Investing in the Environment. Business Opportunities in Developing Countries

摘要

As the largest source of direct project financing for the private sector indeveloping countries, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is interested in helping the private sector in these countries to provide environmental goods and services. IFC recently completed nine country studies to assess the role of the private sector in providing environmental goods and services and to identify specific market opportunities. The market studies focused primarily on pollution control technology and waste management. They targeted countries, from various regions, in which the private sector appeared to be sufficiently developed, or in which the needs appeared particularly great, to present opportunities in the environmental sector: Chile, Mexico, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The paper summarizes the findings and is being published to make the information available to a wide audience.