World Bank Group Guarantee Platform

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About World Bank Group Guarantee Platform:

It is housed at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), brings together products and experts from the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and MIGA for simplicity, efficiency, and speed.
It aims to boost WBG annual guarantee issuance to $20 billion by 2030.
WBG Guarantees will serve as a one-stop-shop for all WBG guarantee business, providing the best guarantee solutions for clients to meet project needs and development priorities.
WBG clients can now choose from a simplified market-friendly menu of guarantee options.
The platform will provide three types of coverages:
- Credit guarantees for loans to the public or private sector;
- Trade finance guarantees for trade finance projects involving public entities;
- Political risk insurance against non-commercial risks for private sector projects or public-private partnerships.
Significance
- Initiated in 2024, World Bank Group Guarantees consolidates all guarantee products and experts from across the World Bank Group institutions at MIGA.
- It provides a simplified and comprehensive menu of guarantee solutions, enabling clients to select the instrument that best suits their needs.
- The platform streamlines processes, removes redundancies, and provides greater accessibility by de-risking investments in developing countries.

Q1: What is the World Bank?

The WB is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low and middle-income/developing countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. It was established along with the IMF at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.

Source: World Bank Group Guarantee Platform Goes Live