Mitigating Project Risks World Bank : Support for Government Guarantees

Mitigating Project Risks World Bank : Support for Government Guarantees

The World Bank has two distinct financial vehicles to support developing country governments wanting to provide guarantees to attract private investors: issuing guarantees to investors and making loans to host governments to fund guarantees. The au...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benoit, Philippe
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK GUARANTEES
BONDS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COVERAGE
DEBT
DEBT SERVICE
ELECTRICITY
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN SPONSORS
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
GUARANTOR
INSURANCE
INSURERS
LENDER
LENDERS
LOAN
LOAN FINANCING
MATURITIES
MATURITY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROJECT SPONSORS
RATES
RISK MITIGATION
TRANSACTION COSTS
WORLD BANK FINANCING
WORLD BANK LOANS PROJECT RISKS
RISK MANAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
POLITICAL STABILITY
RISK ASSESSMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENT RISKS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/05/441483/mitigating-project-risks-world-bank-support-government-guarantees
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11624
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Summary:The World Bank has two distinct financial vehicles to support developing country governments wanting to provide guarantees to attract private investors: issuing guarantees to investors and making loans to host governments to fund guarantees. The author explains how these vehicles work and reviews some of their advantages and disadvantages.

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