devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
Tunisia - Communications for policy reforms The Development Objective is to contribute to public understanding of economic issues in Tunisia. This will be achieved through the production and dissemination of a series of media products that aim to educate, inform, and provoke public debate over the key economic issues facing the country.
Middle East and North Africa (MNA) Regionwide Technical Assistance Multi Donor Trust Fund The overall objective of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) is to provide catalytic donor support, through a World Bank-administered trust fund, to countries in the region that are currently undergoing historic transition and reform. The MDTF aims to (a) support client countries in strengthening their socio-economic contract with all stakeholders, and (b) respond to opportunities to engage with new players, including non-government stakeholders.  This Trust Fund is designed to be in full alignment with the Bank's MENA strategy for the institution's response to the Arab Spring.  Accordingly, the main areas of focus are (i) governance, (ii) economic and social inclusion, as well as responsible (iii) private sector-led job creation and (iv) shared, equitable and sustainable growth. The MDTF is designed as a programmatic trust fund that supports technical assistance for project preparation, analytical studies, capacity building activities and knowledge sharing, leveraging the Bank's expertise and field presence, while providing a platform for harmonizing initiatives of key development partners working towards common objectives that support reform.
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Myanmar] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Myanmar]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [UK] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [United Kingdom]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [South Sudan] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [South Sudan]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence.
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Sierra Leone] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Sierra Leone]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Asia Region] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Africa Region]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Mozambique] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Mozambique]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Cambodia] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Cambodia]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Nigeria] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Nigeria]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Africa Region] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Asia Region]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Ethiopia] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Ethiopia]
Malaria Consortium Programme Partnership Arrangement 2016 [Uganda] Malaria Consortium has a Programme Partnership Arrangement with the UK Department for International Development for ?2.67 million per year from April 2011 to December 2016. PPA is one of DFID's main support mechanisms for civil society enabling them to plan and deliver programmes including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Malaria Consortium uses this flexible strategic funding to drive forward strategic projects and achieve its Mission to bring people relief from and protection against communicable diseases, especially malaria, by being a leading organisation combining cutting edge technical ability and operational excellence. [Uganda]
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         The Project will provide to Lafise Bancentro (Bancentro or the Bank) a 7-year loan for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and low and middle income home owners; and a 10-year subordinated debt to strengthen the Banks capital base, as well as fund Climate Smart projects. 
       
       
         LAFISE Bancentro is the largest banking subsidiary of LAFISE Group (LAFG or the Group). It is the second largest bank in Nicaragua in terms of assets with a 24% market share. IFC's support will enable Lafise to expand the scale of its lending, by increasing the amount of SME and housing loans granted by them. This in turn is expected to have a threefold impact: 

1. The project will increase access to more affordable housing loans and will help to reduce the housing deficit in Nicaragua, which the government estimates at 957,000 units. 

2. SMEs will also benefit from the proposed Project, since it will contribute to reduce the substantial credit gap of US$16.2 billion in Central America, according to the SME Finance Forum. With IFC's support, Lafise will address this gap and will promote more private sector participation. 

