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Categories: Economics & Finance
A development financial institution (DFI), also known as a development bank or development finance company (DFC), is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development projects on a non-commercial basis.
(source: wikipedia.org )
Examples:
- The World Bank
- The International Monetary Fund
- The Asian Development Bank
- The African Development Bank
- The Inter-American Development Bank
- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- The European Investment Bank
- etc.
Synonyms:
development bank
