---
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"
date: "2026-07-12"
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, acting through the Chief Development Officer, shall, in cooperation with the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the United States 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](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) and facilitating investment partnerships;
  - (3) develop and [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) 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 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 Agency for International Development.
- (b) **Assistance—** To achieve the goals described in [subsection (a)](#a), the Corporation shall—
  - (1) develop risk mitigation tools;
  - (2) provide transaction structuring [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) for blended finance models;
  - (3) [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) intermediaries linking capital supply and demand;
  - (4) coordinate with other Federal agencies to [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) 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](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12);
  - (8) deliver training 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 shall coordinate with the United States Agency for International Development and other agencies and departments, as necessary, on projects and programs supported by the Corporation that include technical assistance.

## Source credit

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