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Catalyzing support for impact investingApril 22, 2013By Mitchell L. Strauss, Special Advisor, Socially Responsible Finance Throughout our 40+ year history as the U.S. government’s development finance institution, OPIC has been transforming private capital into solutions for social and environmental challenges around the world, while also generating a financial return, allowing us to make our own contributions to the impact investing sector. But in the last five 
Featured photo: Making use of the earth’s resourcesApril 19, 2013In honor of Earth Day later this month, we are sharing this photo from the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of an abundant evening market in Msimba, Tanzania, powered by solar lights, which enables members of the community to shop and sell their goods after the workday is over. The Millennium Challenge Corporation is investing in improving the reliability of 
Laying the foundation for investments in South SudanApril 17, 2013With recent independence in 2011, South Sudan is working to build its economy and facilitate private investment. The new country offers enormous potential with fertile farmland, oil, and natural resources. It also faces challenges to sustainable economic development and facilitating investments common in frontier markets. Looking at ways to help boost the country’s private sector development, OPIC Executive Vice President 
Measuring and monitoring impact: A conversation with Margaret Kuhlow of OPIC’s Office of Investment PolicyApril 09, 2013Measuring and monitoring impact: A conversation with Margaret Kuhlow of OPIC’s Office of Investment Policy As the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, OPIC is focused on supporting projects that deliver real and measurable benefits in their host countries. The Agency is also mandated by Congress to hold all of its projects to high environmental, social, human rights, economic and developmental 
Featured photo: World Health Day: Improving Medical Technology in RussiaApril 05, 2013ACD Research Inc, a New York based company, is using OPIC insurance to access new health technology equipment for the Samara Oncology Center in Russia. This has enabled the center to offer cancer treatment with state of the art equipment and better meet the healthcare needs of patients far outside of Moscow. As a result, Samara Oncology Center was recently 
Featured Photo: Home improvement loans backed by OPIC keep Cambodian architecture aliveMarch 29, 2013OPIC Managing Director of Micro and SME Finance Loren Rodwin, left, visits the home of Pen Phalla, center, a Cambodian grocery store owner who is using a $3000 home improvement loan to expand her house and business in the traditional Khmer architectural style. A Cambodian microfinance institution, Thaneakea Phum (Cambodia), Ltd. (TPC), is using a $5 million OPIC loan to Political risk insurance at work: Mali school operates amid political turmoilMarch 25, 2013When in 2011 OPIC provided political risk insurance in connection with the American International School of Bamako in Mali, the West African nation was a stable democracy. The insurance protects against loss of business income, including evacuation expenses, resulting from political violence. Political risk insurance, like all insurance, is a product that the buyer never hopes will be used. But 
Featured photo: OPIC leadership meets with Senator Shaheen and Senator AyotteMarch 22, 2013OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield and OPIC Board Member and New Hampshire native Jim Demers met with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to discuss OPIC’s ongoing efforts to encourage U.S. private sector investment in emerging markets. OPIC helps private sector companies break into emerging markets overseas to create jobs and growth opportunities here at home. World Water Day highlights need for clean water, sanitation in developing worldMarch 22, 2013Friday, March 22 is the United Nations World Water Day, held annually to raise awareness of the importance of fresh water and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year a specific aspect of water management is highlighted. In 2013, in reflection of the International Year of Water Cooperation, World Water Day is dedicated to the theme of 
Featured photo: From Ohio to IndiaMarch 15, 2013The 10 megawatt Bhandardara Power House hydro plant in India’s Maharashtra State, was rehabilitated and reopened in 2001 by DLZ Corp., of Columbus, Ohio with the support of a $5 million loan. The plant, which was originally built by the local Maharashtra government, had been rendered inoperative after a fire in 1996. DLZ, a civil engineering company, is one of |
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