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Education resources on political risk insurance, covering topics including trends and sector-specific insights
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Underwriting the Future of Resilience
The report focuses on social infrastructure assets and examines how insurers assess physical climate risks when underwriting new infrastructure projects.
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Zambia Scaling Solar
Sub-Saharan Africa has excellent solar resources and a sizeable need for additional power generation. However, despite falling costs globally, there are few solar power plants outside of South Africa , and their costs are significantly higher than those of other parts of the world.
Alleviating Funding Pressures and Debt Roll-over Risks in Albania
The 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone crisis considerably slowed the growth and poverty reduction momentum in Albania. Government financing needs in 2015 were very high. A EUR200 million World Bank Guarantee alleviated funding pressure and debt roll-over risk in Albania in a volatile global financial market setting by raising required financing from the private sector at attractive levels.
Cameroon Kribi Gas Power Project
The Kribi Gas Power project (“Kribi”) was the first infrastructure project in Cameroon to raise long-term, local currency commercial financing on a project finance basis. This came from innovative structuring and a first-time variant of International Development Association (IDA) loan guarantees to cover local lenders.
Market Finance for Development: Taking Stock
Amidst the collapse of market finance in developing countries, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) emerge as crucial agents for resource mobilization in sustainable development.
MIGA Investment Guarantee Guide
Concerns about political risk and liquidity have often prevented private investors and lenders from investing in developing countries. MIGA’s Investment Guarantee Guide offers an overview of how our products can address these concerns and how to apply for our guarantees. MIGA guarantees cover equity, debt, and other forms of financing, mainly to promote cross-border private investments in emerging economies.
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Enhancing Credit and Increasing Access to Commercial Financing
A member of the World Bank Group, MIGA is mandated to promote developmentally sustainable foreign direct investment into its developing member countries. It does this by providing political risk insurance (guarantees) against certain non-commercial risks to cross-border investments, as well as by providing dispute resolution services for guaranteed investments.
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