OPIC is the US Government's development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so, advances US foreign policy and national security objectives. Because OPIC works with the US private sector, it helps US businesses gain footholds in emerging markets, catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, guarantees, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds.

INSURANCE: while developing markets can offer great opportunity, they can also present a variety of political risks beyond an investor's control. OPIC's political risk insurance provides innovative, comprehensive, and cost effective risk mitigation products to cover losses to tangible assets, investment value, and earnings that result from political perils.

FINANCE: OPIC financing provides medium-to-long term funding through direct loans and loan guarantees to eligible investment projects in developing countries and emerging markets. By complementing the private sector, OPIC can provide financing in countries where conventional financial institutions often are reluctant or unable to lend.

INVESTMENT FUNDS: OPIC also provides support for the creation of privately-owned and managed investment funds. These funds make direct equity and equity-related investments in new, expanding or privatizing emerging market companies.

OPIC was established as an agency of the US Government in 1971. OPIC operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to American taxpayers. OPIC services are available for new and expanding business enterprises in more than 150 countrries worldwide. To date, OPIC has supported more than $200 billion of investment in over 4,000 projects, generated an estimated $76 billion in US exports and supported more than 278,000 American jobs.