FinDev Canada is Canada's development finance institution (DFI) set up in 2018.
[1][2] Its purpose is to provide direct and indirect development financing consistent with Canada's international development priorities.
The DFI is wholly owned by Canada's export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC).
[3] FinDev was set up amid the expansion of development banks by other donors, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark.
[4] Its CEO Lori Kerr hails from the World Bank.