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analysis. A multi-shareholder model such as the one applied to the African Trade Insurance
Agency, where Uganda is a part owner, or the ICIEC, can prove effective in facilitating the
development of ECA entities in a larger number of OIC Member States.
The critical role of ECAs and IFIs is reflected in their support of trade development in the most
difficult of contexts, globally and among OIC Member States.
“An early success was signing agreements with 17 of the largest Export Credit Agencies
around the world. Another was the fact that TBI was one of the first Iraqi banks to
receive lines of credit from major international financial institutions.”
Source: Trade Bank of Iraq Website, 2013