Wednesday, April 16, 2008

World bank considers Africa ‘super-fund’


Sovereign wealth funds could provide capital for an African super-fund to channel investment to the continent’s emerging markets, under a plan being considered by the World Bank’s private-sector lending arm.

Lars Thunell, chief executive of the International Finance Corporation, told the Financial Times that a “fund of funds” was one way his organisation could achieve the World Bank’s aim of encouraging state-owned wealth pools to invest in African businesses.

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