Preliminaries -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Unsung Giants -- 2 Myths and Truths -- 3 Common Features -- 4 Programs -- 5 Rationales -- 6 History of ECAs -- 7 International Competitiveness -- 8 International Co operation -- 9 Types of Organization -- 10 Industrial Countries -- 11 Developing Countries -- 12 Transition Countries -- 13 Regional ECAs -- 14 Setting Up ECAs -- 15 Legal Context -- 16 Capitalization and Reinsurance -- 17 Organization and Administration -- 18 Problem Loans Claims and Collections -- 19 Results of Operations -- 20 Political Risk Evaluation -- 21 Commercial Risk Evaluation -- 22 Premiums and Reserves -- 23 Investment Insurance -- 24 The Future for ECAs -- Appendix A: World's Export Credit, Guarantee, and Insurance Agencies -- Appendix B: Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially -- Appendix C: Fact Sheet-Proposed OECD Premium Agreement -- Appendix D Glossary of Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.