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The guarantees will unlock $2.14 billion in new loans, empower women-owned businesses, and drive growth

Guarantees help investors manage risks and unlock financing for projects that bring electricity, clean water, and jobs to fragile markets. Through the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform, we unlock investment where it's...

Equality at Work: A Decade of Accelerating Progress

For over 28 years, MIGA has leveraged reinsurance partnerships to amplify its investment guarantee capacity, manage risk, and foster private sector growth in political risk insurance. This collaboration enables MIGA to...

This video shows MIGA's commitment to gender equality, detailing how the World Bank Group's Gender Strategy and Guarantee Platform work to enhance economic inclusion, support women’s leadership, and address challenges...

MIGA guarantees enabled 17 projects with 2,900 hotel rooms in seven countries

The MIGA-guaranteed $800 million loan will be used to support micro, small and medium farms using climate-friendly techniques

Leveraging cross-institutional guarantee instruments to achieve greater impact

The project is expected to help reduce the country’s gender gap in access to credit for first-time home buyers

The project will help meet the increasing electricity demand and lower the cost of power generation

The proceeds of the MIGA-covered loan will go toward climate finance activities

The World Bank Group is revolutionizing risk management for private investors in emerging markets by unifying about 20 guarantee products into a single platform. This streamlined approach simplifies solutions and...

The two organizations will innovate guarantee products to enhance accessibility of political risk insurance and other guarantee solutions

The project underscores the role of guarantees in attracting investments to innovative sustainability solutions

Amidst the collapse of market finance in developing countries, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) emerge as crucial agents for resource mobilization in sustainable development. In the new MIGA report, "Market Finance...

$1.85 billion guarantee will help support renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation and sustainable agriculture

Of the 40 projects MIGA supported during the year, 37 were in low-income countries, fragile and conflict-affected situations, or involved climate finance

U.K. contribution to MIGA’s SURE Trust Fund will assist in trade and reconstruction efforts. MIGA’s expanded guarantee will help small and medium enterprises and the agricultural sector. MIGA and the International...

Over the last decade, MIGA helped finance state-of-the-art, earthquake-resistant hospitals across Türkiye. That investment recently paid off in lives saved.

Over the past 35 years, MIGA issued $73 billion in guarantees with a focus on climate, infrastructure, gender, and MSMEs.

Claudia María González Arteaga, CFO at Bancóldex, is the recipient of this year’s MIGA Gender Leadership Award. Her dedication to innovation has boosted access to credit for MSMEs (Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized...

Japan is making the inaugural contribution to a trust fund MIGA has established to provide critical relief and reconstruction in the war-torn nation

The agreement will provide guarantees to support trade in several nations, including Ukraine, where it will ensure access to food, fuel, and medicine

MIGA’s first project in Somalia shows that renewable energy investment can be achieved in challenging environments

Innovative Scatec, MIGA, EBRD collaboration secures bond rating six notches above sovereign, complies with MIGA environmental and social standards. Paves way for institutional investors.

New flood-resilient motorway will link two major cities, support economic growth and tourism, and connect critical regional commercial centers with neighboring countries.

MIGA-enabled investments and loans will help mitigate power plant vulnerability to climate, broaden electricity access, and increase grid reliability.

In March 2022, MIGA hosted the first of its roundtable dialogue series on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lomé, Togo.

MIGA’s first guarantee covering excess cash reserves will promote financing for micro, small, and medium businesses; climate projects.

MIGA guarantee supports increased ABA lending capacity for MSMEs as they recover from the effects of COVID-19.

The dialogue takes place as West African countries recover from COVID-19, a global coordinated climate action effort is underway, and the investment landscape continues to evolve.

Few industries have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than hospitality. Hotels in Sub-Saharan Africa suffered more than most as many nations closed borders, blocking the international visitors that sustain the industry...

Upgraded road sections will reduce travel time, lower vehicle operating costs, connect rural populations, and improve flood resilience.

Kinguélé Aval plant will generate low-cost and clean energy from a renewable resource, supply reliability, and create employment.

Group of West African countries to discuss investment opportunities with foreign investors.

MIGA EVP Hiroshi Matano explains why it's critical to support women's empowerment in the energy sector.

Guarantee provided to NLB will shore up micro, small, and medium businesses and promote climate finance.

MIGA's 7th Annual Gender Leadership Award, titled “Clean Energy for All,” recognizes clean energy leader with proven track record of furthering women’s advancement and gender equality.

Guarantee provided to BBVA will help finance the improvement and expansion of public hospitals, labs and clinics, the upgrade of medical information system, and the purchase of over 100 ambulances.

Port will facilitate agricultural exports, lower transportation costs, and create employment in an area marked by decades of violence and poverty.

Small businesses in North Macedonia struggled to make ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. As the country opened, companies looked to green their business operations and relied on banks, like ProCredit Bank,...

Since 2013, MIGA has provided $25 million in guarantees and reinsurance to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in support of Silverlands Ranching Limited, an integrated cattle ranch and cropping...

A new crop of energy providers is expanding the provision of off-grid energy as a service and their innovative  business model spares massive up-front investment in power infrastructure.

A new series of animated videos explain how MIGA’s five core products work and how they support projects in parts of the world where private investors and lenders are reluctant to go.