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CCFP SocGen II As part of IFCs Critical Commodities Finance Program Phase II (CCFP II), IFC is proposing the following project: 1) an expansion of the funded  risk-sharing facility (CCFP SocGen, Project No. 34955)  with Société Générale SA (SocGenor the Bank); 2) an extension of the maturity of the facility  from March 2014 to  January 2015. The US$150 million increase would supplement IFCs existing US$250 million investment in the facility, bringing up IFCs total participation up to US$400 million in SocGens  trade and commodity finance portfolio of the critical agriculture and energy commodities/inputs.  CCFP program is a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative that is part of IFCs multi-faceted rapid global financial crisis response. It is aiming at mitigating disruptions in two critical commodity value chains: (i) exports and imports of agricultural commodities and inputs globally; and (ii) imports of energy products into IDA or IDA- blend countries. The CCFP-Bank facility is expected to have the following specific development impacts: - Increase Liquidity: The Facility will ensure continuing and additional funding to the major agricultural and energy sectors in Emerging Countries, especially in Africa and IDA countries. This Facility will contribute to the Bank maintaining its level of business in commodity finance. Among other things, the Facility will enable traders to purchase from and finance agricultural producers, the mainstay of most economies in Africa, and ensure food security and income for the public at large, but especially to farmers.  - Strong Demonstration Effect by catalyzing other IFIs to Support Agri and Energy Finance: By supporting commodity backed finance and outreach in partnerships with banks, the facility will have a significant demonstration impact on other banks, especially local /regional banks to participate in funding the agricultural and energy sectors. This would ultimately help increase access to finance for critical economic sectors. - A steady supply of critically needed refined oil products through regular channels will keep prices in check, remove parallel market incentives, improve affordability for the vulnerable poor and contribute to sustaining local economic activities.
MSC Shipmanagement Limited The Project is to help Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) install ballast water treatment facilities on part of its fleet.  This is expected to prevent the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ballast water. The Project will support IFC''s goal of promoting environmentally friendly transportation solutions by financing the installation of ballast water treatment facilities on about 150 ships, which will help reduce environmental, social and economic risks due to the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships'' ballast water.
EOFI Water Health International WaterHealth International (WHI,    www.waterhealth.com   ) was founded in 1996 to develop and market distributed (non-centralized) water purification/disinfection systems, based on an innovative Ultra Violet (UV) disinfector (proprietary/patented technology) to provide potable water to small communities, institutions and households, as well as for personal use in the developing world.  As a result of its market development initiatives, WHI has already sold and placed more than 300 systems in pilot locations, with a market value of $1.2 MM, through its affiliate partners in several countries, including Mexico and the Philippines.  In October of 2003 WHI formally entered the distributed water service provider market establishing a joint venture with one of its customers in the Philippines, Bendix Sales Corporation.  They have established a joint venture, WaterHealth Philippines, which operates water store franchise under the brand names    Aqua Sure and W   . WHI is in the process of negotiating a sale of its community systems water disinfection units to the local municipality governments in the Volta Region of Ghana.  WHI is initial discussions with partners in India and Mexico.    In the summer of  2002, Tralance Addys venture management company, Plebys International LLC, led a buy-out and restructuring of WHI.  Plebys International LLC subsequently brought WHI through bankruptcy, restructured the ownership from seventy small shareholders to a core group of nine and converted most of the outstanding debt into equity and reconstituted it with $2 MM dollars through a Preferred Series A Shares funding round.      The role of IFC/EOF is to:     -  Identify proven technologies that address local environmental  problems in the developing world; and,    -  Provide commercial credits and technical assistance to a company that has a capability to cost effectively deliver products and services to address the demand in the market for clean water.      The demand for small scale distributed decentralized systems market is rapidly growing in the developing world, while very few business models have emerged to serve this demand.  We believe WHI is well positioned to pursue this market based on a commercial model, which addresses an environmental problem that has a direct public health benefit in the developing world.
