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Commerzbank GTLP The project is for IFC and funding partners (other development finance institutions, DFIs) to assume a funded trade finance risk participation for up to $500 million in the trade finance portfolio of Commerzbank AG, a bank incorporated in Germany, and located at Kaiserplatz, 60261 Frankfurt am Main Germany, structured under IFC GTLPs initiative.   GTLP is part of IFCs multi-faceted global financial crisis response.  It is a funded trade finance program of up to $8 billion that will be mobilized and disbursed in phases to provide IFC with a flexible platform from which to support the extension of funded trade financing to under-served clients globally.  The proposed total IFC investment would be up to $1 billion, which will be leveraged with resources from other DFIs as well as several international banks with an established footprint in emerging markets trade finance.  GTLP is part of IFCs multi-faceted global financial crisis response.  It is a funded trade finance program of up to $8 billion that will be mobilized and disbursed in phases to provide IFC with a flexible platform from which to support the extension of funded trade financing to under-served clients globally.  The proposed total IFC investment will be up to $2 billion and will be leveraged with resources from other DFIs as well as several international banks with an established footprint in emerging markets trade finance. The project is expected to have a significant development impact by increasing funding for trade of consumer goods, intermediate goods, smaller machinery, and commodities demanded by emerging markets enterprises.
GTLP SCB V Project The proposed investment is a funded 50-50% risk-sharing facility with Standard Chartered Bank  in a portfolio of trade-related assets for up to US$700 million  with IFC investment of up to US$350 million (the Project). The project falls under the GTLP program, an innovative and well-received trade finance program launched in 2009. GTLP has proven to be a highly effective means to channel financing to support emerging market trade flows. The program provides liquidity or guarantees thereby helping banks grow their credit limits, manage risk and support trade in the Emerging Markets. Increased access to finance: The Project will increase access to finance for Emerging Market importers and exporters. Improved availability of credit is expected to benefit local enterprises (producers and importers, including SMEs) along with value chain and, therefore, support growth, sustain employment and encourage the generation of higher incomes. 
Demonstration Effect: The Project will show other market participants the strength of an IFC partnership with a major international bank and Program Partners to support trade finance globally. The Project will have a strong demonstration effect by encouraging greater local/regional bank participation in Emerging Markets trade finance, thereby increasing access to such type of financing for local importers and exporters.
ECOM Global IFC is considering providing a $50 million long term subordinated debt facility to ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd (Ecom or the Company), which would support Ecoms internal financing needs to maintain and grow its business (e.g. risk management systems, sustainability initiatives, provision of services to farmers). Ecom is active in sourcing from Latin America, Africa and Asia, and the proposed project will support Ecoms global efforts to continue to source from smallholders and assist smallholders adopt Voluntary Commodities Standards and, as such, improve their overall Environmental and Social performance. The project will create significant benefits to the communities where Ecom operates in terms of employment, business opportunities for small farmers and promotion of sustainable business practices. IFC quasi equity financing and the Advisory Services programs will, directly and indirectly, enable Ecom to expand its sustainability programs which will generate the following development impacts:
-	Improved E&S practices at the farm level and improved traceability and certification of cocoa and coffee;
-	Demonstration effect: other physical merchants attracted to Better Cotton Initiative;
-	Increased farmers' income through training, improved access to market and improved farm productivity. 
-	Improved access to finance for farmers and ability to implement capex at the farm level with-multi-year payback periods where Ecom extends supplier advances
Fluidic Project Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Fluidic Energy (Fluidic or the Company) is an early stage provider of energy storage systems with significant operations in Indonesia. Founded in 2007, the Company supplies zinc-air batteries to support critical loads and backup power applications worldwide. The Companys products are capable of covering ultra-long outages at the lowest cost, and include remote site management, multi-year performance warranties and innovative financing terms. Additionally, Fluidics solutions offer customers significant operating and capital savings making it a viable alternative to the backup incumbent: diesel generators and lead-acid batteries.   The Companys proposed investment plan is focused on the scale up of production in Indonesia, the acceleration of its commercial rollout in the emerging markets and continued research and development. 1. Decrease operating cost of telecoms to facilitate mobile network coverage expansion in remote areas;  2. Contribute to climate change mitigation by reduced diesel consumption and carbon emissions;  3. Generate local jobs at the hubs and satellites established by Fluidic as well as jobs created during installation in remote areas;  4. Promote investment in IDA countries; and 5. Demonstration effect: an investment in Fluidic further enables the Green Power for Mobile initiative, a joint initiative between IFC and GSMA, which aims to replace diesel consumption in the mobile telecom sector in developing countries and especially in Sub Saharan Africa.
