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AEF Tacks Farms Limited Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Ghana-Tacks Farm Limited              Region    Sub-Saharan Africa        Sector       Project No007617   Projected Board DateJune 16, 1996   Company NameTacks Farm Limited (TFL)   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	The company is equally owned by Mr. S. N. and Mrs. G. Tackie.  Mr. Tackie is a chemical engineer by profession and recently retired from his position as Managing Director of LAir Liquide Ghana Limited, the Ghanaian subsidiary of the French multinational company.  Mr. Tackie will devote himself to the management of the farm and will serve as Chief Executive Officer of TFL and Mrs. Tackie will serve as Managing Director.    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	The total project cost is estimated at US$729,000.  IFC has been requested to provide a loan of US$209,000.    Location of project and Description of site    	The farms are located in the Eastern region of Ghana and are approximately an hour drive apart.  Both farms are leasehold properties with over forty years remaining.  Total farming area to date is 156 hectares.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	The company was established in Accra in May, 1984 and concentrates on the production of fruits and vegetables for the European market, namely mangoes, papayas, Asian vegetables and beans for export.  The purpose of the project is to upgrade and expand the irrigation system, construct cold and dry storage facilities and acquire farm vehicles.  The project will enable TFL to meet international supermarkets fruit and vegetable standards.    Environmental Category and Issues    	This is an environmental review category B project.  Environmental, health and safety issues associated with this project include pesticide handling and application, Integrated Pest Management, water supply, waste disposal, hygiene and housekeeping, CFCs and employee safety and training.  The company has submitted information addressing all of the issues listed above and has committed to ensure that all safety issues and environmental programs are carried out in accordance with local government requirements and World Bank guidelines.      The  is  from the Public Information Center.        Date SPI sent to PIC     May 16, 1996      For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 676-0365  Environmental documents for this project are available at http://www.ifc.org and from the World Bank InfoShop (http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/aboutinfo.html).
AEF Esoko Project Esoko Networks Ltd. (Esoko or the company) began as TradeNet in 2004 as a software application undertaken by a Ghanaian software incubator BusyLab. Esokos product is a market information platform - an SMS and web-based platform that enables real time data gathering and dissemination to end-users (any internet or mobile phone user).  The platform can be applied to any application or industry that would benefit from direct access to a mobile phone based-population, specifically one that requires low-cost usage.  Esoko has developed a strategy to expand its operation in Africa and Asia through franchising.  Esoko operates its own franchise in Ghana (Esoko Ghana  100% owned) in order to showcase the product and provide feedback for product development.  Esoko Networks has licensed its platform in 8 African countries and Afghanistan.  Most licensees are public projects, government initiatives or NGOs seeking to establish commercial market information systems.  The first and most developed application on the platform is Esoko Market Live, a market information system for the agri-business sector.   This product provides agriculture commodity prices (input and output) and trading capability to rural farmers, buyers, traders, associations and agri-businesses mostly via SMS.  Customer feedback indicates a reduction in market inefficiencies through improvement in supply chains, more equitable pricing and better access to markets for farmers and buyers. Market information systems have a high development impact in industries where they are implemented as dissemination of pricing information empowers producers, particularly in low income economies.  Markets in Ghana and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa are inefficient. These markets are characterized by the following constraints: long transaction cycles between producers and consumers; poor access to appropriate and timely market information; low product volumes of varied quality offered by small scale and individual producers; and poorly structured and inefficient markets. The lack of market information represents a significant impediment to market access especially for small producers: it substantially increases transaction costs and reduces market efficiency.  The marketing chain consists of multiple middlemen, each taking a margin at every stage of the chain, and price variations in space and time are often large and erratic.  In case of Esoko Market Live, Esoko is helping farmers to increase their incomes by giving them better access to markets and by empowering them to negotiate better transaction terms.  In addition, Esokos platform will promote cross border trade through more transparent  facilitation of supply and demand information.  The Esoko platform has the potential to stabilize supplies (by avoiding over production) as well as prices.  It is expected that awareness created by Esoko platform will improve farm-gate prices, reduce spatial arbitrage between markets, enable the introduction of new products such as weather insurance in Africa and may lead to the foundation of a formal commodities exchange.
