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DCM XP Investimentos II The proposed investment (the Project) consists of an A loan of up to US$5 million and a B loan of up to US$80 million to XP Investimentos S.A. (XP or the Company) to support the expansion of XPs client base. Widening access to financial inclusion: The Project will be supporting the development and consolidation of a wide platform of distribution of assets, through which XP was able to connect investors looking for alternative ways of investing, and companies and small and medium size banks looking for diversified funding sources.

Greater competitiveness: The Project has the potential to promote greater competitiveness in the credit market for small and medium-sized companies, stimulating innovation and competition.

Market integration: The Project will contribute to greater deepening of financial markets by further increasing access to products and services for retail investors.
Sao Manoel Project 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0000             The proposed IFC investment consists of an A/B loan financing package to   Usina Açucareira S. Manoel S.A.   ("Sao Ma  n  o  el  " or "the Company").   Established   in the 19  49     and owned   by the   Dinucci   family, Sao   Manoel   is   one of the most competitive Brazilian sugar and ethanol producers. The Company   operates   one sugar mill   in the state of Sao Paulo with a total capacity to process     4  .3   mill  ion tons of sugarcane     annually. - Stakeholders: The investment will contribute to creating skilled jobs and increasing female employment.
  - Private Sector Development: The investment will support the continued expansion of a competitive domestic
player in the sugar and ethanol industry, one of the most important sectors in the Brazilian economy.
  - Payments to Government: The Brazilian agribusiness sector is highly competitive globally and is key to the
economy in terms of its capacity to raise Government revenues. This investment will allow the Company to
expand its operations and will contribute to the growth of the Brazilian economy.
  - Climate Change: IFC's investment in Sao Manoel will contribute to climate change mitigation by promoting
the use of renewable fuel in a country with expanding demand.
  - Sustainability: The investment will contribute to disseminating the adoption of solid agricultural practices, as
by promoting the use of innovative technologies São Manoel reports high productivity levels compared to the
industry average.
AG Concession Incorporated in November 2000,  AGC has been established as a holding company that focuses on infrastructure businesses.   Existing projects include five Brazilian toll road concessions and a minority stake in the country''s first partially-privatized state water company.   The focus of   AGC''s   investment strategy will be in the privatization of state-owned water companies, private toll roads and other concession based infrastructure businesses in Brazil.     IFC''s strategy in infrastructure development has been to assist Brazil in modernising its infrastructure by encouraging the participation of the private sector in the provision of infrastructure services.   The     investment would also be strongly in line with IFCs strategy of supporting projects which demonstrate the viability of private investments in the newly opened and more difficult infrastructure sectors, such as water and sanitation, where local financial resources are     limited and thus IFC can play an important role in structuring and mobilization  .   AGC, as other private water operators, is facing relatively   short maturity in local financial markets and does not currently have reasonable access to long-term capital funds for its investments.   IFC''s support could help develop local capacity to  participate in the privatization of a public utility sector.
Itau SME NE CL The project consists of a new syndicated facility to Banco Itaú BBA, S.A, (Itaú BBA or the Bank), the wholesale subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco Holdings (IUH).  IUH is an existing partner to IFC and one of the largest banks in Brazil.  It offers a wide range of financial services including banking services to individuals, micro, small and medium enterprises, and large corporate clients through Itaú BBA.  This above Project will support Itaú BBAs lending operations in the frontier regions of Brazil, especially in the North and Northeast, assisting the Bank to grow its credit portfolio and presence in those regions. 1)	Increase access to finance in frontier regions with focus on smaller and middle sized companies. 2)	Assist in  the development of companies located in frontier regions of the country which are still underserved by the domestic financial markets.
Tribanco Mobiliz Tribanco (the Company or the Bank) was created in 1990 to serve as the financial link in distribution chain of Martins Comércio e Serviços de Distribuição S.A. (Martins), the retail distribution arm of IMS (Integrated Martins System). Accordingly, it provides a full range of financial services to support the retailers (small and microenterprises) of IMS.   This will be IFCs fifth project with Tribanco and aims to introduce the Bank to the international syndicated bank market (the Project). The Project is a natural continuation of IFCs relationship with the Bank. The project will (i) increase access to finance to MSMEs; and (ii) introduce Tribanco to international funding markets for the first time. Additionally, the project will support a unique business model that promotes the sustainability of these MSMEs by delivering advisory and partnership support (through the Smart affiliate network).
Guia Bolso Project The proposed project consists in an up to US$4 million equity investment in the Series C Equity Funding Round in Guia Bolso (Guia Bolso or the Company), a leading Personal Finance Management Application in Brazil to expand their operations that help to increase the competitiveness and transparency of the countrys financial services market. Guia Bolso increases transparency in the financial services market in Brazil and helps to lower cost and improve access to financial services to consumers.
ABC Climate II The indicative proposed investment consists of a 5-year loan of up to US$100 million to Banco ABC Brasil S.A. (ABC or the Bank), an existing IFC client since 2009. The proposed investment aims to continue supporting the Banks lending to climate-smart sub-projects, with a focus on (i) climate-smart agriculture projects if the sugarcane, coffee and orange crops are granted with an eligible certification (RenovaBio, Bonsucro. Rainforest Alliance and RSB); and (ii) renewable energy projects for the energy generation and transmission associated to sugarcane biomass projects (the Project). This Project is part of IFCs strategy of fostering the greening of the banking sector in Brazil. IFC expects that this Project will increase access to climate finance in Brazil, particularly in (i) the renewable energy segment by supporting the generation, transmission and distribution associated to sugarcane biomass projects and (ii) climate smart agriculture segment with eligible loans that are accepted if the sugarcane, coffee and orange crops are granted with an eligible certification.
