African Union Many organisations operate overseas but do so through importing all of their resources: natural, human etc. from their home country. Some organisations are starting to see the value of sourcing these resources locally thus providing economic wealth to the country and building capacity amongst the local populations. INDICATORS (i) Describe any examples in your country of foreign organisations using local suppliers, distributors etc., capacity building or acting as guarantor for finance. QUESTION 8: What are the main sources of capital for the organizations listed in Questions 1 to 3 and 6 above? Sources of capital would include but are not limited to bank loans, grants from donors, foreign investment, and equity investments. The providers would include but are not limited to pension funds, mutual funds, banks including Islamic banks, insurance companies, and foreign investors. INDICATORS (i) Outline the key financial institutions that support all the types of organizations listed in questions 1 to 3 above in each of the three sectors (private, public and not-for-profit) and the informal sector in your country including but not limited to banks including Islamic banks, building societies, government agencies, investment schemes, international finance, microfinance etc.; (ii) Provide an inventory of the domestic investment industry including but not limited to pension funds, mutual funds, banks including Islamic banks, insurance companies, and foreign investors. (iii) Describe the categories of informal financial institutions and the roles they play in supporting organizations across all three sectors and the informal sector. (iv) Describe (if your country has any) the types of information on financial institutions e.g. credit agencies and the impact that they are having on the access to capital by the different types of organizations listed in questions 1 to 3 above. Comment on the existence of credit information systems in your country including the existence of credit registries, credit rating agencies and the role they play in facilitating access to information. (v) If bond or debt markets exist in your country, provide a brief on the period the market has been in existence, categories of companies listing debt on the market (whether local, or foreign and the sectors e.g. mining, infrastructure, service sector, financial sector etc) the trading infrastructure used on the market, the procedures for listing bonds and other forms of debt equity and the capacity of the market to deliver capital. (vi) If any secondary stock markets exist in your country to allow small and medium sized companies to access equity capital, provide a brief on the period the exchange has been in existence, categories of companies listing on the exchange (whether local, or foreign and the sectors e.g. mining, infrastructure, service sector, financial sector etc) the trading infrastructure used on the exchange, the procedures for listing and the capacity of the market to deliver capital 54