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Featured photo: Elizabeth Littlefield meets with Malawian president in New York
Photo credit: Francis Mphweya, MANA OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield met with Malawian President Joyce Banda this week at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Their meeting coincided with...
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At U.N. and CGI, U.S. highlights importance of collaboration in addressing...
The need to form partnerships and collaborate emerged as a common theme over the past week as top world leaders converged in New York for both the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations and the...
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Featured photo: Improving financial inclusion through microfinance
Photo Credit: Joseph Kirai OPIC President & CEO Elizabeth Littlefield, Equity Bank founder James Mwangi (far left) and other bank representatives visit a branch in Nairobi, Kenya, to learn more...
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South Sudan: The world’s newest developing nation
Last month, OPIC announced it was open for business in one-year-old South Sudan, the newly formed African country that seceded from Sudan in July 2011. The young country boasts enormous natural...
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Sustainability: The new normal for business
Today, the World Economic Forum will host what is billed as “the world’s largest brainstorming meeting” – the Summit on the Global Agenda. Eight hundred leaders from the world’s business, political and...
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OPIC returns to Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting
OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield joins a large group of business and political leaders from around the world gathering in Davos, Switzerland this week for the annual meeting of the World...
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Featured photo: OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield speaks at the World...
This image from a screen recapping events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland captures a quote from OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield. She is speaking on a panel about Scaling...
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OPIC’s President and CEO heads to Haiti to support micro lending for...
This week, OPIC’s President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield will lead a delegation of OPIC representatives on a visit to Haiti to launch an important mortgage finance project developed in partnership...
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Featured photo: Housing construction in Haiti
The Cabaret Housing Settlement in Haiti, where about 156 houses will be built, is helping to address a critical need for housing in Haiti, where more than 360,000 people continue to live in tents and...
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Featured photo: OPIC leadership meets with Senator Shaheen and Senator Ayotte
OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield and OPIC Board Member and New Hampshire native Jim Demers met with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to discuss OPIC’s ongoing...
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Rebuilding Haiti one concrete block at a time
“You can’t build a country without concrete.” The statement has particular relevance in Haiti, where, more than three years since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake resulted in extensive death and destruction,...
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Doing business in Asia Pacific
By: Astri Kimball, OPIC Senior Advisor for Policy and Operations President Obama recently announced a new OPIC commitment to sustainable power and energy projects in the Asia-Pacific region, as part of...
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OPIC joins global discussions in London around social impact investing
This week, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield traveled to London to participate in two events that focused on impact investing, which has long been a focus at OPIC and is increasingly...
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OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield discusses social impact investing on The...
OPIC President and Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Littlefield attended the UK’s G8 Social Impact Investing Forum in London this week. On The White House Blog, Littlefield, along with Karen G. Mills,...
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OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield discusses development impact bonds with...
OPIC President and Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Littlefield recently discussed development impact bonds with New York Times’ Tina Rosenberg. In the interview, Littlefield explained how...
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Texas newspapers feature OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield on the role of...
This week, OPIC held its Expanding Horizons workshop in Fort Worth, Texas with more than 100 U.S. small businesses from over 10 states attending. The events also were highlighted in local media with...
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Paper features OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield on the role of the...
This week, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield is visiting Pakistan to discuss investment opportunities with the business community. The visit was highlighted in local media on Monday with...
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Featured photo: OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield visits the Karachi Stock...
OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield visited the Karachi Stock Exchange on July 18 and rang the ceremonial gong to open trading. Littlefield is on a four-day tour of Pakistan to meet with...
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Powering Africa: A massive challenge and a major investment opportunity
Littlefield at the ONE Campaign event July 24. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen significant economic progress in recent years with growth rates in many countries that are among the highest in the world, and...
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Featured photo: Bringing modern, affordable healthcare to Pakistan
OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield (far left) tours the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College in Karachi during her July visit to Pakistan. An OPIC loan is supporting the renovation and...
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