Officially supported export credits : recent developments and prospects
- WashingtonUS IMF 1995
- vii, 47 p.
Looks at the importance of export credits, their recent growth , and the trend toward more extensive reliance by official bilateral creditors on export credits as an instrument of financial support. Discusses the issues raised regarding the role and limitations of export credit financing especially for economies in transition. Covers the steps that export credit agencies and their guardian authorities have taken to improve the quality of their risk portfolios, the problems that still remain, and the challenges that agencies will face in the coming years.