. In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its mission of facilitating development as being oriented around poverty reduction. For the last 30 years, it has included NGOs and environmental groups in its loan portfolio. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Establishments In Quebec
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number) * One of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Science * Argon, a noble gas in the periodic table * 18 Melpomene, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. * ''18'' (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album), 2022 Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
