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BRIEF

Foreign Assistance Agency Brief: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
US Development Policy Team
April 11, 2017
Since 1971, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has served as the US government’s development finance institution. OPIC works to mobilize private capital to address development challenges while advancing US foreign policy priorities—furthering strategic, development, econo...
Blog Post

The Trump Administration Budget Wants to Shut Down OPIC. Instead, Super-Size It.
Todd Moss
March 16, 2017
The budget just released zeroes out the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the nation’s development finance institution. In an era where many government agencies are under threat, it may not be surprising that OPIC would come under fire. Yet, none of the arguments often used to justify k...
Blog Post

Development Finance Institutions "a Proven Theory of Change" – Podcast with Heads of OPIC and CDC
Rajesh Mirchandani
January 10, 2017
OPIC and CDC are among the largest bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs). They are designed to use their funds to attract more private capital into developing markets through, for example, lending or insuring projects against political risk. CEOs Elizabeth Littlefield and Diana Noble dis...
PODCAST

Development Finance Institutions "a Proven Theory of Change" – Heads of OPIC and CDC
January 10, 2017
OPIC and CDC are among the largest bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs). They are designed to use their funds to attract more private capital into developing markets through, for example, lending or insuring projects against political risk. CEOs Elizabeth Littlefield and Diana Noble dis...