Category of Support
Finance » Guarantees
Donors
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Users
Project Developers
Financiers
Description
The Development Credit Authority (DCA) uses partial credit guarantees to mobilize local commercial debt financing in developing countries. Guarantee agreements encourage private lenders to extend financing to underserved borrowers in new sectors and regions and these lenders are more likely to continue lending even when the USAID Guarantee expires. This can be through issuing USAID guarantees for example; Loan Guarantees, Portfolio Guarantees, Portable Guarantees or Bond Guarantees.
Locations
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
eSwatini
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Grid Status
Both
Geography
USAID presence countries
Eligibility
Non-sovereign debt only. No US connection required
Point of Contact
developmentcredit@usaid.gov