Ecobank Ghana Tier II Subordinated Debt The proposed project consists of a Tier II eligible subordinated debt of $20 million to Ecobank Ghana (EBG).  IFCs investment aims to strengthen the capital base of the Bank and support its growth and diversification strategy in the retail and medium size enterprises segments. The project is expected to support Ghanas efforts to strengthen the banking sector through stronger and well capitalized banks.  Although Tier II Capital is defined in Ghanas regulatory framework, it has had only a limited use by the commercial banks.  The project will contribute to developing the use of Tier II loans as a way of recapitalizing financial institutions while protecting shareholders return.
Ghana Printing & Packaging Industries Limited In April 1999, Messrs. Omais and Abdul-Massih set up GPPI, a limited liability company incorporated in Ghana with a stated capital of US$500,000.  The company is authorised to carry out the business of printing and packaging.  The project is to establish a modern printing and packaging factory in Ghana at Tema to produce corrugated boxes, labels and folding boxes. The corrugated boxes is primarily targetted at exporters of agricultural produce whilst the labels and folding boxes are intended to satisfy some demand from multinationals and local companies operating in various industries in Ghana.     IFC''s role    IFC''s involvement provides a term loan to the project in a country in which term lending to small and medium size companies is limited.  With IFC encouraging GPPI to adopt World Bank environmental policies and guidelines, the project will help improve environmental standards in the printing industry in Ghana.       Developmental Impact    The establishment of GPPI will introduce modern technology and training of staff which is generally lacking in the industry.  Furthermore, it will enhance competition and raise the quality of finished products.  The project is expected to create 95 jobs.
A&C Corner Investments  Limited The Project consists of a greenfield development of a 100 percent retail facility in East Legon, a fast-growing suburb of Accra, Ghana (the Project). The Project is aimed at providing an A-Grade modern shopping centre, leisure and corporate business environment offering visitors the concept of a one-stop shopping experience. The Project will be owned A&C Development Company Limited (A&C Development or the Company). The Project is expected to provide modern retail space that will be built around the concept of home improvement that currently does not exist in Ghana as well as to reduce the prices of and to provide more options for building materials and home improvement supplies. Beyond the Project, IFC anticipates that the investment will promote greater competitiveness by exhibiting the demand for this new type of retail store to other international retailers to expand into Ghana or into other African countries where there is currently no or limited supply of home improvement goods.
Fidelity A Loan The proposed Project consists of a senior loan of US$20 million, to an existing client, Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited (Fidelity Ghana or the Bank). Fidelity Ghana is a universal bank licensed since June 28th 2006. Prior to obtaining the banking license, Fidelity Ghana was a leading discount house in Ghana.    IFCs investment aims to support the Banks lending program to SMEs. 1. Access to finance: The proposed investment is expected to widen access to finance for SMEs in Ghana, thereby increasing job creation and supporting economic growth.  2. Strengthening an important player in the banking sector: The project will improve Fidelity''s profile and financial strength, thereby increasing its competitiveness.  3. Demonstration effect:  The project will also play a catalytic role in increasing investments by other players in the Ghanaian financial sector.
AshesiUniversity Ashesi University College, (Ashesi) is a private liberal arts college in Accra, Ghana with a student body of 400 students focused on providing quality education, ethics and personal empowerment. Since its opening in 2002, Ashesi has been operating out of leased facilities. Ashesi has embarked on an expansion program and intends to build an entirely new physical campus in Berekuso, 15 miles outside of Accra. The Project comprises construction of the first phase of the expansion program and will include a new set of academic buildings, classrooms, administrative buildings, cafeteria, library new dormitory building and relevant infrastructure. The first phase of expansion will increase capacity to 600 students and provide on-campus housing for 240 students. Future phases of development will increase on-campus housing. Ghana''s tertiary enrollment rate of 5% is low and the demand for tertiary education greater than current supply. Ashesi aims to educate a new generation of ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa. The Project will increase access and delivery of good quality tertiary education in Ghana and support Ashesi in the next phase of its expansion and growth with the construction of its own physical campus facilities. In a short time, Ashesi has achieved an excellent local reputation and is known as one of the best private tertiary education institutions in Ghana. It is contributing to setting good quality industry standards with a strong demonstration effect for the local tertiary education sector (public and private) and has a high rate of graduate employment. Ashesi also provides a substantial financial aid program  currently about 40% of its students are beneficiaries of this program.
