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GH17-1736 Behavioral and Biological Surveillance of HIV among Key Populations to Improve HIV-related Services and Utilization in Zambia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - 2017 Grants
Credit and Financial Services: Rural Financial Services Project Credit and Financial Services: Rural Financial Services Project
Credit and Financial Services: Small Farmers Credit Project Credit and Financial Services: Small Farmers Credit Project
Credit and Financial Services: Hillside Farmers Support Project Credit and Financial Services: Hillside Farmers Support Project
Avenue Asia Special Situations Fund III, L.P. Avenue Asia Fund (or the company ) will target single credits in a regionally diversified pool of U.S. Dollar and local currency denominated distressed debt instruments.  However, 90% of the Funds underlying asset pool will constitute U.S. Dollar denominated credits. The Fund is structured as a closed-end fund, registered in Delaware as a Limited Partnership, with a target size of $500 million. The Funds mandate is to make non-control investments in senior debt or debt-related instruments of Asian (Ex-Japan) companies that are: 

-  in reorganization or bankruptcy; 
-  in industries that are in turmoil; 
-  undervalued because of other economic conditions or extraordinary events; or 
-  being sold by non-economic sellers like banks or Asset Management Companies (AMCs).
Jungle Fund IV The proposed investment is for up to US$25 million in Jungle Ventures IV, L.P. (the Fund), an early-stage venture fund focused on Southeast Asia. Jungle is targeting to raise US$300 million in commitments to invest in 15 to 20 early stage, high-growth companies in sectors such as consumer internet, fintech, business to business (B2B) and small and medium enterprises (SME) tech-focused companies.  A delegated authority co-investment envelope for an amount of up to US$25 million in potential co-investments in the Funds portfolio companies is also being proposed alongside the Fund commitment. Expected development impact through:
(i) Access to early stage capital and operational support leading to increased ability of startups to scale and succeed;
(ii) Support and develop innovation, technology and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia by supporting growing internet companies in the region focused on delivering consumption upgrade and improving efficiency and digitization among businesses, especially among SMEs; and
(iii) Increased competitiveness of key markets through the support of market-disrupting digital business models.
Emerging Asia CBO Ltd. The project consists of  the establishment of an emerging market, private sector focused, collateralized bond obligation (CBO) vehicle. The venture will securitize Asian emerging markets bonds, through the issuance of  various classes of  securities to institutional investors backed primarily by a portfolio of bonds issued by corporates in Asia. The project will be the first structured financing transaction of this type in Asia since the crisis, and the first ever focusing on Asian corporates.      IFC''s role   :   IFC would play a critical role in structuring the project to achieve a more viable financial structure and will, through its investment, fill the gaps in the financial plan which cannot be filled by the market at this time.       Development Impact    - Mobilization - through this investment, IFC will help demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of securitization of financial assets as a source of funds mobilization for emerging markets;   - Development of Asian bond markets - as purchasers of Asian corporate bonds this and similar CBO vehicles will encourage the re-entry of Asian companies into the corporate bond markets.  Furthermore, the active management of bond portfolios held by these vehicles will help improve market liquidity;   - Market signal - whilst the economic fundamentals in many of  the Asian economies have improved over the last few years after the Asian crisis, investor perception about these markets remains negative.  This has made recovery more difficult. Even some of  the best companies have not been able to access badly needed financing. The transaction will help improve the overall market attitude towards Asia and in that process contribute to the recovery process.
KV Asia II Project The  proposed investment is for up to US$25m (capped at 20% of total commitments) into KV Asia Capital Fund II, LP (the Fund or Fund II), a US$300m (target) buyout/control private equity fund investing in mid-cap companies in Southeast Asia (SE Asia). The Fund is sector agnostic with a focus on growing businesses in the consumer, manufacturing, education, healthcare and services sectors. Expected development impact outcomes include i) access to equity capital for mid-cap companies in SE Asia and ii) hands-on engagement and value-addition at the portfolio companies' level.
Modern Asia Modern Asia Environmental Holdings Inc. (MAEH), a waste management company based in Southeast Asia, offers modern, environmentally and technologically sound waste management services for the safe disposal and reuse of urban and industrial waste in Indonesia and Thailand. MAEH operates the only site in existence in Indonesia that offers international caliber hazardous waste treatment and disposal services, and is one of the few operators in Thailand that provides non-hazardous industrial waste services to these same standards. MAEH contracts directly with waste generators, who are typically industrial and commercial clients, to collect, transport, recycle, treat and dispose of their wastes. In Indonesia, MAEH also provides on-site remediation services for large industrial clients, particularly in the oil and gas industry.

