EDFI is a group of 15 bilateral institutions which provide long-term finance for private sector enterprises in developing and reforming economies:

A long-standing initiative of the Latin American countries, the Inter-American Development Bank was established in 1959 as a development institution with novel mandates and tools. Today, the IDB is the oldest and largest regional development bank. It is the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development projects as well as trade and regional integration programs in Latin America and the Caribbean..

Over the past decade, CDB has issued an accumulated total of 1.6 trillion yuan in loans to more than 4,000 projects involving key fields of infrastructure, and basic and pillar industries.

Established in 1994 and solely owned by the central government, The China Eximbank is a state policy bank under the direct leadership of the State Council. At present, the Bank has seven business branches, six domestic representative offices and two overseas representative offices - one for Southern & Eastern Africa and the other is Paris Rep. Office. It has established and maintained correspondent relationship with 140 foreign banks worldwide.

EBRD was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and eastern Europe and ex-soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia.

IEIB, the European Union's financing institution, is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the Member Countries. To this end, it raises on the markets substantial volumes of funds which it directs on the most favourable terms towards financing capital projects according with the objectives of the EU. Outside the EU, EIB implements the financial components of agreements concluded under European development aid and cooperation policies.

Ex-Im Bank is the official export credit agency of the US. Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets. With more than 70 years of experience, Ex-Im Bank has supported more than $400 billion of U.S. exports, primarily to developing markets worldwide.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need.

Established in 1960, IDA is the part of the World Bank that helps the world's poorest countries. IDA complements the World Bank's other lending arm-the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)-which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and advisory services. IBRD and IDA share the same staff and headquarters.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is a global investor and advisor that is committed to promoting sustainable projects in our developing member countries that are economically beneficial, financially and commercially sound, and environmentally and socially sustainable.

MCC is a United States government-owned corporation responsible for the stewardship of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), which is the mechanism proposed by President George W. Bush to implement a new model for providing foreign aid to the world's developing nations.

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

» UNDP and the International Financial Institutions (IFIs): IFIs account for a large portion of the other resources (non-core) received by UNDP, as partners, particularly programme country governments, increasingly realize the added value brought by UNDP. Examples of IFIs in additions to all the institutions listed above:

African Development Bank (AFDP)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world. Spending less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget, USAID works around the world to achieve these goals.