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Project Snapshot: Bringing drinking water to the desert

January 23, 2012

Country Algeria Sector Infrastructure Challenge: Severe water shortages in the city of Algiers Solution: $200 million in OPIC financing for the construction of a reverse-osmosis water desalination facility to deliver 200,000 cubic meters of potable water to Algiers each day. Impact: The plant, currently operating between 85% and 95% capacity, provides water for about 350,000 families in and around Algeria.
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TPL Properties: Building on a “mutual economic interest”

September 27, 2011

“Karachi is a city of 18 million people, but it has almost no commercial real estate,” Ali Jameel, CEO of TPL Properties said at a September 26 signing ceremony for OPIC’s $20 million loan TPL to finance the completion of a 28-story office building. Jameel said that a lack of infrastructure is one of the biggest problems that Pakistan faces
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