Development priorities for the US DFC

Nov 23, 2021

In this episode we are joined by Shalini Soopramanien, Assistant General Counsel at the US DFC. In this episode we discuss the development priorities for the US DFC. Soopramanien talks us through her career path to DFC as well as her current responsibilities. We also look more in depth at project highlights over the past year, particularly the vaccine funding for the GAVI alliance and the DFC's climate and gender equality agendas for Africa.

Read more:

https://www.dfc.gov/ (DFC Official Website)

https://www.dfc.gov/our-work/portfolio-for-impact-and-innovation (DFC PI2 website)

https://www.dfc.gov/climate (DFC’s Climate Agenda)

https://www.dfc.gov/our-work/africa-and-the-middle-east (DFC - Africa and Middle East)

https://www.dfc.gov/media/press-releases/g7-development-finance-institutions-and-multilateral-partners-invest-over-80 (Allocation of the G7 DFI $80 billion commitment to Africa)