OPIC In Action
Some 190 small business owners from 4 countries and 16 states attended OPIC's June 27 Expanding Horizons workshop for small businesses in New York City. Read more
The share of OPIC committed projects that were with U.S. small businesses has grown dramatically in recent years.Read more
OPIC is living proof that private investment for the public good can work and does work." -- Elizabeth Littlefield¸ OPIC President and CEO
Upcoming Events
Aug. 3 OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield will deliver remarks at the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty in Aspen¸ Colorado.
Sept. 13 Meeting of OPIC's Board of Directors
Sept. 17 Nancy Rivera¸ OPIC Managing Director¸ Structured Finance¸ will speak at the MENA Solar Power Forum in Abu Dhabi.
Oct. 3 OPIC will hold the latest in a series of Expanding Horizons workshops in Seattle. The event is for small businesses interested in expanding into emerging markets abroad.
OPIC In The News
The Chicago Tribune: G8 steps up plans to aid Arab Spring economies
Wall Street Journal blog: U.S. committing to Africa
The Atlantic: The itty-bitty multinational
The Atlantic: How financial innovation can save the world
The Huffington Post: Impact Investing + Policy = Collaboration needed
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Investors are increasingly talking about ?Impact Investing¸? but the practice is not new to OPIC¸ which has a 40-year history of transforming private capital into solutions for common social and environmental challenges around the world. Here OPIC explains the concept of Impact Investing¸ and why it offers the potential for such strong financial returns. .jpg)
The recent Global Philanthropy Forum in Washington D.C. drew hundreds of participants from the worlds of finance and philanthropy. It featured a special address from OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield and generated considerable discussion about the roles of the private and public sectors in achieving positive social change and financial return. .jpg)
At a time when the developing world continues to face a host of challenges such as access to credit and access to health care that are often best met by the targeted delivery of small amounts of capital¸ OPIC is focusing on the ways it can most effectively and efficiently advance access to finance in the regions and sectors that have the greatest need. .jpg)
OPIC's annual report for fiscal year 2011 is now available online. The report takes a look back over the agency's first 40 years and highlights the many accomplishments that made 2011 "a pivotal year for foreign affairs and a banner year for the U.S. Government's Development Finance Institution." .jpg)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield after the announcement of the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative in Rio de Janeiro¸ Brazil during the Rio+20 Conference on June 22.