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OPIC partners with USTDA for Twitter chat series for World Trade MonthApril 30, 2013OPIC is teaming up with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the Small Business Administration, the Export-Import Bank, and other export, trade, and finance related agencies across the federal government this May, during World Trade Month, on a series of Twitter chats for U.S. companies. The Twitter chat series will provide U.S. companies with information and resources on doing 
Rebuilding Haiti one concrete block at a timeApril 25, 2013“You can’t build a country without concrete.” The statement has particular relevance in Haiti, where, more than three years since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake resulted in extensive death and destruction, the country is still working to repair and rebuild and assume a path of sustained economic vitality. Luis Garcia (pictured), spoke about the importance of basic building materials like concrete 
OPIC‘s Project 158 drives private equity capital to emerging marketsApril 24, 2013In late 2011, OPIC issued its first Global Engagement Call for proposals from qualified emerging markets private equity fund managers. Similar to earlier requests, the Global Engagement Call again focused on driving private, patient, long-term growth capital to OPIC-eligible emerging markets via investment funds. But it was unique from earlier calls for proposals in that the range of investment strategies 
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 |
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