Archive for the 'Latin America' Tag
Featured Photo: Helping low income families purchase homes
In Nicaragua, a boy steps out of his home that his family was able to purchase with a microfinance loan from OPIC-supported MicroBuild. Millions of people throughout the developing world lack access to formal financial services like bank... Read more...
OPIC’s Littlefield on Medium blog: Microfinance, charting new territory
OPIC, recently announced surpassing $1 billion in microfinance support, and has been taking a closer look at our microfinance portfolio. This week on Medium, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield discusses why OPIC’s... Read more...
Advancing development by investing in microfinance: OPIC’s Richard Greenberg explains
OPIC, which has actively supported microfinance investment for more than a decade, recentlyannounced that it has surpassed the $1 billion mark in financing to support microfinance projects around the world. Here, Richard Greenberg, OPIC Managing... Read more...
Slideshow: How OPIC invests in women
By investing in development, OPIC invests in women. As the world marks International Women’s Day, these images show some of the women who have benefited from our work. Helping farmers in Africa earn more income. OPIC supports multiple... Read more...
OPIC partners pay back
Part 2 in an ongoing series Five years ago, OPIC agreed to provide $55 million financing to Aeris Holding, the operating company of the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, to complete a major restructuring... Read more...
Supporting development by strengthening local airports
The Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito, Ecuador was built with the support of OPIC financing, replacing an older airport with limited capacity. OPIC’s ability to provide large amounts of financing with long tenors makes it uniquely... Read more...
By the numbers: OPIC’s far-reaching impact
OPIC-supported projects improve access to power, clean water, food, education, housing, financial services and more, in over 100 countries from Asia to the Middle East, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. This snapshot shows the impact we have... Read more...
Featured photo: Introducing clean cookstoves in Ghana
Women in Accra, Ghana prepare food on a clean cookstove made by OPIC partner Envirofit International, a Fort Collins, Colorado company that is introducing low-cost cookstoves in the developing world. OPIC has committed $4 million in financing to... Read more...
A “blueprint” for supporting small farmers: The Boston Globe features OPIC partner Root Capital
Root Capital has supported small farmers from Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa. “In most countries, economic prosperity comes from small businesses, yet in the developing world, many businesses fail to thrive, or fail period,... Read more...
Focus on OPIC Impact Award Winners: Root Capital
In recent years as OPIC has increased its focus on renewable resources, it has supported investments not just in renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, but also in clean water, forest preservation and sustainable agriculture, which are... Read more...