Includes how major projects are financed and gives examples where relevant. Explains activities of the multilateral development banks in and other aid-funded projects where procurement is open to U.S. bidders.
Last Published: 8/29/2019

For project financing and risk insurance, American investors and exporters may contact the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), which provides direct financing and insurance coverage against political risk, currency inconvertibility, expropriation, and political violence.

The Political and Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi can provide contact information and assistance to any U.S. firm about export financing, insurance, local and domestic business associations and partners, and business climate information.

Georgia is a borrower from Multilateral Development Banks such as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Asian Development Bank, and World Bank.

The Commercial Service maintains Commercial Liaison Offices in each of the main Multilateral Development Banks, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.  These institutions lend billions of dollars in developing countries on projects aimed at accelerating economic growth and social development by reducing poverty and inequality, improving health and education, and advancing infrastructure development.  The Commercial Liaison Offices help American businesses learn how to get involved in bank-funded projects, and advocate on behalf of American bidders.  Learn more by contacting the Commercial Liaison Offices to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.

Georgia also has other internal sources of project financing separate from the banking sector, such as the Co-Investment Fund and Partnership Fund, and the government supported “Produce in Georgia” program.  For additional information on this topic, including content of relevance to U.S. investments, please visit the U.S. Department of State Investment Climate Statement.
 

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