Bauducco Growth 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0000          The proposed IFC investment consists of an A / B/ Trust loan financing package to Pandurata Alimentos Ltda ("Bauducco" or "the Company"). Bauducco  ,   founded in 1952  ,   is one of the leading baked products companies in Brazil  , producing   panettones  ,   toasts, cookies  ,   wafer biscuits   and other baked products  . The Company produces baked products under 3 complementary brands (Bauducco, Visconti and Tommy) to target the entire spectrum of Brazilian consumers.    Bauducco is currently carrying out an investment program of   about   US$  70   million over the next 2 years   consisting of     (i)   expansion of   its plant in   Extrema  , (ii) civil construction to expand its Guarulhos plant;   and (iii  ) associated working   capital needs  . The Project is expected to have a positive development impact by i) supporting a competitive player in the baked products industry and ii) creating new jobs, with a significant portion of these for women. In terms of market impact, Bauducco is expected to increase competitiveness and inclusiveness.
Biosev Project Biosev S.A. (Biosev or the Company), the worlds second largest sugarcane processor, is undertaking an investment program consisting of agricultural capital expenditures aiming at increasing volume of sugarcane produced and investments in debottlenecking projects to increase crushing capacity and efficiency (the Project). The Project will increase the Companys volume of crushed cane, resulting in higher production of sugar, ethanol and co-generation. To support the investment program, Biosev requested IFC to invest through a private equity issuance. The remainder of the funds to finance the Project will come from the Companys internal cash generation. The proposed investment will be supporting a leading player to optimize its sugarcane, sugar, ethanol and energy production. The Project is expected to have the following key developmental impacts in the local economy:  i.	Impact on frontier regions: By supporting the Company''s growth plan in frontier regions, the Project will foster economic development by increasing agricultural production and ensuring the maintenance of around 60,000 direct and indirect jobs in areas which are highly dependent on the agricultural sector for income generation.  ii.	Third party cane growers and land owners: because Biosev leases a significant amount of land from which its sugarcane is planted, its operations are a source of revenue and access to market for the owners and producers of about 538,000 ha of land from which sugarcane is sourced. About 37 percent of Biosev''s sugarcane is procured from 1,300 independent sugarcane farmers, the remainder is produced on approximately 340,000 ha of land leased from local land owners.  iii.	Energy security from a renewable source: Biosev will increase the production of electricity generation from biomass which reduces GHG emissions. The electricity supply in Brazil is largely based on hydropower which, although positive from a climate change perspective, requires alternative complementary energy generation sources due to its seasonality. Sugarcane bagasse is available for co-generation when the hydro dams are at their lowest levels during the year and is a renewable energy complement for ensuring energy security in Brazil. Ethanol produced from sugarcane is currently the most competitive renewable fuel, and is largely used in Brazil as a gasoline substitute.  iv.	E&S best practices: IFC''s environmental and social action plan requires the Company''s mills to implement best-in-class practices. Key upgrades will be implemented in occupational health and safety (OHS) practices and community engagement. In the middle term, Biosev committed to be managed consistently with Bonsucro practices (although actual certification is not a requirement), which are the industry gold standards for the sugar and ethanol industry. These standards entail sustainable land management, labor practices, biodiversity, pollution prevention and community engagement.
Ruralfone Project Ruralfone is a Brazilian company which provides low cost basic telephone service to customers in small cities under the band name Local. The company launched operations in 2005 and has successfully implemented an innovative business model in two small cities in the state of Ceara in the northeast of the country. The company now wishes to expand its operations to cover more cities.     The project will finance the expansion of the Local services to an additional 10 cities. IFC has invited to participate in this project with an equity/quasi equity instrument. This project will have a significant development impact on the target areas:  - Increased connectivity: Ruralfone has already increased teledensity by 65% in the two twons where it is active, reaching 12% penetration. 75% of subscribers did not have a fixed line prior to acquiring service from Ruralfone. Further growth is still expected as national penetration average is over 20%. A repetition of these results in other cities is expected.  - Improvement of local economy and business environment: Small business entrepreneurs and service providers have seen an increase in productivity from better connectivity to the local population as a result of faster business transactions and better information. About one third of Ruralfone lines are taken by local SMEs as their business line.  - Local employment and skills generation: Ruralfone has a decentralized structure. It hires and train management from the local population, building important skills for the local people in the process.  - Improved social and government services:  In the towns where the company operates, the local government has been able to increase by more than ten times the number of telephone lines it operates, improving accessibility to the community and response times. Additionally, the cost effective service has allowed local governments to provide additional social benefits such as hot lines for violence against women and children, tourist information lines, etc.  - Increased local tax revenues:  Ruralfone has become one of the highest VAT contributors in the cities where it operates.  A repetition of all of these results in other cities is expected.
Escol@24Horas.com The project consists of a potential IFC investment of US$3.25 million equivalent in the capitalization of    Escol@24   Horas, a mini education portal in Brazil providing support tutoring services by email, on a 24 hours per day basis to fee paying students of client education institutions.     Escol@s    objective is to extend the learning capacity and resources of schools to the students home using the internet.    This investment has the potential to provide opportunities to Brazilian state and federal governments to work along side the World Bank and achieve greater economic distribution of education subsidies in conjunction with Information Communication & Technology initiatives.  Through its involvement in Escol@, IFC would play a pioneering role by investing and assisting in the formation of a start-up web-based education company in Brazil focused on using the Internet to improve both the access and content of education material.  For new companies like Escol@, IFCs presence in the project lends credibility, especially in its dealings with schools, state and national education boards.
ABN AMRO REAL The project will consist of an A Loan of up to $50 million divided in two tranches of $25 million each (the Facility) to be extended to Banco ABN AMRO Real S.A. (Banco Real or the Bank).  It will support two forms of Sustainability-oriented business activities at the Bank:  