MAEH intends to expand its industrial waste services business in Thailand and Indonesia and pursue new opportunities in the  Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the Asia region. The expansion will take place via MAEH equity investments in and company loans to MAEH subsidiaries located in target countries. IFC would support MAEHs growth plans with long-term debt on a corporate basis.
DARP Fortress The project entails an investment in equity and debt, along with and affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress) to establish a regional Non Performing Loan (NPL) platform for the acquisition and resolution of Distressed Assets (DAs) in East Asia. A to-be-formed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will acquire DAs disposed by banks and other financial institutions. The DAs will mainly consist of sub/non-performing portfolios of assets and sub/non-performing single assets, including real estate-related performing, sub/non-performing loans, securities, assets and similar instruments, and distressed assets deriving from special situations opportunities. The SPV will also target equity interests in strategic distressed assets servicers.  The Project is expected to deliver significant development value by directly strengthening the balance sheet of banks, allowing them to further extend credit to under-served market segments, and improving the risk management, transparency and governance of banks DAs recovery programs.    The proposed project is part of IFCs Debt and Asset Recovery Program (DARP), a crisis response initiative approved by the Board in August 2009, which focuses on DAs, roll-over risk and restructurings.  DARPs strategy is to revitalize financial systems through investments in DAs and servicing companies / platforms. -	Market development: The successful implementation of the project could spark the interest of other DA market players and evolve into a common practice;  -	Best practices: As part of the project IFC would promote international insolvency standards, creditors'' rights and collection practices for the resolution of the distressed assets; and  -	Replication: Through this project, IFC would be helping to assign a market value to a NPL portfolio and distressed assets.  If successful, the proposed project has the potential to be replicated by other entities in the other region.
Berkeley REAF II Berkeley Renewable Energy Asia Fund II (REAF II or the Fund) is a 10-year private equity (PE) fund which aims to raise $250 million commitments to be invested in renewable energy projects in emerging markets in South and Southeast Asia. REAF II will make equity investments into development stage renewable energy projects and project developers, mature these investments into operation and generate enhanced returns through successful exits either on an individual asset basis or as a portfolio or collection of portfolios. The Fund will be managed by Berkeley Energy (Berkeley or the Manager), an independent fund manager established in 2007 that has been focusing on investment opportunities in renewable energy in emerging markets. i. Promotion of renewable energy generation and access in Asia's emerging markets. ii. Environmental improvement through investments that promote sustainable practices. iii. Demonstration effect for the delivery and financial viability of renewable energy assets.  iv. Promotion of sustainable private sectors and job creation. v. Benefits to local communities, through increased local economic activity, provision of services, projects providing funds from revenue for local development initiatives and education initiatives
Asia Paper Markets The project is to set up a web-enabled business model whose aim is to provide end-to-end process capability for the Pulp and Paper Industry in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It will provide a full range of services from transactions, business and informational services as well as providing a fully integrated supply chain management incorporating enterprise system software. These will be provided in a multi-lingual platform.   IFC''s extensive experience and knowledge of the target industry will contribute to the potential success of the endeavour. In addition IFC can work with the regulatory authorities in the target markets to improve the regulatory environment to better facilitate eCommerce.   This project will help provide a level playing field for buyers/sellers in developing member countries to compete on equal footing with those in the developed countries by providing improved access to customers, reduced transaction costs, reduced information asymmetry, multi-lingual access and increasing transparency as a whole.
Zurich Asian Risk Sharing Facility The proposed investment consists of a risk-sharing facility under which IFC would share with a member insurer of Zurich, a portion of the emerging market financial institution risk associated with medium-term trade transactions.  Eligible transactions will be backed by bankers acceptances, letters of credit (L/Cs) and other standard trade facilitation instruments issued by the covered emerging market financial institutions on behalf of importers in emerging markets.  Under this facility, Zurich would issue a credit risk insurance policy covering the risk of an emerging market financial institution and IFC would cover a portion of this risk through a risk-sharing agreement with Zurich.

The project's developmental impact lies primarily in supporting the recovery of emerging markets by providing additional access to term finance necessary to fund the import of capital goods and services.  The limited access to this finance in emerging market economies is a key constraint to the ability of these countries to import the capital goods that they need to develop.  IFC's participation in the project will help enable Zurich offer a new, much needed product that provides medium term risk coverage on emerging market financial institutions.
