With DFC coming to Belgrade, the city will become the financial center of the region

When the US International Development Financial Corporation (DFC) comers to Belgrade, the city will become the financial center of the region because the decision on big investments will be made in the capital, the vice-president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, Ivan Miletic said.

He said that that was great news for the Serbia, because DFC invests in large-scale infrastructural project, into healthcare and in socially significant projects such as women’s entrepreneurship.

– The arrival of the DFC delegation on September 21 was already announced, which means they want to get to work as soon as possible. I assume the delegation will immediately want to discuss what kind of projects they could work on, Miletic said for Pink TV.

He said that the DFC traditionally invests in infrastructural projects, that there were already talks in Washington on rail traffic and large-scale projects regarding railroad construction,which would increase the export capacity in Serbia and in the region.

– They invest in the healthcare but also in the socially significant projects such as women's entrepreneurship. It's something that women members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia have been in support of for years. Women entrepreneurs and small enterprises are the backbone of our economy, he stated.

According to him, DFC will only have an office in Belgrade since Belgrade has become the center of the region for business operations.

– This puts Belgrade on the map as as financial center as well. Serious decisions on large-scale investment will be made here. DFC will bring its own projects. They support economies in four different ways: through direct loans, equity investing, political risk insurance and through conducting feasibility studies. These are things of great importance, Miletic concluded.

Američka privredna komora u Srbiji AmCham Serbia

US International Development Financial Corporation DFC

American Chamber of Commerce

AmCham

Ivan Miletic

healthcare

women’s entrepreneurship

equity investing

political risk insurance

direct loans