Glossary · Debt instruments
ECA (Export Credit Agency)
A government-backed financier supporting cross-border deals by guaranteeing or lending alongside commercial banks.
Why it matters
ECA support unlocks tenor and pricing commercial debt cannot reach alone.
Related
- DFI (Development Finance Institution)
A public or quasi-public lender — e.g. EBRD, IFC — funding development-aligned projects with concessional or near-commercial terms.
- Project finance
Non-recourse debt secured on a project's own cash flows. Common in infrastructure and energy.
- Green bond / green loan
Debt whose proceeds are ring-fenced for environmentally qualifying assets, tracked against a published framework.
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