Noble-COFCO Noble Agri is Noble Groups fully-owned subsidiary in agribusiness, with origination, processing and distribution of grains and oilseeds, sugar and ethanol, and other soft commodities (cotton, cocoa, coffee) trading.  It is a global agriculture commodities company operating through 60 offices around the world, including Brazil, China, Argentina, Eastern Europe, India and South Africa.  In April 2014, COFCO Corporation (COFCO), the leading agribusiness group in China, through its subsidiary entered into agreement with Noble Group to buy 51% shareholding in Noble Agri through secondary purchase, and create a joint-venture trading platforms to capitalize on potential synergies across the supply chain with COFCO.  IFC is invited to co-invest with COFCO, HOPU Fund and other investors into Noble Agri. - The new global agri trading platform will improve efficiencies of global food supply chains with expected synergies and economies of scales and scopes, and increase competition and efficiency of the global agri trading landscape dominated by large global agri traders.  - Contribute to food security - The COFCO acquisition will enable Noble Agri to access capital support for its investment program on agri logistics and infrastructure, providing farmers better access to market and farm inputs and leading to more supply of agri commodities.  - Turnaround of under utilized assets of Noble Agri.  - Employment generation in multiple developing countries under Noble Agri''s investment program supported by COFCO partnership.
PCH Stand-By The proposed project consists of a Liquidity Line that can be used by PCH for particular subsidiaries for short-term liquidity management. IFC proposes to offer a EUR 25 million Liquidity Line which will allow PCH to have liquidity in the correct subsidiaries. While some subsidiaries are quite liquid, others could be vulnerable to temporary liquidity constraints in particular markets. PCH would be able to tap into the IFC line and quickly inject liquidity in situations where a subsidiary faces a liquidity shortfall. ProCredit Banks have exhibited their ability to recover from liquidity pressures in recent crises (Georgia and Ukraine). Significant Direct Contribution to Poverty Reduction: IFCs proposed project will support PCHs liquidity management across its 21 bank network. In turn, this will help stabilize the network banks operations in providing financial services to MSMEs in a time of financial stress. Supporting productive small businesses will in turn stimulate growth, employment generation and poverty reduction (ProCredit banks currently provide access to financial services to nearly 1 million MSMEs).
 Scaling Up Microfinance: By supporting an institution sponsored by ProCredit, this project will help scale up microfinance institutions operating in LAC, ECA and Africa.  The proposed product for the parent company will allow the institutions to tap into PCH in times of liquidity shortfall.  If utilized, the proposed project will enable the group to further their deposit mobilization (which is the source of the volatility), and enable them to manage their liquidity to maximize on-lending.  
Demonstration Effect: This project will provide a signaling effect to stakeholders in the markets where ProCredit operates and provide comfort to its MSME clients if PCH activates the line. PCH will be able to tap into the IFC line and quickly inject liquidity in situations where a subsidiary faces a liquidity shortfall.
Terra Capital Fund Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Latin America-Biodiversity Enterprise Fund              Region    Latin America        Sector       Project No007338   Projected Board DateAugust 1, 1996   Company Namen/a   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	A group of institutions, including multi lateral and bilateral development institutions, and Latin American, Euoprean and North Amreican foundations and private sector investors.      Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	Target size: US$20 - 30 million.  IFC investment: US$5 million in the Fund; US$150,000 in the Fund Management Company.    Location of project and Description of site    	Latin America; focus on Brazil and Andean and Southern Cone countries.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	The project is to establish a private equity fund to invest in unlisted, commercially viable private companies undertaking sustainable uses of biological  diversity in Latin America.  The Fund will be managed by a new fund management company to be led by Dynamo Administracao de Recursos Ltda., a Brazilian investment fund manager, and TW Consultoria e Participacoes, a private investment firm. IFC will participate in the Funds Board of Directors, Investment Committee and Biodiversity Advisory Committee.  The Global Environment Facility is expected to provide US$5 million in grant funds to cover biodiversity- related project screening and monitoring costs.         Environmental Category and Issues    	The Fund is a Financial Intermediary (FI) category project according to IFCs environmental review procedure. The Fund will be required to undertake an environmental review of eligible investee companies operations.  IFC will assess the Funds ability to carry out out environmental reviews on each investee company.                Date SPI sent to PIC     June 25, 1996      For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 676-0365
SOSV III, L.P. SOSV III, L.P. (SOSV III or the Fund) is a global startup accelerator fund raising $200 million to support approximately 700 early stage companies through its accelerator network in Asia, the U.S., and the EU. This investment will fall under the Startup Catalyst initiative, which supports entrepreneurship and innovation at the earliest stages. (i) Address funding gap for early stage investments by supporting approximately 700 startups and early stage companies. (ii) Transfer knowledge and best practices to emerging market companies through its sector-focused accelerators. (iii) Support local entrepreneurship on a large and global scale through its global accelerator network, various internal and external events, and early stage investments. The Fund is expected to reach 1,500+ founders/entrepreneurs.
