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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 — World Bank Group President David Malpass today issued his remarks from the G20 Finance Ministers conference call on the COVID-19 pandemic. "These are difficult times for all, especially...

To the adventurous traveler, the archipelago nation of Solomon Islands looks like heaven: 997 tiny, verdant islands ringed by reefs that glow through clear, blue water, lots of sun, stunning beaches, and 230 varieties...

Aïssata Béavogui, Director General at Guinea Alumina Corporation, receives this year’s MIGA Gender CEO Award.

Taking a leap of faith, the recipient of the MIGA 2020 Gender CEO Award left a stable career in accounting to return home and make a difference.

The perception of risk often deters the private sector from investing in low-income countries.  MIGA is working to mitigate investor non-commercial risk in IDA-eligible countries.  Over the past six years,...

MIGA’s support for the 158.8-megawatt Parc Eolien Taiba N’diaye wind farm will provide 450,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year to 2 million people and help avoid over 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per y

MIGA aims to draw cross-border investment to developing economies in support of the World Bank Group’s mission of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.  In FY19, MIGA continued to facilitate FDI...

MIGA has issued $36 million in guarantees for the design, construction and operation of a facility in southern Sierra Leone that will cultivate, harvest and process pineapples and other tropical fruit for export. ...

The wind farm, West Bakr Wind, located in the Gulf of Suez, is expected to produce over 1,000 gigawatt hours per year, at a tariff well below the average cost of generation in Egypt, powering more than 350,000 homes and...

Private sector insurers are typically unwilling to work in FCS, and foreign investors perceive heightened political risks in these situations.  MIGA’s mission is to provide political risk insurance in these circumstances...

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