BOP Access Gh The proposed project consists of a 5-year senior unsecured loan of up to US$20 million in USD to Access Bank Ghana (Access Ghana or the Bank) to support the provision of funding to Micro, Small, and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana (the Project). The Project will include up to US$10 million on IFCs own account and up to US$10 million in funded mobilization. Up to 30% of the aggregate loans proceeds will be earmarked to women and women-owned MSMEs, on a best-efforts basis. The Project is being processed under IFCs Base of the Pyramid (BOP) Program to support the growth of the banks MSME portfolio and will benefit from up to US$130 million Pooled First Loss Guarantee (PFLG) on the BOP Program-level provided by International Development Agency IDA Private Sector Window Blended Finance Facility (IDA-PSW BFF). The project will provide financing to MSMEs located in Ghana.The most significant expected project-level outcome for the project is access to finance for MSMEs. Beyond the Project, this transaction is part of a programmatic approach that IFC anticipates has the potential to promote greater Competitiveness. IFCs program helps address the critical challenges in Ghana's SME finance market by demonstrating the commercial viability of new SME lending business models that serve a wide array of MSMEs.
ECOBANK (II) REVISED Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Ecobank (Ghana) Limited              Region    Sub-Saharan Africa        Sector       Project No007348   Projected Board DateMarch 29, 1996   Company NameEcobank (Ghana) Limited   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	Ecobanks major shareholders are as follows: Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI)(58%) and Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) (20%). ETI is an international institution based in Lomé, Togo, that acts as a holding company for other banks in West Africa (Nigeria, Togo, Benin and Cote dIvoire).    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	US$7 million (IFC A Loan of US$5 million).    Location of project and Description of site    	Accra, Ghana    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	Ecobank (Ghana) Limited s a well-run, dynamic merchant bank specializing in money market and securities activities, corporate finance and term lending. The project is aimed at providing Ecobank with the necessary medium-term foreign exchange resources to expand its term lending business in favor of local private sector companies undertaking investment and expansion projects.     Environmental Category and Issues    	This is a Category FI project according to IFCs environmental review procedures.  Ecobank will be required to undertake an environmental review of eligible borrowers environmental performance and each sub-projects compliance with the Government of Ghanas environmental, health and safety requirements as well as applicable World Bank policies and guidelines.  In addition, IFC will assess Ecobanks capability to carry out environmental reviews.    The  is  from the Public Information Center.       Date SPI sent to PIC:    Revised:    February 28, 1996   March 5, 1996      For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 676-0365
Ghana BDC II The proposed project involves the renewal of the existing Master Risk Participation Agreement (MRPA) with Standard Chartered Bank(SCB) for a trade facility of US$150 million for the issuance of Letters of Credit (LC) to a Ghanaian bulk distribution company (BDC) for the importation of petroleum products into Ghana for another 3 years starting from June 2013. The BDC under consideration is Chase Petroleum Ghana Limited (Chase). Of the total facility amount, IFCs exposure will be up to US$75 million through the risk sharing arrangement, whereby, IFC will effectively share the underlying credit risk of the BDC with SCB. (i) Alleviation of Fuel Shortages and Meeting Demand Growth:  IFC will support the largest fuel importer who is contributing to alleviation of fuel shortages. Given the empirical evidence of a high correlation between energy consumption and GDP growth and a direct relationship between the absence of adequate energy and many poverty indicators, the project has significant economic importance for the country.      (ii) Deepening Ghanaian Financial Markets: The project supplements the facilities offered by local banks and IFC''s GTFP program through providing additional cost effective trade finance solutions in Ghana. (iii) Private Sector Development: The facility is supporting Ghanaian private sector companies in a recently deregulated and growing sector.
Technical Assistance for Banking & Financial Services - Costa Rica The advisor is providing technical assistance to the Banca para el desarrollo (BSD) to modify, complement, and modernize the existing Secured Transaction Law in Costa Rica in order to align it with best international practices. The SBD drafted the formal assistance request in coordination with the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN), Ministerio de Planificacin Nacional y Poltica Econmica and the Supreme Court of Justice. It included request for assistance to build capacity and train qualified personnel to design innovative financial products and services leveraging the benefits of the new law of Secured Transactions aimed at granting access to credit to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Technical Assistance for Revenue Administration and Revenue Policy - Costa Rica The goal of this project is to strengthen the GoCR's tax regime in support of increased domestic resource mobilization -- as a part of the Government's broader economic reforms -- by building the DGT's capacity in key operational areas, including: 1) general taxpayer audit; 2) audit quality review; 3) tax crimes investigations; 4) internal investigations; 5) debt collection; 6) project management and change management; and 7) Internal Audit.
