Development priorities for the US DFC

Season 2, Episode 22

Duration: 31m

In this episode we are joined by Shalini Soopramanien, assistant general counsel at the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to discuss the DFC’s development priorities.

Soopramanien talks us through her career path to the DFC as well as her current responsibilities. We also look in depth at project highlights over the past year, particularly vaccine funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the DFC’s climate and gender equality agendas for Africa.

Read more

• DFC Portfolio for Impact and Innovation
• DFC’s Climate Agenda
• DFC’s work in Africa and the Middle East
• Allocation of the G7 DFI $80bn commitment to Africa  

Credits

Host and Executive Producer: Desné Masie
Co-producer: Peter Doerrie
Digital Editor: Charles Dietz
Design: Jason Venkatasamy

Music: Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/