The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is a self-sustaining U.S. government development agency. Its mission is to mobilize and facilitate the participation of United States private capital and skills in the economic and social development of countries that may be less developed or those in transition between non-market and market economies. It works to achieve this by providing political risk insurance to help U.S companies manage risk, providing financing through direct loans and loan guaranties and leveraging private capital through OPIC-supported funds. OPIC programs are available for new and expanding business enterprises in more than 150 countries including Afghanistan, Russian, Botswana, Senegal, Rwanda and Cambodia. OPIC was established in 1971.