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<p>We have radically transformed CDC over the last five years to ensure their investments
are targeted where they are needed most and have greatest impact in the world’s poorest
places.</p><p>Since 2012, all new investments made by CDC have been focussed on Africa
and South Asia where 80% of the world’s poorest live, and where CDC investment can
have the greatest development impact. All investments made by CDC are made in accordance
with the Investment Policy agreed with DFID. This ensures that CDC invests responsibly
and transparently, creating jobs and promoting good governance.</p><p>Through its
Development Impact Grid, developed in conjunction with DFID, CDC is incentivised to
specifically invest in the poorer countries and regions and across those sectors that
have the highest propensity to create jobs, such as infrastructure, agribusiness and
financial services. Creating jobs for the world’s poorest countries is a key driver
in reducing poverty. In 2015, CDC-backed businesses helped create over a million new
direct and indirect jobs (41% Africa and 59% South Asia).</p>
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