The firm provides investment, advisory, and asset management services to businesses and governments in emerging markets, helping them create jobs, generate tax revenues, improve corporate governance and environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities. As a member of the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation mobilizes capital in the international financial markets to finance private sector investment in developing countries, with the goal of improving lives, especially for the people who most need the benefits of growth. Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, the firm is committed to supporting the private sector in developing countries and regions.