Kula Fund Project Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Pacific Islands-Kula Fund Ltd.              Region    Asia        Sector       Project No008370   Projected Board DateJune 30, 1997   Company Name   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	Kula Fund is being sponsored by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC). Established in 1948, CDC is the UKs overseas development finance institution providing long-term loans and equity to financially viable and sustainable ventures primarily in the private sector. Apart from IFC, the other investors are expected to be mainly development finance institutions, including ADB, EIB and Proparco. Other potential investors may include local investment institutions and local provident funds.    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	The target size of Kula Fund is US$18 million, of which IFC is expected to invest US$2.5 million, or 15% of the total commitments, whichever is lower.    Location of project and Description of site    	To be incorporated in Vanuatu, Kula Fund will operate throughout the Pacific Island countries, with the majority of investments expected to be in Papua New Guinea and Fiji.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	Kula Fund will make equity or quasi-equity investments in private sector companies in the Pacific Island countries, thereby promoting growth of medium-sized private businesses which have limited access to institutional sources of equity finance.    Environmental Category and Issues    	This is a Financial Intermediary (FI) category project according to IFCs environmental review procedure. The management company will be required to undertake an environmental review of eligible investee companies operations.  In addition, IFC will assess the management companys capability to carry out environmental reviews of each investee company.        Date SPI sent to PIC     May 28, 1997      For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 974-4384
Sunpreme Silicon Sunpreme Ltd. (the Company) is a global photovoltaic (PV) solar start-up company, based in Cayman Islands, engaged in the business of developing and commercializing its proprietary SmartSilicon® based solar cells to satisfy growing global needs for low-cost, high efficiency clean energy. 

The Company is raising up to $60 million to scale up manufacturing and R&D facilities globally, including China, other parts of Asia and Latin America.  Initially, the Company will be setting up a 30MW initial production capacity in Jiaxing, China, and build additional production facilities in other markets globally (the Project). The financing will be deployed towards capital equipment expansion, building out R&D capacity, working capital and set up facilities and partnership agreements in key markets in Latin America, Asia and other geographies. The Project will contribute to the transfer of technologies in the solar sectors to key emerging markets such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, China and India by combining the high technology innovation in the Company's US facilities, with the lower manufacturing base and target user markets in developing countries.  By supporting a technology innovator that focuses on reducing cost/watt at the module level and supplying modules to the large manufacturers, the Project will support the solar sector in its aim to reduce its cost to close to grid parity levels in key markets. In addition, the Company's green technology process sequence avoids toxic and/or exotic materials, aiming to eliminate the paradox of exporting clean technology globally while polluting the environment locally.
ZincOx Project IFC is investing in ZincOx Resources PLC (ZincOx or the Company), a recent entrant in the zinc recycling sector with an innovative technology, to help it finance pre-operating and research and development expenditures related to potential zinc recycling projects in Turkey, Thailand and Russia. - Positive Climate Change Impact: The investment will support recovery of resources and creation of valuable raw materials from hazardous waste. - -Furthermore, unlike the traditional method of zinc recovery, the ZincOx process is energy efficient, environmentaly friendly and has a higher recovery rate, with no resudual waste. - Management of waste: EAFD recovery reduces amount of poisonous waste going to landfills, which is a significant benefit, given a major environmental hazard landfills present for health of population.  - Job Creation and know-how transfer:  Introduction of waste processing on a commercial scale in multiple countries will result on direct and non-direct employment opportunities.  The expansion of the innovative technology will help promote a concept of viable commercial resource-saving and environmentally friendly business model.
RafflesEducation Raffles Education Corporation Limited (REC, Raffles or the Company), headquartered in Singapore, is the largest private education group in Asia-Pacific. Since establishing its first college in Singapore in 1990, the group has grown to operate 37 colleges in 34 cities across 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.  There are more than 28,700 students enrolled in Raffles tertiary programs and the Company employs over 3,000 academic and administrative staff. Raffles also owns the Oriental University City (OUC), a self-contained campus in Langfang, China. Within this campus, OUC provides education services to 9 colleges with a total student population of over 27,000.    The proposed IFC financing is a corporate finance facility to REC to support its continued expansion over the next four years. The expansion includes entry into new markets, scaling up Raffles operations in select existing markets and on-going maintenance capex. The IFC financing is expected to be used to fund (i) the construction of a greenfield university in Greater Noida, India; (ii) the construction of a greenfield university in Iskandar, Malaysia; (iii) the establishment of vocational training schools in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand; and (iv) the repayment of short-term debt. The proposed investment is expected to increase the provision and access to quality education services. The Company''s expansion into new markets is not only expected to increase the supply of highly in-demand education services, but also improve the quality of service in those market given the strength of Raffles'' core programs. The establishment of Raffles'' schools in markets like India and Bangladesh for example will also offer another option for students seeking international curriculum, but who do not wish to leave their home country. In addition, the project will support the development of private education services in India through partnership with an established market leader.
