Category of Support
Finance » Guarantees
Donors
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Users
Private Sector
Description
Covers private investors and/or lenders against the risks of transfer restriction/inconvertibility, expropriation (including regulatory risks), war/civil disturbance, and breach of contract (BoC). For IPPs, BoC covers non-payment of an arbitral award against the offtaker or sovereign, and provides protection against such entity's failure to perform its contractual obligations resulting in a termination.
Locations
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Grid Status
Both
Geography
MIGA member countries
Eligibility
Private sector projects, or projects with private participation dependent on certain government contractual undertaking; Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects; privatizations. Can be either greenfield or existing projects. Requires MIGA due diligence and approval by the Board.
Point of Contact
Hoda Atia Moustafa, Africa Regional Head hmoustafa@worldbank.org
Marcus Williams, Manager, Energy & Extractives mwilliams@worldbank.org
Marcus Williams, Manager, Energy & Extractives mwilliams@worldbank.org