Publications Index

(Smart Water Magazine, Madrid, 29 August 2024) The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) approved a historic $1.6 billion direct loan to support the construction of 65 solar photovoltaic energy mini-grids with energy storage facilities that will power water...

(Water Briefing, London, 10 August 2024) Canada’s state-backed export credit agency is reportedly nursing steep losses after lending debt-ridden Thames Water as much as a billion Canadian dollars. The British utility, which has said it could run out of cash by next June, received five loans...

(C-Span, Washington, 27 June 2024) Reta Jo Lewis, president and chair of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions on oversight of bank operations and U.S.-China economic...

(EcoJustice, Vancouver, 24 July 2024) Export Development Canada (EDC) has renewed a $200- to $300-million loan to oil and gas giant Enbridge Inc., despite environmental...

(Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 18 June 2024) The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM), the United States’ official export credit agency (ECA), is an independent, executive branch institution that supports U.S. businesses by financing the exports of goods and services....

(Living on Earth, Lee NH, 3 May 2024) Despite an international agreement to phase out financing for fossil fuel projects abroad, the Biden administration recently approved a $500 million dollar loan guarantee for an oil and gas drilling project in Bahrain. The Biden-Harris administration is...

(Semafor, Legos, 23 May 2024) A scathing evaluation of the US Export-Import bank’s uneven approach to supporting US trade with sub-Saharan Africa has put its management on the backfoot. It comes the bank scrambles to make the opposite case with a slew of recent deal announcements. The...