Accion Investments in Microfinance The project is to establish an investment company, ACCION Investments in Microfinance. The primary objective of the company is to capitalize profitable MFIs so that they can scale up, reaching more people who currently do not have access to traditional formal financial services. Through its role on investee boards, AIM will provide governance support.  ACCION''s parallel  technical assistance facility will provide a range of strategic and operational assistance in areas such as new product development and MIS development.      Development Impact     Demonstration Effect.     The entry of MFIs into the formal financial system, or the provision of microfinance services by traditional financial institutions, represents a significant step in integrating the formal and informal sectors. This demonstration impact, particularly in Africa''s young commercial microfinance industry, will be achieved as investee companies develop into sustainable formal financial intermediaries.     Private Sector Development , Economic and Living Standards Contribution.      Micro enterprises and small businesses account for the major share of the private sector and employment in many developing countries. Yet, despite their size and importance, these businesses rarely have access to the savings, credit, and payment services provided by formal institutions. By expanding the scale and outreach of financial services to these businesses, the project will make a significant contribution to economic and living standards of low-income populations in developing countries.      IFC Role    IFCs solid track record as a risk-taking investor, strategic advisor, and technical assistance provider to the financial services industry places it in a unique position to provide comfort to other investors, acting as anchor investor and participating in the growth and development of the industry at this critical stage of its evolution.    IFC also has an important role in the structuring of the company, drawing on lessons learned in its other wholesale microfinance investment vehicles. The sponsor has incorporated such ''best practices'' in the structuring of this project, to align its interest with those of other investors.  IFC will also play an important governance role through its participation in the company''s board of directors.
CRRP Project Since its creation in 2004 from the merger of Crédit Agricole Indosuez and Crédit Lyonnais Corporate and Investment Banking division, Crédit Agricole CIB, the Corporate & Investment Banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, (CACIB), has been offering its clients worldwide a broad range of products and services in capital markets, investment banking, structured finance and corporate banking.  The bank has a comprehensive and growing business franchise in a large number of emerging markets. The proposed 4 to 5 year transaction consists of up to US$100 million of un-funded IFC risk participation in an approximate Euro 1.5 billion global portfolio of predominantly emerging markets trade finance-related credit assets on CACIBs balance sheet. This risk participation will support further growth in CACIBs trade finance activities in emerging markets. The project will support the supply of trade finance in emerging markets, including IDA countries, by sharing credit risk on Trade finance activities in emerging markets with CACIB in order to develop further growth in this activity. The project will also demonstrate to other investors and banks the feasibility of undertaking this type of transaction for the growth of emerging markets trade finance activities.
GTLP SCB IV The proposed project, GTLP SCB IV, falls under the Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP), 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 (EM) trade flows. The program provides liquidity or guarantees thereby helping banks grow their credit limits, manage risk and support trade in EMs. The GTLP SCB IV project is comprised of two distinct projects to be managed separately, 1) a renewal of the existing funded GTLP SCB III facility (Funded Project) and 2) a new unfunded GTLP facility to capture SCBs unfunded transactions in its trade finance asset book (Unfunded Project). This SII is for the Funded Project. The Funded Project will downsize the existing GTLP SCB III facility to a total of US$700 million (IFC investment of up to US$350 million) to match expected utilization levels. 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.
