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Export Credit Agencies: The Unsung Giants of International Trade and Finance »

Authors: Delio E. Gianturco
ISBN-13: 9781567204292, ISBN-10: 1567204295
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: June 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Delio E. Gianturco

DELIO E. GIANTURCO is President of First Washington Associates, an international finance consulting firm active in 100 countries. Previously he was senior vice president, executive vice president, vice chairman and member of the board of directors for Export-Import Bank of the United States; governor in the Foreign Credit Insurance Association of New York; vice president, for the International Union of Credit and Investment Insurers (London), and senior adviser to the World Bank.

Book Synopsis

Examines the role of export credit agencies in facilitating international trade.

Booknews

Gianturco, president of an international finance consulting firm, examines the role played by export credit agencies (ECAs), specialized financial institutions that provide loans, guarantees, insurance, and other financial services to their particular nation's exporters and foreign direct investors. He reveals the history and functions of ECAs and looks at controversies surrounding them, discussing ECAs' contribution to national growth and development in the US and abroad. Of interest to business professionals, scholars, researchers, and students in international business and economic development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Unsung Giants	1
2	Myths and Truths	9
3	Common Features	13
4	Programs	21
5	Rationales	35
6	History of ECAs	41
7	International Competitiveness	45
8	International Co-operation	49
9	Types of Organization	63
10	Industrial Countries	67
11	Developing Countries	73
12	Transition Countries	79
13	Regional ECAs	85
14	Setting Up ECAs	89
15	Legal Context	99
16	Capitalization and Reinsurance	103
17	Organization and Administration	109
18	Problem Loans, Claims and Collections	115
19	Results of Operations	121
20	Political Risk Evaluation	125
21	Commercial Risk Evaluation	133
22	Premiums and Reserves	139
23	Investment Insurance	147
24	The Future of ECAs	151
App. A	World's Export Credit, Guarantee, and Insurance Agencies	155
App. B	Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits	161
App. C	Fact Sheet - Proposed OECD Premium Agreement	175
	App. D: Glossary of Technical Terms	179
	Bibliography	189
	Index	193