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         Demica (the Company) is a market leading provider of working capital solutions to large corporates and financial institutions. Demica combines expertise in structured finance, technology and operations to offer a complete spectrum of working capital solutions, from supply chain finance to trade receivables securitization. Demicas services result in improved working capital for its corporate clients and their worldwide suppliers and distributors, many of which are SMEs. IFC is considering an equity investment in Demica, which will be used to finance the Companys continued global growth. (i) Demica will enhance access to finance for SME suppliers and distributors, by expanding the reach of its innovative and scalable trade and supply chain finance products in emerging markets.
(ii) Demica will offer improved quality and terms of financing for SMEs compared to other forms of finance available. For example, through Demica's supply chain finance platform, SME suppliers can receive financing at terms based on the higher credit ratings of their large corporate buyers, obtaining lower rates than those offered by commercial banks to SMEs based on their own credit profiles.
GEF - Environmental Business Finance Program The aim of the Environmental Business Finance Program (EBFP) is to create a sustainable market for GEF- eligible Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) activities and projects that target the GEF focal areas of climate change, biodiversity, land degradation and persistent organic pollutants.  Through proactive market development, technical assistance and financing support, the EBFP will seek to engage Financial Intermediaries (FIs) to service the GEF-eligible SME market and demonstrate that profitable investment opportunities exist. The EBFP will work with FIs to introduce best practice SME finance tools and training, as well as with SMEs to build local capacity to develop and support viable business plans. The EBFP will proactively develop the GEF-eligible SME market through market assessments, know-how sharing and best practice dissemination, as well as through activities that expand market size and scope, and raise consumer awareness.  In addressing the key obstacles (lack of access to financing, limited capacity and a weak supportive environment), the EBFP aims to create a market for sustainable, mainstream GEF-eligible SMEs.     Note:  the EBFP defines GEF eligible as those activities that target one or more of the Global Environment Facility focal areas of biodiversity, climate change, land degradation and POPs.    Note: SMEs are defined in accordance with the definition of the World Bank Groups (WBG) SME Department, as follows: micro-enterprises up to 10 employees and total assets or total annual revenues of up to $100,000; small enterprises up to 50 employees and total assets or total revenues of up to $3 million, and medium enterprises up to 300 employees and total assets or total annual revenues of up to $15 million. For the purposes of the EBFP the definition of SME includes micro-enterprises.)   The EBFP will be implemented in ten to twelve countries through programs that will be specifically developed for each country. There will be two types of country programs:    -  large country programs and    -  small country programs    The large country programs are intended for countries where there is a market for a range of types of activities, for instance those covering more than two operational programs (OPs).   The small country programs are intended for countries where there is a limited set of activities that can be targeted, for instance those covering just one or two OPs. In addition to country programs, the EBFP will be developing smaller stand-alone interventions which focus on one activity or one intermediary, in up to another ten countries. This particular aspect of the program will focus on non-traditional intermediaries such as the existing clients of the SME Program as well as GEF-eligible medium-sized enterprises or NGOs in countries where there is no specific country program.  Where an activity stands to have a significant impact on a particular sector, or if the enterprise or NGO is working with a particularly innovative approach, the EBFP would consider providing direct financing on the basis of the global environmental benefits to be generated.
IFC-GIPDF Project The IFC Global Infrastructure Project Development Facility (the Facility or IFC-GIPDF) is a facility of up to $100 million, which will provide IFC with a flexible platform from which it can pro-actively support the development of private and PPP infrastructure projects in IDA countries, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.  The Facility will involve dedicating an experienced group of professionals who would have a hands-on approach by actively participating in the early stage project development efforts, which would be partially funded through the Facility.  IFC would, therefore, act as co-developer and provide expertise in critical areas of the project development work.  In this respect, the Facility would be an additional tool available to IFC to address a key constraint to private sector participation in frontier countries/sectors, namely the unavailability of sufficient funds and experienced professionals dedicated to infrastructure projects.    Target projects would include:   - private infrastructure projects at an early stage of development where the sponsor has some form of agreement with the host Government;  - projects that are in the process of being tendered, where IFC would support the prospective investors on a non-exclusive basis during the selection process, to help ensure that the resulting project is bankable, and to help the winning sponsor finalize the development of the project and bring it to financial close;  - early stage private infrastructure projects which do not require a contractual relationship with the host Government (captive plants, logistics, shipping, etc.); and  - post-conflict country initiatives. Request for IFCs involvement could come either from private companies or from Governments.  The Facility will provide risk capital to fund early stages of development of infrastructure projects.  Eligible costs to be funded by the Facility would include:   - consultant expenses and fees;  - planning and feasibility studies, such as environmental and social assessments and related community engagement activities;  - early project development costs, such as permits, land acquisition, prototypes and pilot studies; and  - other project development expenses, as deemed appropriate. The Facility addresses the on-going demand from Government and private investors to receive support from the World Bank Group in the development of an increased pipeline of bankable private and PPP projects.  The Facility is expected to increase the number of private and PPP infrastructure projects in IDA countries, which in turn would supply scarce infrastructure services to companies and citizens in these countries.  The sectors targeted by the facility (i.e., energy, water and transport) typically have high economic returns to society, particularly in low income countries, and are crucial to the overall developmental process.