3. Nicaraguan environment will be benefited through the financing of Climate Smart projects that are environmentally friendly. In addition, the Bank will need to comply with IFC's performance standards.
Cukra Palm Oil Cukra Development Corporation and Rio Escondido Industrial S.A. (collectively Cukra) is a greenfield palm oil operation based in Nicaragua.  Its main operations include the cultivation and harvesting of palm oil fresh fruit bunches, and processing the fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil (CPO). The development impact of the project includes:    - employment generation;    - support to community infrastructure, education and health projects;    - physical infrastructure;    - support to SMEs selling food and other services to Cukra; and    - benefits to local palm oil smallholders providing fresh fruit bunches to Cukra.
Monte Rosa Sugar Monte Rosa, S.A. (Monte Rosa) is a fully owned subsidiary of Pantaleon Sugar Holdings Company Limited (Pantaleon).  Pantaleon is the largest sugar producer in Central America, with mills located in Guatemala and Nicaragua.  Monte Rosa supplies raw sugar to the domestic market in Nicaragua, and exports raw sugar to the world market including the U.S.  In addition, Monte Rosas co-generation facilities supply electricity for sale to the national power network in Nicaragua.  The purpose of the investment is to support Monte Rosas ongoing investment program which has and will include:    - expanding the companys sugar production in Nicaragua by 20%; - expanding and improving the companys plantations in Nicaragua; - expanding the companys existing electricity co-generation facilities in Nicaragua; and - general capital expenditures. The investment is expected to have the following development impacts:  - support the financial sustainability of an important contributor to a sector of vital importance to Nicaraguas economy, as sugar is one of the main exports for both countries;  - help maintain employment levels in areas highly dependent on cane-growing and milling for income;  - increase volume of cane purchased from independent growers of cane; - support renewable energy produced both by cogeneration and ethanol;  - support the companys corporate social responsibility efforts through increasing contributions (based on sugar produced) to Fundación Pantaleon; and  - increasing tax revenues to the government of Nicaragua.
Metropolitano II Hospital Metropolitano (Metropolitano or the Hospital) is the leading private hospital in Nicaragua, offering a broad range of high-quality health care services through its 51 bed facility with laboratory, pharmacy, emergency room, and medical offices.  Metropolitano specializes in obstetrics, neonatology, cardiology and pathology; the Hospital also hosts the most modern equipment in the country for imaging, physiotherapy, and endoscopy.  The Project consists of a US$12.9 million expansion project of the Hospital which involves the construction of (i) a Hospital Tower with Intermediate Care, Pediatric Hospitalization, and a new Hospitalization Unit; (ii) Specialized Clinics Neuroscience, Diabetes, and Hemodialysis; (iii) Ambulatory Surgery Rooms;  (iv) an Auditorium; and (v).the expansion of its Laboratory Diagnostics Unit. Metropolitano''s expansion will increase the supply of high quality specialized health services in Nicaragua, including the development of the first pediatric hospitalization unit, continuing setting high standards in the health care sector in the country increasing access to health services for the general population.  The project also aims at increasing the Hospital''s Preventive Health Care programs, through the construction of an auditorium for seminars and events on various relevant health topics for the benefit of the local community. Furthermore, the expansion of the only JCI international quality-accredited hospital in Nicaragua, and one of the few JCI accredited in Central America, is expected to have an important demonstration effect.
COMASA 2018 Comercializadora de Mani S.A. (Comasa or the Company) is a Nicaraguan company engaged in the processing and commercialization of peanuts, mainly for the export markets. With 30 years of experience in the sector, Comasa has become the largest peanut company in Nicaragua.     The project consists of providing an A Loan of up to US$15 million and mobilizing a B Loan of up to US$50 million to Comasa to allow the Company to finance the working capital required to purchase, process and export peanuts (the Project). The project is being undertaken during a period of constrained financing in the country. Therefore, the Project will enable Comasa to preserve the existing level of production and exports, providing an access to market to peanut farmers. By maintaining production at its existing levels, the Project will help preserve jobs through a countercyclical intervention.
Condor Gold Plc Condor Gold Plc. (Condor Gold or the Company) is a junior mineral exploration company registered in England and Wales on October 10th 2005 and listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.  The Company is focused on the development of its wholly-owned La India gold project (La India or the Project) located in Nicaragua.  In addition, Condor has other exploration mining projects in Nicaragua and El Salvador.  Condor holds its Nicaraguan concessions through two wholly owned subsidiaries incorporated in Nicaragua (Condor S.A. and La India Gold S.A.).  The Company also owns a 20% interest in Cerro Quiroz S.A, a Nicaraguan company controlled by B2Gold that holds the Cerro Quiroz concession.  All exploration and mining licenses in El Salvador are subject to a mining moratorium in the country since 2007.  La India, Condors flagship project, is a gold exploration project comprised of several veins sets that hold a mineral resource estimate (NI 43-101 Canadian standard compliant) of 18.4M tons of ore with an average grade of 3.9 gpt Au and 6.2 gpt Ag for a total of 2.33M ounces of gold and 2.68M ounces of silver contained.  Condor is completing the necessary studies to achieve the pre-feasibility stage by late 2014.  IFCs investment will support the development of La India towards achieving bankable feasibility stage and further exploration activities in the Nicaraguan properties. IFC''s investment will be used to fund the completion on feasibility studies.  Generally, projects at pre-development stage have limited development impact.  Yet even at such stage, Condor Gold has brought tangible benefits for the surrounding communities by providing some direct employment for the local population, as well as investing in social development programs in favor of the neighboring communities living in a very poor rural area in Central Nicaragua.  Out of a total of around 85 people currently working for Condor, more than 95% are Nicaraguan nationals and more than 90% live in nearby communities.  Should exploration lead to mine development and production, the developmental impacts will be notable.  Key expected benefits during mine construction and operation will include revenues to the national government through royalties and taxes, foreign currency from export revenues, significant direct and indirect employment, and enhanced social development programs.
WCS CR Banco de la Produccion The proposed Project consists of an up to US$10 million senior loan to Banco de la Produccion S.A. (Banpro or the Bank) in Nicaragua (IDA) under FIG COVID 19 Emergency Response WCS Envelope (WCS Envelope). In addition, the project involves up to US$20 million parallel loans. The use of proceeds will be directed to working capital/trade loans to MSMEs, women customers and women-owned MSMEs. By supporting clients' capacity to sustain operations during the acute shock resulting from COVID-19, IFC is well positioned to support the private sector in its economic recovery process, shortening the time it will take for the most vulnerable to return to their traditional income-earning opportunities. Specifically, this project intends to provide liquidity to Banpro, which will then on lend to MSMEs. 

