When describing the IFC in 1955, World Bank President Eugene R. Black said that the IFC would only invest in private firms, rather than make loans to governments, and it would not manage the projects in which it invests.

* BIMserver. org-an open source Building Information Model server for IFC models.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

These generally relate to financing standards such as Equator Principles, IFC environmental standards, and criteria for Socially responsible investing.

The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD ) and the International Development Association ( IDA ), whereas the latter incorporates these two in addition to three more: International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSID ).

The IFC approved a $ 90 million loan in 2007 for the upgrading of a slaughterhouse facility in the Amazon region owned by Brazil's biggest beef producer Bertin, despite opposition from local NGOs, the Sierra Club, and the advisement against by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group.

In 2010, the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman channeled a complaint by a collection of NGOs filed against the IFC for its equity and loan investments in an aluminum smelting operation in Mozambique which the NGOs allege could expose local inhabitants to harmful emissions.

The group ultimately recommended that the IFC adopt a more strategic approach to poverty reduction by better defining poverty reduction impacts and poverty itself, and that the IFC establish a framework for greater outside consultation on its understanding, measurement, and reporting on poverty reduction efforts.

Membership in the IFC is available only to countries who are members of the World Bank, particularly the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Through its Global Trade Finance Program, the IFC guarantees trade payment obligations of more than 200 approved banks in over 80 countries to mitigate risk for international transactions.

In 2009, the IFC launched a separate program for crisis response, known as its Global Trade Liquidity Program, which provides liquidity for international trade among developing countries.

The IFC operates a Syndicated Loan Program in an effort to mobilize capital for development goals.

The IFC Treasury actively engages in liquidity management in an effort to maximize returns and assure that funding for its investments is readily available while managing risks to the IFC.

It also aims to mobilize additional capital for IFC investments as it can make certain types of investments which the IFC cannot.

Member countries replenish its funds through contributions in addition to supplementary funds provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ).

In one edition of the IFC program Dinner for Five much of the show was given over to a description of Demme's last night and fond reminiscences about his life, mostly by Denis Leary and the show's host Jon Favreau.

The third part was the administrative area ( designated A ), which was usually co-located with the IFC and contained the battery headquarters, barracks, mess, recreation hall, and motor pool.

As of the 2011-2012 school year, there are eight IFC Fraternities, four NPC Sororities, six NPHC Chapters and three NALFO Chapters that are currently active.

The eight IFC Fraternities are Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Nu, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Southwestern hosts eight national social fraternities and sororities governed by the Interfraternity Council ( IFC ) and the Panhellenic Council.

The third season, which premiered on IFC on January 27, 2009 in the 10 PM time slot, comprised ten 30 minute episodes as well as twenty and fifteen minute episodes.

In the years that followed up until 1977, the IFC decentralized its operations by establishing field offices in its member states.

The IFC makes loans to businesses and private projects generally with maturities of seven to twelve years.

In previous years, the IFC had reported a net loss of $ 151 million in fiscal 2009 and $ 1. 75 billion in fiscal 2010.

* Fredrick " Count Blah " Blah ( performed by Dan Milano in the IFC show, Drew Massey on the Fox show )-Another actor who had worked with Warren DeMontague many years ago.

The new agreement with IFC Films had stricter terms, preventing any retail sale during the 60-day window, as well making a claim to exclusive " physical rental distribution rights " for three years.

* IFC includes the linear channel, IFC. com, and IFC Free, which is IFC ’ s On Demand cable service, where viewers can watch premieres of IFC's programming in HD before they air on the linear network.

However, IFC started to air uncensored episodes of season one just two months before the DVD release.

As of 2011, Showtime holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

* April 1-The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater ( Now the IFC Center ) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there all around the world.

The series aired on IFC from August 4 of that year through September 23, 2007.

The Movie Channel ( through Showtime ) holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

It was director Lukas Moodysson's first English-language movie and found distribution through IFC Films.

* IFC was to have released a theatrical-length movie version of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, but the negotiations for the proposed movie and series have since fallen through.

* Nemetschek: VectorWorks supports IFC 2x3 through use of the VectorWorks IFC v. 2x3 plug-in

Showtime has also agreements with IFC Films ( which it shares broadcasting rights with Starz ), ThinkFilm, certain films put out by The Weinstein Company ( those that are distributed theatrically in conjunction with MGM Studios ), and the newly re-formed United Artists ( still a subsidiary of MGM ).

International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.

Since 2009, the IFC has focused on a set of development goals which its projects are expected to target.

In 1984, the IFC became finanicially autonomous and was authorized to issue its own bond instruments across international capital markets, thereby ending its reliance on World Bank financial support.

In 2011, the group published an evaluation report titled " Assessing the IFC's Poverty Focus and Results " in which it noted that although the IFC's projects that emphasized inclusive growth patterns performed well and that poverty reduction was an implicit outcome, the IFC neglected to articulate and detail the impacts on poverty of the projects which target economic growth specifically.

The IFC is owned by its 182 member governments which pay in capital, vote on matters of policy, and approve all of its investing activities.

To service clients without ready access to low-cost financing, the IFC relies on structured or securitized finanicial products such as partial credit guarantees, portfolio risk transfers, and Islamic finance.

It noted that the IFC faces a weakness relative to other multilateral institutions of having higher risks due to its mandated emphasis on private sector investing and its income heavily affected by equity markets.

Fraternity recruitment is also fierce with only 14 active IFC Fraternity chapters on campus.

Many fraternities and sororities on campus belong to the National Panhellenic Conference ( NPC ), Interfraternity Council ( IFC ), Greek Alliance Council, and National Pan-Hellenic Council ( NPHC ).

The IFC ( integrated fire control ) site was on the site of what is now Rivergate Nursing Home and Terrace.

The Penn State IFC / Panhellenic Dance Marathon, commonly referred to as THON, is a 46-hour Dance Marathon that takes place every February on the University Park campus with the purpose of raising money for the Four Diamonds Foundation.

Sarah appeared alongside Aimee Mann on the IFC series Portlandia, as a pinata and a yard maintenance person.

With other mixed martial arts promotions working towards U. S. sanctioning, the International Fighting Championships ( IFC ) secured the first U. S. sanctioned mixed-martial-arts event, which occurred in New Jersey on September 30, 2000.

IFC, branded as " ifc ") is an integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District.

A prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island, IFC consists of two skyscrapers, the IFC Mall, and the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority purchased 14 floors in 2IFC ; the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation signed a 12-year lease on ; Nomura Group agreed to take at 2 IFC ; the Financial Times, an existing tenant at One IFC, took.