---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9655"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9655"
heading: "Engagement with investors"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9655"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development"
  - "Subchapter IV — Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting"
---

# §9655. Engagement with investors

- (a) **In general—** The [Corporation](/usc/22/7702.md?p=6), acting through the Chief Development Officer, shall, in cooperation with the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Agency for International Development—
  - (1) develop a strategic relationship with private sector entities focused at the nexus of business opportunities and development priorities;
  - (2) engage such entities and reduce business risks primarily through direct transaction support and facilitating investment partnerships;
  - (3) develop and support tools, approaches, and intermediaries that can mobilize private finance at scale in the developing world;
  - (4) pursue highly developmental projects of all sizes, especially those that are small but designed for work in the most underdeveloped areas, including countries with chronic suffering as a result of extreme poverty, fragile institutions, or a history of violence; and
  - (5) pursue projects consistent with the policy of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) described in [section 9611 of this title](/usc/22/9611.md) and the Joint Strategic Plan and the Mission Country Development Cooperation Strategies of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Agency for International Development.
- (b) **Assistance—** To achieve the goals described in [subsection (a)](#a), the [Corporation](/usc/22/7702.md?p=6) shall—
  - (1) develop risk mitigation tools;
  - (2) provide transaction structuring support for blended finance models;
  - (3) support intermediaries linking capital supply and demand;
  - (4) coordinate with other Federal agencies to support or accelerate transactions;
  - (5) convene financial, donor, civil society, and public sector partners around opportunities for private finance within development priorities;
  - (6) offer strategic planning and programming assistance to catalyze investment into priority sectors;
  - (7) provide transaction structuring support;
  - (8) deliver [training](/usc/22/8921.md?p=3) and knowledge management tools for engaging private investors;
  - (9) partner with private sector entities that provide access to capital and expertise; and
  - (10) identify and screen new investment partners.
- (c) **Technical assistance—** The [Corporation](/usc/22/7702.md?p=6) shall coordinate with the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Agency for International Development and other agencies and departments, as necessary, on projects and [programs](/usc/22/3383.md?p=6) supported by the [Corporation](/usc/22/7702.md?p=6) that include technical assistance.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–254, div. F, title IV, § 1445, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3506.)