Who provides political risk insurance, where does it go, and how could it do more to attract investment to the least developed countries?
This Investment Policy Monitor looks at political risk insurance as a tool for derisking foreign direct investment in structurally weak and vulnerable countries. It shows that export credit agencies account for 78% of cover issued over the past decade, with multilateral institutions and private insurers far behind, and that least developed countries receive only a small share. It previews the fuller UNCTAD policy review on the same subject.
As foreign direct investment concentrates in strategic sectors, how can developing countries find realistic entry points rather than join subsidy races they cannot win?
What strategies and operating choices explain why some non-African export credit agencies perform well in supporting transactions in Africa?
Sets out four routes – institutional capacity, productive capacity, digital transformation and resource mobilisation – through which aid for trade can make least developed countries more resilient to overlapping crises.