-   Environment-related lending, and 
-  Credit support for family-owned, middle-market companies that improve their Corporate Governance (CG) practices.

In both Environment- and CG-related on-lending supported by the Facility, the Bank has agreed to use IFCs Sustainability Framework as its principal tool in making credit decisions involving sub-projects that will receive funding.  

Banco Real is the first financial institution in the world to agree to use IFCs Sustainability Framework in such a fashion.  Furthermore, in the case of Environment-related sub-projects, in addition to conformity with IFCs Sustainability Framework as well as Banco Reals own (and already benchmark-setting) Environmental and Social Policy, the Bank has agreed to go beyond full compliance with both sets of standards.  

As such, Banco Real will use Facility proceeds to finance only those sub-projects that rate Level 2 or higher in the Environmental component of IFCs Sustainability Framework, thereby increasing the likely contribution of the relevant sub-projects to socially sustainable development.
Daycoval Mobiliz Established as a multiple bank in 1989 and listed at Bovespa stock exchange since June 2007, Banco Daycoval S.A. (Daycoval or the Bank) is one of the leading mid-sized Brazilian banks operating in the middle market segment. In 2009, Daycovals credit portfolio reached R$3.9 billion, with total assets of R$7.1 billion and net income of R$211.1 million. 

The project involves the subscription by IFC, of a local currency-indexed note for an amount up to $25 million. The project also includes a B-Loan, for an amount of up to $75 million.  The Note and B-Loan proceeds will be used by the Bank to expand its lending activities involving SME companies. Daycoval has expertise in credit operations secured by collateral, particularly involving SME borrowers.  The two major development impacts embedded in this project are: (i) making additional credit resources available to the underserved SME segment, and (ii) helping maintain a competitive environment in the concentrated Brazilian banking sector.
Fitesa II Project Fitesa Naotecidos S.A. (Fitesa or the Company) is one of largest global manufacturers of nonwoven fabrics for hygiene, medical, and industrial sectors. With headquarters in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, Fitesa operates 22 plants and 5 innovation centers across 12 countries. Fitesa is undergoing an expansion project to increase its capacity in Brazil. IFC expects the Project will contribute to generate direct indirect value-addition through its impact on supply chain and consumer spending. The project is anticipated to have an environmental impact, as it aims to implement measures and innovative technologies to increase the use of climate-resilient production processes. At the market level, the Project may contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the non-woven textile industry in Brazil.
AEGEA Equity IFC is increasing its equity position in AEGEA Saneamento S.A. (AEGEA or the Company), a leading private provider of water and sanitation services in Brazil that is looking to expand its operations, including into frontier regions in the North and Northeast of Brazil. The Project is expected to increase water and sewerage service coverage in AEGEA''s service area, which is expected to expand throughout Brazil, including frontier regions. This increased coverage leads to positive health impact for the population, especially the poor. Diseases associated with poor sanitation decreased by 34% between 2005 and 2009 in Campo Grande, after AEGEA increased sewage collection and treatment there. This reduction of diseases results in lower absenteeism of students and workers, as well as reduced health expenditures, with substantial positive impact in the economy.  The Project will also lead to increase in population that receive water and sanitation services from a private operator and to reduced water losses and energy consumption. Indicators to be tracked will include: (i) total number of individual residential customers receiving new or improved water services; (ii) volume of sewage treated; (iii) volume of freshwater saved (reduced physical water losses); (iv) reduction in water losses (NRW - including commercial losses); and (v) reliability of water services (average hours of service per 24 hour period).
