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Elizabeth Littlefield on OPIC’s year-end results and impact
Can we advance U.S. development and foreign policy and make money for the budget at the same time? Yes. And we do. Private investors such as entrepreneurs and members of diasporas are ready to invest...
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Expanding small business lending in Afghanistan
OPIC and Afghan Growth Finance (AGF) have agreed to expand an existing partnership and this week signed an agreement to co-finance up to $11.5 million in loans to small businesses in Afghanistan. The...
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OPIC’s Monthly News Wrap-Up: March 2012
We frequently share the important pieces of journalism we find on our Facebook and Twitter feeds. Starting this month, we will also begin recapping on our blog some of the stories we consider most...
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A pivotal year for foreign affairs, a banner year for OPIC: Read the fiscal...
OPIC recently published its annual report for fiscal 2011, a year that OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield describes as “a pivotal year for foreign affairs and a banner year for the U.S....
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Supporting investment in Afghanistan
Last week, OPIC joined the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce’s 8th Annual U.S.-Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference, where OPIC Senior Investment Officer John Didiuk (pictured) discussed the...
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Featured photo: A growing wool industry in Afghanistan
A livestock herder tends his flock in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan. With the help of OPIC financing, Maryland-based American Wool & Cashmere has developed a regional...
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Snapshots in development: Annual report highlights OPIC’s far-reaching impact
From Vietnam to Afghanistan, Malawi and Brazil, OPIC supports projects that build power plants and water treatment facilities, increase access to food and healthcare, introduce cleaner sources of...
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The hard and necessary work of investing in the world’s most vulnerable places
OPIC supports a project in Afghanistan that helps suppliers of raw cashmere build a supply chain and sell their product for export. The business has helped create more than 1,500 jobs for the men and...
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Littlefield’s testimony to Congress emphasizes OPIC’s commitment to...
More than one-third of OPIC’s active portfolio is invested in places that are in or are vulnerable to violent conflict – a commitment based on the Agency’s understanding that economic stability can...
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Focus on OPIC’s diaspora partners: American Wool and Cashmere CEO Nesar Nusraty
(First in a series of posts looking at OPIC’s work with diaspora communities) In its work supporting development in emerging markets around the world, OPIC frequently partners with diaspora investors...
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