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I. Introduction
>>II. An Overview of the Political Risk Insurance (PRI) Market
A. Types of PRI Investment Coverage
B. Major Underwriters in the PRI Market
C. Premium Rates and Loss Histories of Major PRI Underwriters
III. Review of ADB's Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) Program
IV. Recommendation for Changes to ADB's PRG
V. Potential Benefits of the Proposed PRJ Program
VI. Conclusion
Review of the Partial Risk Guarantee of the Asian Development Bank

II. An Overview of the Political Risk Insurance (PRI) Market

3. ADB’s PRG can provide coverage against well-defined risks. Depending on the requirements of a project, these risks may include some or all of the following categories: expropriation, currency inconvertibility or nontransfer, political violence, and breach of contract. In project finance, such risks are typically referred to as political risks, as distinct from purely commercial or project-related risks. Coverage against such political risks can be purchased from political risk insurers.4 The following sections provide an overview of the PRI market.5

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  1. The concepts of guarantees and insurance are related. Both concepts imply risk transfer—a contract between two parties to exchange risk between them.
  2. The two broad categories in the PRI market are: (i) trade coverage, and (ii) investment coverage. Trade coverage is oriented toward export and import transactions, and addresses host or home country interference in the successful conclusion and payment of short-term, trade-related transactions. As the focus of the PRG program is on long-term, investment-related coverage, the paper does not review trade-related coverage.


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