The US DFC meets its maker - again

Nemanja Josifovic

Content executive

In:

Climate finance, Renewable energy, Social projects

Region:

Americas, Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump might be an avowed America-first politician, and might have a deep suspicion of multilateral geopolitics. But his first term saw the creation of a powerhouse US development bank, in the shape of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). How has the DFI fared, and will Trump’s second term put a spring in its step?

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