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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsCustomsCornerPublicationsSourcesof FinanceFinanceLinkLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | February 1999Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), U.S. Trade and Development Agency
(TDA), and Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank)--As part of the Administration's Caspian
Initiative, OPIC, TDA, and Ex-Im Bank
are establishing the Caspian Finance Center at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.  With strong
support from the U.S.
Departments of State and Commerce, the center will play a leading role in the development of
Caspian Basin energy
and in increasing U.S. trade and investment in the NIS nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia. 
The office is
scheduled to be fully operational in early March.  Look for additional information, including how
to contact the center,
in the next issue of the BISNIS Bulletin or visit the agencies' web sites: www.opic.gov,
www.tda.gov, and
www.exim.gov.U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA)--TDA, in cooperation with Departments
of Commerce and
Energy, is organizing a World Power Conference to take place on May 3-6, 1999, in New York. 
This conference will
showcase power generation projects from around the world for which TDA has funded feasibility
studies, as well as
newly identified opportunities.  The event will bring together over 50 project sponsors with a
broad range of U.S. energy
sector developers and suppliers.  The conference will feature presentations by project sponsors
and one-on-one meetings
with U.S. companies.  For more information, contact Sarah Melendez of Technical Resources
International, Inc. at tel.:
(301) 231-5250 or e-mail: [email protected].  More information is also available on
TDA's web site:
www.tda.gov.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)