Medical Systems Finance, S.A. Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Latin American Regional-Medical Systems Finance S.A. (MSF)              Region    Latin America an Caribbean        Sector       Project No008354   Projected Board DateJune 26, 1997   Company NameMedical Systems Finance, S.A.   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	The project sponsor and major shareholder is DVI, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed medical equipment financing company based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  Its core business is financing diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy and other types of sophisticated medical equipment used by outpatient health care centers, groups of physicians and hospitals.  Other potential shareholders include FMO, Rabobank, Philadelphia International Investment Corporation and Surinvest International Limited.    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	Project cost: US$95 million.  Proposed IFC investment: US$17 million, including a US$15 million A loan and US$2 million equity.    Location of project and Description of site    	Montivideo Free Trade Zone, Uruguay    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	The project is to establish a joint venture company that will engage in cross-border financing of highly sophisticated medical diagnostic imaging equipment and therapeutic systems to primarily private sector hospitals, clinics and physician groups throughout Latin America.      Environmental Category and Issues    	This is an environmental category C project under IFCs environmental review procedure.  No further environmental review is therefore required.         Date SPI sent to PIC     May 22, 1997      For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 974-4384
Incomlend Project IFC is considering an equity investment in Incomlend, a marketplace for funding exporting corporates and small and medium enterprises, providing them with short-term financing against their invoices. The most significant expected Project outcome is improved access to trade finance for importers and exporters in the Emerging Markets (EMs). The global trade finance gap in EMs remains large, and increasingly smaller firms from EMs participate in trade transactions as a result of integration in global value chains, leaps in connectivity and digital services. The Project will contribute to enhance access to finance for exporting corporates and SMEs engaged in open account transactions and underserved by traditional trade finance providers. Incomlend has set up a platform enabling these exporters to finance their invoices digitally through a specialized, export-focused service managing due diligence, payment flows and collections, functions typically managed by trade finance banks. Digital onboarding of suppliers and buyers in the platform introduces significant efficiencies compared to traditional funders. Through this project Incomlend will invest in technology to further introduce automation and efficiencies in document verification and processing, further reducing key barriers to profitability that typically limit access to trade finance for smaller exporters.
ShoreCap International The project is to establish an investment company, SCI, that will provide financing for sustainable micro and small business financial institutions so that they can increase their customer base and reach more potential clients who currently do not have access to traditional formal financial services. Through its role on investee boards, SCI will provide governance support. SCE, the parallel  technical assistance facility, will provide a range of strategic and operational assistance in areas such as new product development, MIS and others. SCE will have direct access to Shorebank''s and SAS''s extensive experience and will also be able to draw from external best practice expertise.     Development Impact     - Increased availability of financing and demonstration effect.     SCI''s investments in sustainable MFIs will increase the availability of financial services to micro and small businesses in the target regions. There will also be a demonstration effect, particularly in young commercial microfinance markets, as investee companies develop into sustainable formal financial intermediaries.     - Private Sector Development , Economic and Living Standards Contribution.       Microenterprises and small businesses account for the major share of the private sector and employment in many developing countries. Yet, despite the size of the sector and its importance for the economy, these businesses rarely have access to the savings, credit and payment services provided by formal financial institutions, that are necessary for growth and employment creation. By expanding the scale and outreach of financial services to these businesses, the project will make a significant contribution to the improvement of economic and living standards of low-income populations in developing countries.      IFC Role    IFCs solid track record as a risk-taking investor, strategic advisor, and technical assistance provider to the financial services industry places it in a unique position to provide comfort to other investors, acting as anchor investor and participating in the growth and development of the industry at this critical stage of its evolution.    IFC also has an important role in the structuring of the company, drawing on lessons learned in its other wholesale microfinance investment vehicles. The sponsor has incorporated such ''best practices'' in the structuring of this project, to align its interest with those of other investors.  IFC will also play an important governance role through its participation in the company''s board of directors.