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Technical Assistance for Economic Crimes Assist the government of Costa Rica (GoCR) to: (a) increase its capacity to investigate and prosecute money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption and other economic crimes; (b) effectively identify, seize, manage and dispose of the illicit assets of organized crime; and (c) strengthen regulation and risk-based supervision of non-bank financial institutions. Lead implementation of a Regional Law Enforcement Working Group aimed at increasing information sharing and coordination to enhance the prosecution of money laundering and asset forfeiture in Central America.
Technical Assistance for Costa Rica - Economic Crimes Assist the government of Costa Rica (GoCR) to: (a) increase its capacity to investigate and prosecute money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption and other economic crimes; (b) effectively identify, seize, manage and dispose of the illicit assets of organized crime; and (c) strengthen regulation and risk-based supervision of non-bank financial institutions. Lead implementation of a Regional Law Enforcement Working Group aimed at increasing information sharing and coordination to enhance the prosecution of money laundering and asset forfeiture in Central America.
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Technical Assistance for Banking and Financial Services - Costa Rica The goal of this project is to assist the GoCR with creating an enabling environment that facilitates increased access to financial services, particularly for small borrowers and MSMEs, in support of inclusive, private sector-led economic growth. Project components will focus on increasing the usage of secured transactions and movable asset collateral by: 1) assessing the current secured transactions regime and determining barriers to usage by financial institutions; 2) revising the legal and regulatory framework for secured transactions; and 3) designing a standard financial product to be offered under the secured transactions regime.
Technical Assistance for Economic Crimes Assist government in drafting Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) legislative framework that is compliant with international standards. Support implementation of risk based AML/CFT supervision of financial institutions and financial intermediaries. Assist in regulation and supervision of bank and non-bank financial institutions, including development of off- and on-site examination policies and procedures. Assist government in increasing capacity to investigate and prosecute money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and customs offences. Lead implementation of a regional law enforcement working group to increase information sharing and coordination and enhance prosecution of money laundering and asset forfeiture.
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Technical Assistance for Government Debt Issuance and Management Implement an organizational development and human resources plan; improve technical capacity of staff to structure and arrange infrastructure financing; define and implement an improved process for awarding supervising and managing concession contracts, improve coordination between CNCand theMOF's Public Credit Office to ensure proper evaluation and reporting ofliabilities in concession contracts; build a capacity to identify and quantify the fiscal impact of projects, risk transfers, value-for-money, and effects of any sovereign guarantees implicit in P3s.
Technical Assistance for Costa Rica - Government Debt Issuance and Management Provide TA to the GOCR on devising a mechanism for the control and supervision of existing PPP contracts; on changes to the current (1/2014) institutional arrangements for PPPs in favor of a program that incorporates best governance and human resources; on the review of several alternate PPP programs and good practices; on a process for identifying and selecting projects suited to implementation via PPP vs. traditional procurement; in developing a meaningful pipeline of projects to be implemented via PPP; in developing an appropriate standardization of process and documents; on procedures and standards for qualifying PPP projects to receive direct investment by or guarantees from the GOCR on procedures and standards for qualifying PPP projects to receive direct investment by national institutional investors; recommended practices for public accounting for PPPs; key commercial provisions to be included in a draft revised PPP law.
Technical Assistance for Costa Rica - Economic Crimes Assist the government of Costa Rica (GoCR) to (a) strengthen the financial intelligence unit (FIU) as a core institution of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime including in the areas of analysis and referral, reporting entity interfaces, and strengthening the relationship with the prosecution service as the recipient of FIU work product; (b) support effective, risk-based AML/CFT supervision of the financial system including the development and/or refinement of manuals, off- and on-site examination policies and procedures, and by facilitating a deeper and more collaborative engagement between supervisory agencies and reporting entities; and, (c) continue to involve Costa Rican AML/CFT stakeholders in regional workshops and other activities along with Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Honduran and Panamanian counterparts as part of the U.S. Governments Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) including enhancements to the management of seized and forfeited assets; improved monitoring of cross border movements; AML/CFT risk mitigation in the insurance, securities, and pension sectors; and a Regional Law Enf
Technical Assistance for Government Debt Issuance and Management Build legal framework for public debt issuance and management; build staff capacity to develop public debt policies and strategies; strengthen analytic capacity; refine current government securities placement system; introduce an organized market-making system; improve coordination of securities issuance by Hacienda and Banco Central de Costa Rica; increase transparency of fiscal/monetary policy and operations; improve cash forecasting; increase participation of retail investors.
National Biodiversity Project NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.