AMMAN, JORDAN, There's an ambitious and unique
agenda planned for next week's Broader Middle East and North Africa Trade and
Investment Finance Conference in Amman, Jordan, May 17-19, 2005.
"The benefits of this conference will last well beyond the three days of
events," said Ex-Im Bank Chairman Philip Merrill.

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Attending and participating in presentations at the Conference are
ministerial-level officials from a number of nations, including Afghanistan,
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority,
Qatar, and Yemen.
Corporate participants on panels include senior representatives of
companies such as telecommunications companies Alcatel, Siemens, and New
Generations; Qatar Petroleum; agricultural and construction equipment maker
Case New Holland; engineering companies SNC Lavalin, JGC Corporation and Black
and Veatch; aerospace manufacturers Boeing and Rolls Royce , as well as Royal
Air Maroc and Royal Jordanian Airlines.
For the United States, the Conference is sponsored by the Export-Import
Bank of the United States, together with the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, the U.

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8 million companies
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Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, including a credit rating,
payment behavior analysis and a credit recommendation.

"Locally-based information providers are the focus of SkyMinder 's
content enhancement program," says Silvia Cappelli, SkyMinder's
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The list of attendees includes ministers, corporate CEOs and presidents of
financial institutions from throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe,
North America and Asia.

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With the cooperation of the G-8 export credit agencies, the Conference
addresses key trade, economic development, investment and finance issues in
the Broader Middle East and North Africa region, which encompasses
Afghanistan, Algeria , Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, West Bank and Gaza , Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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The program will focus on a broad range of trade-related investment and
finance programs and services, as well as sectors including agriculture,
information technology, Islamic finance, oil and gas, intellectual property
and competition policy, telecommunications, transportation, and water.
Anticipated size of the conference is between 300-400 people.

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The new sources, covering the following areas, are:

SINOTRUST Business Information + Consulting Ltd - provides
credit information on Chinese companies using sources
including government statistics, business registry, bankers
and courts

UC AB - offers credit + commercial reports on all 700,000
enterprises registered in Sweden

Coface EuroDB - covers 880,000 Belgian companies sourcing data
from official sources such as the Annexes of the Belgian
Gazette, VAT details, the National Bank of Belgium and the
Belgian National Social Security Office

Coface Intercredit - offers reports on 4."

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Also participating in the conference are senior officials of the G-8
export credit and investment finance agencies of the world's major industrial
democracies: Canada, France, Germany , Italy, Japan, Russia, the United
Kingdom, and the United States, as well as international organizations
including the Islamic Development Bank Group; Islamic Corporation for
Insurance of Investments and Export Credit; World Bank Group; the Berne Union;
and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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); Coface, a subsidiary of
Natexis Banques Populaires and the Banque Populaire Group; Commercial
International Bank, Egypt; Export and Finance Bank, Jordan; Euler Hermes,
Germany; IBEX-Bank; Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.

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International credit and business information provider SkyMinder ,
provides online reports on over 50 million companies worldwide, with
the aim of offering clients with reports from locally-based sources
assuring up-to-date information. "Our customers have the choice of downloading Credit Reports
directly from our online database if the info is needed urgently or
they can order Freshly Investigated Credit Reports from our local
providers if they are looking for freshly compiled reports.

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The conference builds upon the commitments to economic reform made by the
leaders of the G-8 and the Broader Middle East and North Africa region at the
June 2004 Sea Island Summit and the subsequent December 2004 Forum for the
Future meetings held in Morocco.

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; National Bank of Kuwait;
Citigroup; and Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions. Department of Commerce, and the U. Department of State.

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Governments of Jordan and the United States will host the Conference --- and
if the number of senior officials attending is a measure of potential success,
the Conference is already off to an impressive start .
It complements the World Economic Forum meetings being held in Jordan on
May 20, 21 and 22 .

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African countries
as well as Caribbean islands

Coface MOPE - a database on more than 1,800,000 Portugese
companies compiles reports including commercial and financial
information and a default probability evaluation

RIME Information Bureau Ltd - provides credit reports on
companies based in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq,
Oman , Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Kazakhstan,
Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Morocco,
Tunisia, Libya.S.S.

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Cristal Credit - covers over 15 million companies based in
North and South America, French speaking N.
The Conference will be among the largest gatherings of government
officials, trade and development agency representatives, and the private
sector ever conducted in the Near East region. "The interactions among
prominent government officials from the 27 governments and private sector
executives will serve as a catalyst for economic reform and development in the
Broader Middle East and North Africa region. Trade and Development Agency, the Foreign Commercial
Service of the U.

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The conference will provide a unique opportunity for governments,
companies, and financial institutions of the Broader Middle East and North
Africa region to discuss key economic reform issues and to interact with major
G-8 sources of public and private finance and multinational companies.

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Private sector financial industry firms represented on the Conference
program include Arab Banking Corporation (B.

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Senior Government Corporate and Financial Leaders to Gather Next Week in Amman Jordan for Major Regional Trade and Investment Finance Conference

The commitment shown by the
convergence of these leaders in Amman demonstrates their commitment to the
region and will result in real transactions and real economic growth," Merrill
said.