By sustaining banks' ability to provide these services, IFC's facility is intended to promote the resilience of trade finance markets, as well as broader stability that comes about by providing for the going concern of market participants in Nicaragua. Turbulence in global funding markets, among other factors, have made it difficult for the extensive network of client and partner banks to maintain their role as an enabling platform for liquidity to multiple emerging markets, many experiencing their own acute liquidity shocks while the need for liquidity increases.
FDL Nicaragua The proposed project consists of a financing package of US$7 million to Fondo de Desarrollo Local (FDL, the Institution, or the client), the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in Nicaragua.  The proposed project aims at supporting FDLs expansion plan, allowing the Institution to expand its on-lending in the rural agribusiness sector and micro-entrepreneurs in Nicaragua through its network of rural branches.  The proposed financing package will be supported by the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP).  GAFSP funding plays a catalytic role to create opportunity to support innovative private sector investments and deliver a level of additionality and impact beyond what is possible through IFCs regular operations. (i) Access to finance: The Project will increase the availability of financing to the underserved rural and agribusiness sectors, primarily small producers.  (ii) Employment generation: The Project will contribute to the generation of new direct and indirect jobs through the scaling up of producers.  (iii) Demonstration effect: IFC''s re-engagement with the sector together with the successful allocation of funding to rural agri producers is expected to motivate others to reactivate their support to the microfinance sector in Nicaragua, and increase/venture into the agribusiness sector.
FINDESA Project The project involves the extension of a senior  loan of up to US$3.0 million and a convertible equity investment of $2.0 million in preferred shares of FINDESA, one of Central America's leading regulated microfinance institutions.  The purpose of the investment is to: 

- support FINDESA's transformation to a bank, while scaling up its micro and small enterprise (MSE) loan portfolio in preparation for regional expansion. The purpose of the investment would be to support FINDESA's continued loan portfolio growth in Nicaragua.
Metropolitano The proposed transaction is a $26 million expansion and refinancing project for Hospital Metropolitano S.A. (the Hospital, "Metropolitano or the company). The Hospital offers a broad range of high quality health care services though its 45-bed existing facility in Managua, Nicaragua. After beginning operations in 2004, it rapidly established itself as a leading institution within the Nicaraguan health sector, developing a reputation for quality. The expansion of the Hospitals operations in Nicaragua will have a strong developmental impact by:    - increasing access to healthcare for the population;   - providing discounted services to public sector patients;    - deepen reach to low-income segments of the population;    - acting as a center of excellence for the country and region;    - keep high-skilled staff in Nicaragua; and    - promote the development of the Nicaraguas domestic healthcare industry.