Member of the World Bank Group:

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. Concerns about investment environments and perceptions of political risk often inhibit foreign direct investment, with the majority of flows going to just a handful of countries and leaving the world's poorest economies largely ignored. MIGA addresses these concerns by providing political risk insurance for foreign investments in developing countries and dispute resolution services for guaranteed investments to prevent disruptions to developmentally beneficial projects. MIGA also helps countries define and implement strategies to promote investment through technical assistance services managed by the World Bank Groups Foreign Investment Advisory Services (FIAS). MIGA's operational strategy plays to its foremost strength in the marketplace attracting investors and private insurers into difficult operating environments. The agency's strategy focuses on specific areas where it can make the greatest difference

• Countries eligible for assistance from the International Development Association (the worlds poorest countries)
• Conflict-affected environments
• Complex deals in infrastructure and extractive industries, especially those involving project finance and environmental and social considerations
• South-South investments (from one developing country to another)

MIGA offers comparative advantages in all of these areas from its unique package of products and ability to restore the business community's confidence, to its ongoing collaboration with the public and private insurance market to increase the amount of insurance available to investors.MIGA also develops and deploys tools and technologies to support the spread of information on investment opportunities. Thousands of users take advantage of its suite of online investment information services. As a multilateral development agency, MIGA only supports investments that are developmentally sound and meet high social and environmental standards.