| 词条 | Norfund |
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| name = Norfund | logo = Norfund logo.jpg | logo_size = | type = State owned | foundation = 1997 | location = Oslo, Norway | key_people = Tellef Thorleifsson (CEO) Kristin Clemet (Chairman) | area_served = Global | industry = Private equity | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 70 | parent = Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | subsid = | homepage = www.norfund.no | footnotes = }} Norfund is a private equity company established by the Norwegian Storting (parliament) in 1997 and owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The fund receives its investment capital from the state budget. Its head office is located in Oslo with local offices in Thailand, Costa Rica, Kenya, Mozambique and Ghana. Norfund's mission is to help developing countries fight poverty through supporting economic growth, employment and technology transfer. The investments are done on commercial terms directly in companies or through local investment funds. Norfund invest in developing countries, and has chosen a strategic focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, and selected countries in Central America and South-East Asia. Clean energy, financial services and agribusiness are the three main sectors in which Norfund invests. Norfund is mainly an equity investor (normally no higher share that 35%), but the fund can also give loans. Norfund is monitoring the economic, environmental and social consequences of its investments to ensure a sustainable impact.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} The largest investment made by Norfund is in the strategic subsidiary SN Power (originally established in partnership with Statkraft), a company producing hydroelectric power in developing countries. At the end of 2017 Norfund had invested NOK 20.4 billion (USD 2.5 billion) directly and indirectly in 874 different companies. In total, 292,000 persons were employed world-wide in businesses where Norfund had invested, and the companies paid NOK 9.3 billion in local taxes in 2017. The share of investments by Norfund to LDC was 36%. The Norwegian efforts to promote private sector development in poor countries was evaluated in 2010. The report refers to Norfund as one of the main policy instruments in development assistance towards business.[1] In 2010 a followup of an earlier revision of the fund (from 2007) was presented by the Office of the Auditor General.[2] In 2007 the Auditor General meant that Norfund so far had not reached the defined targets for the fund. In the follow up from 2010 it is emphasized that the fund now invests more than 30% in LDCs and that the reporting of results, both financial and developmental, has improved considerably, and the case was brought to a close.[3] References1. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.norad.no/en/Tools+and+publications/Publications/Publication+Page?key=176080 |title = Evaluation of Norwegian Business-related Assistance Main Report |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105451/http://www.norad.no/en/Tools%2Band%2Bpublications/Publications/Publication%2BPage?key=176080 |archivedate = 2011-06-09 |df = }} 2. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.riksrevisjonen.no/Aktuelt/Pressemeldinger/2007/Pressemelding_Dok_3_13_2006_2007.htm |title = Pressemelding}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.riksrevisjonen.no/Rapporter/Sider/oppfolging.aspx |title= Riksrevisjonens oppfølging av forvaltningsrevisjoner som er behandlet av Stortinget }} 5 : Private equity companies of Norway|Government-owned companies of Norway|1997 establishments in Norway|Companies established in 1997|Companies based in Oslo |
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