Iberoamerica: Contributing to the long-term prosperity of a continent
During my recent business development trip to Spain to represent MIGA at a forum on Latin American port infrastructure organized by Tecniberia, I had an opportunity to see with my own eyes and...
View ArticleIberoamérica: Contribuyendo a la prosperidad a largo plazo de un continente
Durante mi reciente viaje a España para representar MIGA en un foro sobre el futuro de las infraestructuras portuarias en Iberoamerica organizado por Tecniberia, tuve la oportunidad de comprobar y...
View Article“When the Tide Goes Out, You See Who’s Naked”
Said Martin Sandbu, the FT economics writer that moderated the FT-MIGA Summit, Managing Global Political Risk, last week in London. This is the fifth year that MIGA, the political risk insurance...
View ArticleLet the lights shine, hopefully for 24 hours a day (as needed)
Growing up in war-torn Beirut, I experienced the Lebanese Civil War from a childlike perspective. I was in middle school at the time when a power outage lingered for months on end. Reviewing textbooks...
View ArticleAgricultural FDI: Risky Business?
Al-Arabiya reported a few weeks ago that the political crisis in Ukraine and Russia is threatening the availability of food in Egypt and Jordan. Food prices becoming hostage to political crises is...
View ArticleAre Rates of Return in Places that are Fragile and Affected by Conflict...
Supporting populations in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) is a key priority for the World Bank Group. The Group’s President, Jim Yong Kim, has repeatedly stressed the importance of...
View ArticleWinning the Game of Mining Taxation
The last few years have brought an uptick in the number of mining investments that have been the subject of disputes between investors and governments. This trend is of considerable concern to the...
View ArticleVroom Vroom: Brazil leading the pack in infrastructure financing innovation...
How can we get much more private sector funds to infrastructure financing? The infrastructure gap is enormous and growing; governments are just not be able to go it alone. Innovation here is key. The...
View ArticleReflections on Investment Prospects for Countries Facing Fragility and Conflict
Facilitating investments into Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) is one of the most important strategic pillars in MIGA’s Strategy. In an effort to further expand MIGA’s support in FCS...
View ArticleEvery Life, Every Brick Matters!
Editor’s note: MIGA staffer Dessislav Dobrev recently returned from Nepal where he had been conducting due diligence for an energy project when the earthquake hit. These are his reflections. It was...
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