Kopi Time E21: IFC's Regional Director Vivek Pathak on investing in East Asia

Vivek Pathak, Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific at the International Finance Corporation, joins Kopi time to discuss the organisation’s portfolio of investments in the region. Affected by the health challenges of the pandemic in varying degrees, but facing the economic stress across the board, regional authorities and companies are trying to rise to the occasion. The IFC is supporting many initiatives along the way, Vivek explains. He then goes over the where and how of IFC’s investments in East Asia, focusing on the demand side and ideas on projects related to climate change and green urban infrastructure. He concludes by providing overviews of Indonesia and Vietnam, two economies with very different orientation, but with plenty of promises for the medium term.