GTLP SCB III The proposed project, GTLP SCB III, falls under the GTLP program, an innovative and well-received trade finance program launched in 2009.  GTLP has proven to be a highly effective means to channel financing to support emerging market trade flows.  The program provides liquidity or guarantees thereby helping banks grow their credit limits, manage risk and support trade in the Emerging Markets. The GTLP SCB III project is a renewal of the existing GTLP SCB Extn, which followed the original GTLP SCB transaction.  GTLP SCB III is a funded risk-sharing facility of up to US$1.0 billion, with an IFC investment of up to US$500 million in a portfolio of trade finance assets (the Project). Increased access to finance: The Project will increase access to finance for Emerging Market importers and exporters.  Improved availability of credit is expected to benefit local enterprises (producers and importers, including SMEs) along with value chain and, therefore, support growth, sustain employment and encourage the generation of higher incomes.    Demonstration Effect:  The Project will show other market participants the strength of an IFC partnership with a major international bank and Program Partners to support trade finance globally.  The Project will have a strong demonstration effect by encouraging greater local/regional bank participation in Emerging Markets trade finance, thereby increasing access to such type of financing for local importers and exporters.
TPG Alternative and Renewable Technologies The project entails an IFC equity investment of up to US$25 million in TPG Alternative and Renewable Technology Partners, L.P., a 10-year closed end Delaware limited partnership (TPG ART or the Fund). The Fund is targeting US$350 million and aims to invest in companies dedicated to developing and deploying climate friendly technologies in various sectors, primarily, but not limited to, industrial biotechnology, advanced materials and energy efficiency deployments.   An investment in this Fund is an opportunity to support (i) commercialization and scaling up of innovative climate friendly technologies (ii) transfer of climate friendly technologies to emerging markets (iii) flow of investment capital to emerging markets. i.	Private Sector Development: Providing high margin products to be manufactured in emerging markets enabling these countries to export higher value products, thus capturing margin and reinvesting these margins within country ii.	Mitigation: Reduced GHG emissions per unit of energy produced by using the alternative technology iii.	Job Creation: Investments in commercialization and scaling up lead to substantial job creation in the developing countries iv.	Deployment of innovative climate friendly technologies to emerging markets v.	Incorporating IFC's E&S standards, thereby contributing to responsible and sustainable economic development
DARP Global AGM The project consists of establishing a global DARP facility to buy pools of non-performing loans (NPLs) in several emerging markets (EMs). This facility will be funded by IFC and by one or more funds or other investment vehicles managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (Apollo) (the Project). - Capital relief. The Project will enable financial institutions to offload their NPLs, strengthening their balance sheets, freeing up capital and generating liquidity and capacity to originate new loans. - Market transparency. As financial intermediaries increase the sale of NPLs to private investors, the transparency of these institutions'' balance sheets improves, as these assets are priced according to market conditions.  - Access to finance. The Project will facilitate the normalization of obligations of households and small and medium enterprises ("SMEs"), preventing a large number of them from losing their assets, regaining access to formal credit, and preserving jobs.
DCM SRT CACIB III The proposed project consists of an up to US$182 million unfunded IFC risk participation in an approximate US$4 billion global portfolio of predominantly emerging markets trade finance-related credit assets on Crédit Agricole CIBs (CACIB) balance sheet. This risk participation will support further growth in CACIBs trade finance transactions in emerging markets. Stakeholders impact: IFC anticipates that the project will enable CACIB to originate significantly more new trade finance assets over project life across a wide range of EM countries than what would have been the case without the project, using released regulatory capital that CACIB otherwise would have been required to hold against assets in the reference portfolio. The new trade finance business facilitated by the project is expected to help promote the resumption of critical EM trade finance flows in the COVID-19 crisis context. 
