welcome to miga

Welcome to MIGA

MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY WORLD BANK GROUP

MIGA is the part of the World Bank

Group that promotes

developmentally sound foreign

direct investment. It does this by providing political risk insurance

(guarantees) to the private sector.


insuring investments

in IDA-eligible countries in conflict-affected

environments in complex projects from one developing

country to another (South-South)


risks covered

currency inconvertibility and transfer restriction

expropriation war and civil disturbance breach of contract non-honoring of sovereign

financial obligations


MIGA guarantees can help investors

access funding and lower borrowing costs

access the WBG’s knowledge and expertise

manage environmental and social risks

resolve disputes by leveraging the WBG “umbrella”

mobilize and complement insurance capacity from other public and private insurers


transportation

guarantees

$430 million for metro in Istanbul

$427 million for port in Djibouti


telecoms

guarantees

$82 million in Afghanistan $450 million in Indonesia

(through Islamic Finance Facility)


agribusiness

guarantees

$ 10 million for fruit production and processing in Ethiopia

2400 local jobs fair-trade certification in

process (with support of MIGA Trust Fund)


power

guarantees

$88 million for geothermal power plant in Kenya


research and knowledge

World Investment and Political Risk

pri-center.com


I N S U R I N G I N V E S T M E N T S E N S U R I N G O P P O R T U N I T I E S


welcome to miga

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knowledgeworld investment

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private sector

insurance capacity

wbgs knowledge

investorsaccess funding

expertisemanage environmental

lower borrowing costsaccess