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As a member of the World Bank Group, MIGA's mission is to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries to help support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives. It does this by providing political risk insurance (guarantees) to the private sector.

Sierra Leone

May the Force of Broad-Based Economic Growth Be with You

Submitted by Cara Santos Pianesi on Thu, 2010-09-30 12:39

If the world has a stage, the annual September gathering of the UN’s General Assembly is it. There, world leaders have an opportunity to address their colleagues (and, by media extension, global constituents) in a somewhat long-format speech. At the General Assembly, Premier Khrushchev banged his shoe. And, with understandably less attention, President Obama had this to say about development at this year’s High-Level Plenary Meeting (a.k.a. the Review Summit on the Millennium Development Goals):

Investor Interest in Sierra Leone Grows

Submitted by Michael Durr on Thu, 2009-12-03 16:24

I'm in a unique position in MIGA, responsible for fielding initial investor inquiries about MIGA’s political risk guarantees. Over the last few years I have noticed a jump among investors considering MIGA cover in several countries. One of those countries is Sierra Leone. 

From the field: Sierra Leone Fisheries project

Submitted by Michael Christopher on Thu, 2009-11-19 16:54
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MIGA has issued a guarantee to the Sierra Investment Fund LLC (SIF) of Mauritius, via fund manager, Manocap LLC (Manocap). SFC is a Sierra Leone-based limited liability company engaged in commercial fishing and onshore fish processing activities for the domestic Sierra Leone and regional West African markets. Read more about the Sierra Fisheries project. (Video courtesy of Jillian Crowther)