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A partnership between IFC and the UK Government to provide blended concessional finance for financial intermediaries in 23 countries to expand their green building portfolios, accelerate sustainable construction, and support eco-friendly architecture in emerging markets.
IFC and the UK Government have partnered to provide blended concessional finance for the financial intermediaries in 22 countries, including 8 African countries, to expand their green building portfolios, known as the Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC).
The MAGC Research Program aims to produce evidence that can be used to refine Green Building certifications and further motivate the uptake of green construction over conventional approaches.
The UK-IFC Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC) Research Program includes an assessment of perceived motivations and obstacles in selected Green Building markets. This assessment is based on a survey of nine stakeholder groups, including developers, real estate practitioners (i.e., brokers, real estate agents, and/or property managers), real estate investors (i.e., funds, REITs, and/or corporate landlords), financial institutions, building experts (i.e., architects, engineers, contractors, and Green Building experts), policy makers, commercial occupiers, and residential occupiers (i.e., tenants and homeowners).
The Green Building Market country notes summarize key market indicators based on IFC’s research on policy environment, building construction, and Green Building certification and finance.
The notes include the most recent Green Building developments in each country, coinciding with IFC’s with the launch of the UK-IFC Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC) program.
This report summarises work on Tasks 2 (selection of materials) and 3 (embodied carbon and energy
estimates) of the project titled MAGC Research – Study of Embodied Carbon in New Building Materials for
the International Finance Corporation (IFC).