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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Introduction
4
1.1 Background 4 1.2 The Importance Of Ecas In International Trade 5 1.3 Rationale For Establishing An Eca 7 1.5 Eca Cooperation 102
ECA Facilities And Features
14
2.1 Risks In Export Transactions
14
2.2 Export Credit And Export Finance Products
16
3
ECA In The OIC Member Countries
20
3.1 Introduction 20 3.2 Analysing The Performance Of Oic Export Credit Systems 23 3.3 Country Summaries: African Group 28 3.4 Country Summaries: Arab Group 30 3.5 Country Summaries: Asian Group 43 3.6 Multilateral Ecas Serving OIC Member Countries 554
Main Features of ECAs in the OIC Member Countries
59
4.1 Date Of Establishment Of OIC ECAs 59 4.2 Mandates And Operating Principles Of Oic Ecas 61 4.3 Status And Corporate Form of OIC ECAs 62 4.4 Relationship With Government 66 4.5 Business Models of OIC ECAs 68 4.6 Facilities Offered By OIC ECAs 69 4.7. Business Volumes of OIC ECAs 74 4.8. Cooperation With Other Entities 765
Best Practices of ECAs
78
5.1 Introduction
78
5.2 OIC Case Studies
78
5.3 Non-OIC Case Studies
87
5.4 Best And Worst Practices of ECAs
93
5.5 What Makes An ECA Effective?
94
5.6 What Makes An ECA Ineffective?
95
6
Recommendations and Conclusions
98
6.1 Introduction
98
6.2 Applying Key Lessons For The Government
99
6.3 Applying Key Lessons For Improving Existing ECAs
100
6.4 Applying Key Lessons to the Establishment of New ECAs
102
6.5 Conclusions
106
Bibliography 108Annex A: Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Export Credit
115
Annex B: Institutions with Memberships in Various Associations
127
Annex C: Export Credit Health Assessments
128
Annex D: ECA Data Sheets
135
Annex E: Step-by-Step Implementation for Establishing a New ECA
168