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Debt Financing

Program Information

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Program Number

87.005

Program objective

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. DFC invests across sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, food security, and small business support. DFC investments adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights. DFC provides loans and loan guarantee financing to projects across a range of strategic and highly developmental sectors – infrastructure, energy, health, agriculture, and support for small business.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

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  1. 2023

    Financed $7.06B across 88 projects including: Supporting entrepreneurs in Nepal to capacity to on-lend to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs); Strengthening transportation infrastructure in Sri Lanka: support the development and construction of a deep-water container terminal at the Port of Colombo that will expand shipping capacity in the region and support the local economy. Bolstering clean energy manufacturing and diversifying critical supply chains in India: financing the construction and operation of a greenfield 4 gigawatt (GW) solar cell and 4 GW solar module manufacturing facility in India; Expanding access to capital in Indonesia: support the expansion of financing to MSMEs and women-owned and -led enterprises in Indonesia. (See https://www.dfc.gov/media/press-releases/dfc-makes-more-91-billion-financial-commitments-fiscal-year-2023)

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

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