| 1956 | → | IFC launched with 31 members |
| 1957 | → | First loan, to Siemens, Brazil |
| 1958 | → | First investment in Pakistan |
| 1959 | → | First investment in India |
 | | As of the end 1959, IFC had a committed portfolio of $42 million with 17 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 58
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| 1961 | → | Equity investments authorized
IFC announced first sale of an investment in a completed project |
| 1962 | → | First equity investment, in Spain |
| 1963 | → | First joint venture with World Bank |
| 1964 | → | First joint venture with Inter-American Development Bank |
| 1965 | → | First loan agreement ratified |
| 1966 | → | First investment in tourism, Kenya |
| | As of the end 1969, IFC had a committed portfolio of $199 million with 43 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 92 |
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| 1970 | → | Joint Bank-IFC Audit Committee established |
| 1971 | → | Capital Markets department created |
| 1973 | → | IFC's Board adopts policy to invest in public enterprises that are private sector oriented |
| 1974 | → | First investment in Jordan, tile factory |
| 1975 | → | IFC's first major commercial loans syndications (for projects in Brazil and Korea) |
| 1977 | → | First representative office establised in East Asia
First leasing company investment in Korea
First investment in gas transmission project in Colombia |
| 1979 | → | Policy implemented to help developing countries expand their production of mineral resources |
| | As of the end 1979, IFC had a committed portfolio of $1.4 billion with 48 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 112 |
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| 1981 | → | The term "emerging markets" coined by IFC
Emerging Markets Database developed |
| 1983 | → | First representative office established in India |
| 1984 | → | First direct IFC borrowings in international capital markets |
| 1988 | → | African Enterprise Fund created to finance small and medium enterprises (SMEs) |
| 1989 | → | IFC bond rated AAA enabling IFC to borrow on its own in the capital markets |
| | As of the end 1989, IFC had a committed portfolio of $4.7 billion with 79 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 134 |
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| 1990 | → | Advisory services on privatization and corporate restructuring established
First full-time environmental advisor hired |
| 1993 | → | First environmental review procedure established |
| 1994 | → | First information disclosure policy established |
| 1997 | → | $100 million investment in MOZAL approved by the Board, Mozambique
IFC moves into new headquarters, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue |
| 1999 | → | Office of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman created
Increased focus on health and education sectors |
| | As of the end 1999, IFC had a committed portfolio of $13.5 billion with 136 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 175 |
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| 2000 | → | Small & Medium Enterprise department created; expansion of project development facilities |
| 2001 | → | First partial credit guarantee on a local currency bond issue
Corporate Governance program introduced |
| 2002 | → | Sustainability Initiative launched
First investment in microfinance bank in Afghanistan |
| 2003 | → | Commercial banks adopt Equator Principles
First transaction of nonperforming loans in China
First carbon emission credits deals
First subsovereign financing in Mexico–partial credit guarantee for local currency bond issue by a water municipality |
| 2004 | → | First large-scale empowerment of black owners in South African gold mining industry |
| 2005 | → | First African continent bond issue launched by any supernational in Johannesburg
Global Trade Finance Program initiated in support of emerging markets trade
World’s first sustainability-dedicated credit line in Brazil
First structured financing and partial guarantee for Ghana’s education sector
As of the end fiscal year 2005, IFC had a committed portfolio of $19.3 billion with 140 countries represented in its investment portfolio.
Member Countries: 178 |