Resilience: IFC anticipates that the project will contribute to market resilience in EMs by strengthening financial connectivity between CACIB and banking sectors in target EMs. IFC would leverage CACIB's vast network of correspondent banks in EMs markets to bolster trade finance flows to EMs. In this respect, primary benefit of the project to EMs is provision of trade finance liquidity at the time of acute need.
Education Innovation Fund The Project is to establish an Education Innovation Fund (the Fund), a US$100-150 million venture capital fund, to invest in early to mid stage innovative education companies that will expand access to and quality of education in the emerging markets. As an anchor LP, IFC will provide up to US$20 million in the form of a straight equity investment. Target companies for the Fund would typically include companies that are located in emerging markets, or that have or will have substantial userbases in emerging markets, including companies that have already developed, tested and, in some cases, initiated the commercialization of at least one innovative product and/or service in their home markets. Through the investments carried out by this Fund, target companies would typically aim to improve their market viability in any of the emerging markets, support their commercialization and marketing efforts, and/or finance any other capital or operational expenditure needed for their successful commercialization. The Fund will have an emphasis on global companies with a large potential impact on developing regions, especially Latin America.   Through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process where more than 50 potential fund managers participated, IFC selected Learn Capital (Learn or the Fund Manager), a venture capital fund focusing on investments in the education innovation and technology space, as the fund manager of the proposed Fund. - Accelerate the introduction and expansion of latest education technologies in selected markets, contributing to improved access, quality, efficiency and relevance of local education systems.  - Promote innovation in early stage technology companies through the access to growth capital for expansion in emerging markets.   - Provide a demonstration effect of the potential for the private sector to bring innovative solutions to long standing problems in education systems in emerging markets, mainly through the use of technology.
AllianceBernstein Next 50 Emerging Markets Project The Project is an initiative in which AllianceBernstein will deploy crossborder investment capital into publicly traded private sector equities in smaller and frontier markets, in which IFC expects to provide anchor capital.  The project will be accompanied by a parallel, but separately funded and managed Advisory Services program managed by IFC. This program will aim to improve underpinnings for sustainable capital markets development in a subset of smaller and frontier markets included in this initiative. Increased cross-border flows prompted by the project will help to make equity markets in smaller and frontier countries more robust by - among other things - improving market liquidity, issuer transparency and disclosure, as well as overall equity market infrastructure.  In turn, such improvements should facilitate future primary market issuance and financing options for companies in these countries, thereby promoting economic growth and enabling poverty reduction.  Development of equity markets in targeted smaller and frontier countries will also benefit from the IFC Advisory Services program.
PIMCO Emerging Markets Debt Fund The proposed Fund is a closed-end special purpose vehicle, structured as a Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO), which will invest in emerging market debt issues, both in primary and secondary markets.  The Fund is expected to be at least 70% invested at target closing, in a globally diversified portfolio of US Dollar denominated debt issues from approximately 33 countries.  Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO, or the Fund Manager) will manage the Fund.
The Fund is structured to offer investment opportunities both to existing emerging markets investors and to credit quality-sensitive institutional investors who can only invest in investment grade instruments.  Against the assets of the Fund, three classes of obligations are expected to be issued in the amount of $300 - 400 million:  
-  Senior Notes,  
-  Second Priority Notes, and 
-  Subordinated Shares (Equity).  
The Senior and Second Priority Notes will be rated by the rating agencies including Moodys and Standard & Poors.  At inception, all three classes of obligations will have a 12-year maturity.
The assets of the Fund (the Collateral Pool) will consist of a US Dollar denominated portfolio of emerging market corporate bonds and loans, quasi-sovereign bonds and loans, sovereign bonds and loans, and synthetic securities, and include both investment and non-investment grade securities.  The exact composition of the Collateral Pool will be determined after the rating requirements of the rating agencies are met.  

The expected profile of the Collateral Pool is:  
-  up to 52% invested in emerging markets corporate and quasi sovereign bonds and loans; and 
-  up to 48% invested in sovereign bonds and loans.  

In addition, IFC will require the Fund Manager to accumulate a minimum of 10-15% bucket of primary issues consisting of credits which are one-notch below their respective sovereign ratings.