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Credit guarantees issued for modernization effort that includes increased bed capacity for COVID-19 patients and new equipment. Small businesses hit by pandemic and Hurricane Dorian to also benefit.

MIGA $6.5 billion COVID-19 Response Program helps investors and lenders tackle COVID-19 pandemic and support a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery in developing countries.

A conversation with Mary Vilakazi, Chief Operating Officer of FirstRand Group

MIGA guarantees would free up capacity on the bank's balance sheet to support loans to SMEs, the backbone of the country's economy.

Amid backdrop of COVID-19, MIGA guaranteed capital will be allocated toward climate finance lending in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

MIGA’s guarantees are helping BNP get liquidity to Panama’s banks and to the small companies that employ millions of Panamanians.

El Banco Nacional de Fomento de Paraguay obtiene el primer financiamiento en dólares estadounidenses en los mercados financieros internacionales.

Paraguay’s Banco Nacional de Fomento secures first US dollar funding from international financial markets.

With a dollarized economy and great reliance on trade and tourism, Panama faces unique challenges during the pandemic. MIGA is helping the country meet them.

FirstRand is one of the biggest financial firms in Africa. MIGA is helping it sustain lending levels across the continent with a "capital optimization" guarantee that bolsters its available reserves.

Buying an affordable house in Panama was hard even before COVID-19 struck and made lenders more wary. During the pandemic, MIGA and Citibank teamed up to ease the pain for Panamanians with modest incomes.

MIGA helped Bancóldex tap international credit markets and get loans at favorable rates, giving it more capital to back loans to small businesses that are struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.