Bosnia & Herezogovina: New step for the World Bank

With civil war and political manoeuvring giving way to economic reconstruction, Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing up to the need to attract foreign investment and trade finance. An innovative World Bank political risks guarantee facility announced in March should prove a useful element in this process.

With civil war and political manoeuvring giving way to economic reconstruction, Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing up to the need to attract foreign investment and trade finance. An innovative World Bank political risks guarantee facility announced in March should prove a useful element in this process.

The guarantees are available to foreign companies providing credit and are designed to foster projects that will enable local industries to resume operation, and to provide foreign exchange for the purchase of critical imports.

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