Latapack Project Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda (Latapack or the company) is an established Brazilian manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans. Founded in 1995, Latapack has two production facilities: one in the city of Jacareí, Sao Paulo state, and the other in the city of Simoes Filho, in the frontier-region state of Bahia. Responding to the demands of the rapidly-growing Brazilian beverage can market, Latapack plans to build a new production facility and to increase the capacity of its existing plants. Supporting competitive domestic market leader with operations in a frontier region of Brazil/Employment Creation:   The project will support a Brazilian manufacturer of competitive products. The investment program contemplates the modernization and expansion of Latapacks Bahia plant and is expected to result in increased employment in the area. The construction of a new facility in Três Rios contemplated by the investment program is also expected to bring additional employment, training and supply linkage opportunities to the local population, as well as temporary employment opportunities during the construction phase. In total, the project is expected to create approximately 100 direct jobs and 400 indirectly.  Strengthening of a sector with higher value addition:   Brazils economy is known for its competitiveness in raw materials and agricultural products. However, in most cases, the initial production stages remain in the country, whereas other stages, in which value is added to the product, are conducted in other countries. Typical examples are soybean and coffee, which are produced very competitively in Brazil, but are most frequently industrialized abroad. Latapack makes beverage cans from aluminum, adding to the raw material value that remains in the country and helping develop the relevant local expertise and technology.  Supporting the upgrades of facilities using state of the art, energy efficient manufacturing standards:  The project will support a manufacturer that uses most modern, environmentally-friendly technologies and processes.
GTFP Itau Brazil The proposed project is an unfunded trade finance facility under IFCs Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) of up to US$250 million with Itau Unibanco S.A. (Itau or the Bank). The purpose of the proposed IFC trade line is to support Itaus trade program. GTFPs investment in the form of a trade line will offer confirming banks partial or full guarantees covering payment risk of the Bank in the Republic of Brazil for their trade-related transactions. Not applicable
USJ Project USJ (USJ or the company) has a three-year investment program which began in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 and will end in FY2009 to build and expand two sugar and ethanol mills in Goias.  The investment program will increase USJs sugar cane crushing capacity from 5.5 to 10 million mt (metric tons) per year, with most of the expansion in sugar cane supply coming from small and medium farmers in the state of Goias that currently farm lower return crops.  The investment program includes:   - doubling capacity at its Quirinopolis mill (Goias) from 2.25 to 4.5 million mt,  - building a 2.25 million mt greenfield mill in Cachoeira Dourada (Goias),  - increasing electricity co-generation capacity from sugarcane bagasse by 58MW,  - the purchase of farm equipment, - planting 25,100 hectares of cane on own and rented land, and  - additional working capital. The project will support the corporate investment program of a competitive Brazilian sugar producer.  It will contribute the continued growth of USJ by helping the company:   - expand its sugar and ethanol production capacity by 82% from 5.5 million mt to 10 million mt in Goias,  - increase cogeneration capacity from 28MW to 86 MW during harvest season,  - provide third party supply contracts to new farmers, representing additional 31,500 hectares,  - create 850 additional jobs in agriculture and the mill, which in turn will contribute to the expansion of two municipalities, and  - contribute climate change benefits through the substitution effects from displacing fossil fuels with ethanol.
Department of Energy, Nonproliferation and International Security Georgia Research and Development Projects.
Department of Energy, Development of Technical Assistance Programs - Grid Cybersecurity Grid Cybersecurity Exercise and Training for the Republic of Georgia and Regional Partners
MOU between the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) of Department of State and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of Department of Energy for provision of funding to implement the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program - Commodity Identification Training Workshop.
Department of Energy, Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction (NA-212) Department of Energy, Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction (NA-212).