Wavemaker Pacific 3 LP Wavemaker Pacific 3, L.P.  (Wavemaker SEA Fund III or the Fund) is targeted to be a US$100 million Venture Capital (VC) fund focused on seed stage investments in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. The Fund aims to invest primarily in Business-to-Business (B2B) companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs creating superior value by leveraging technology to deliver high-impact Automation, Data & Intelligence. Wavemaker's investment strategy is to build a large portfolio, exercise optionality, differentiate with stage (seed) and focus (B2B), and leverage its network. i.	The Fund will provide access to early stage capital for tech-entrepreneurs. Additionally, the Fund is expected to provide strategic and operational value added to its portfolio companies, and support in scaling up and expanding regionally resulting in increased investee growth.
ii.	The Fund will improve competitiveness by demonstrating the viability and growth potential of early stage B2B and deep-tech companies, increasing VC market activity within SEA especially in the relatively underserved markets of Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Exacta Asia Investment III, LP The proposed investment is for up to US$25 million (capped at 20% of total commitments) in Exacta Asia Investment III, LP (the Fund, Exacta III or Fund III), a US$350 million (target) private equity (PE) fund investing in Southeast Asia (SE Asia). The Fund is sector agnostic and will invest in significant minority positions, and opportunistically, control stakes, in lower middle market companies in SE Asia. Expected development impact outcomes include i) providing access to equity capital for lower mid-market companies in SE Asia, and ii) value creation for the Funds portfolio companies through hands-on operational and strategic support.
MIFA Debt Fund The project consists of the establishment of a facility that will increase access to finance to micro-borrowers and low-income households in the Asia region, including East Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia.  The proposed facility, the Microfinance Initiative For Asia Debt Fund (MIFA Fund or the Fund) will:   i) offer market-based debt financing  with an emphasis on local currency and longer-term financing  to financial entities serving micro businesses (microfinance institutions or MFIs), with a focus on reaching smaller and less developed MFIs;  ii) help establish microfinance as an asset class with mainstream investors and leverage donor funds with private capital; and  iii) support capacity building among financial entities serving micro entities.  The project is directly in line with IFCs microfinance strategy to reach large but underserved markets, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.  A parallel TA facility will provide capacity building support to the MFIs. i)	Poverty reduction: The project is in line with the IFC microfinance strategy for increased outreach in South, East and Central Asia, especially in large countries like India and China, home to 40% of the world''s population.  Microfinance penetration rates in this region remain among the lowest globally. By supporting the expansion and sustainability of well performing MFIs, the project will improve access to finance for thousands of micro and small borrowers. This in turn will stimulate growth, employment generation and poverty alleviation in the region.  ii)	Access to local currency commercial longer-tenor funding for MFIs: By lending in local currency, the Fund will facilitate the access of Asian emerging market MFIs to commercial funding that is better tailored to their needs. It will reduce the volatility of MFI loan portfolios, as currently most MFIs are unable to properly address the currency mismatch risk.  Further, the Fund aims to provide longer tenor funding and subordinated debt products, a clear need for MFIs currently.  iii) Mobilization: the Fund will mobilize resources from local and private partners to promote microfinance as a viable asset class.  iv) Capacity-building: the TA Facility will aim to build the capacity of microfinance institutions, with a focus on business and finance skills, MIS development, and corporate governance.
IHH Healthcare Berhad The project involves IFC investing in the growth of IHH Healthcare Berhad (IHH or the Company), a Malaysia-based healthcare and medical education company with operations in eight countries across Asia and Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East and North Africa (CEEMENA). IHH operates, directly or indirectly, over 4,800 licensed beds in 30 hospitals, as well as medical centers, clinics and ancillary healthcare businesses across eight countries which include Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey, India, China and Hong Kong, Brunei, Vietnam, and Macedonia. It employs more than 24,000 people worldwide. 1. Potential transfer of expertise from IHH''s portfolio brands including Acibadem, Parkway and Pantai to lower income markets, thereby improving access and quality of healthcare for the middle class in these markets, expanding the scope of health care services that are available, and improving the quantity and quality of medical professionals trained in these countries. 2. Development of high level skills and creation of higher income jobs through education, training and employment of doctors, nurses, and lab technicians. The development of such skills is expected to positively impact the wider market over time.  3. Promotion of South-South investments across Asia and CEEMENA.