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Global CyberSoft, Inc. Global CyberSoft is a Vietnamese software company established in July 2000.   During Sep-Dec 2000, GCS generated US$332,000 in revenues and has approximately US$1.1 million of software outsourcing contracts in hand for FY2001.  The company intends to capitalize on the worldwide software-outsourcing trend by uniquely positioning itself to be a low cost, high quality, supplier of factory automation software for the global semiconductor industry. The company is also developing proprietary enterprise-based factory automation software products.  GCS can be found on the web at:    http://www.globalcybersoft.com     It is expected the recent trade deal with the United States - which is pending ratification by the United States Senate - will help to open a previously closed economy, and Vietnam is developing the skills base to be able to compete in high-technology exports.  Nonetheless, Vietnam is a country only part way through a transition from command economy towards the market, and remains one of the poorest economies in Asia.  This project will support efforts to catalyze growth and development through high-end services exports, creating quality jobs and also acting as an important symbol of the benefits of continued reform, opening up, and support for education.  The project will have significant developmental impact by: (i) potentially creating hundreds of highly skilled software development jobs in Vietnam over the next two to three years; and (ii) helping to train workers in Vietnam by exposing them to international best practices. This venture would contribute to bring higher standards of software development to companies in Vietnam.  In addition, while salaries for IT workers in Vietnam are extremely low by international standards, GCS is one of the best paying employers in the local market.  The companys business plan calls for the employment of approximately 800 software engineers in Vietnam by the end of 2004.    While IFC has made twelve investments to date in Vietnam, GCS would is the first ever investment in the ICT sector and only the third IFC equity investment in the country.  An investment in GCS would represent an opportunity for IFC to support the emerging Vietnamese software industry, which is still at a nascent stage.  The project would support a group of local entrepreneurs that are providing software outsourcing services to the semiconductor industry in the developed world from a production base centered in Vietnam.   IFC''s participation would also be critical to terms of bringing another institutional investor into the Series A round.  There is little active venture capital in the ICT sector at the present time, and IFC will have to use its own contacts in the venture capital community and technology sector to help the Company close the Series A round.
BaF Vietnam Agri The proposed IFC investment consists of (i) a VND600 billion convertible bond and (ii) a VND300 billion senior bond to BaF Vietnam Agriculture Joint Stock Company (BaF or the Company) to support the Companys capacity expansion of its farm and food business across Vietnam (the Project). The Project is expected to provide BaF with a significant platform and presence in a fragmented market. With Vietnams pork sector severely impacted by African Swine Fever (ASF), BaFs expansion is expected to contribute to a recovery of pork supply as well as an improvement in biosecurity across Vietnam. The Project has an Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring (AIMM) rating of Good. The Project is assessed as part of the overarching programmatic intervention (ASF Asia Recovery Program) to respond to the impacts of the ASF on the regional pork industry. The most significant, expected Project-level outcome resulting from this expansion is the impact on consumers from the provision of safe pork at the time of severe supply shortage as well as implementation of advanced biosecurity procedures at the new farms. At the market level, the Project, alongside other planned investment, and advisory interventions, is expected to promote market resilience through improvement of biosecurity and disease management, both by supporting industry consolidation and disseminating best practices among smaller players.
Anova Project Anova Corporation (Anova or the Company) is a leading veterinary medicine company in Vietnam. Since 1992, the Company has specialized in importing, manufacturing, and distributing animal health products and raw materials for the veterinary industry. To strategically expand its reach in the fast growing livestock and animal protein sector in Vietnam, the Company launched its animal feed business in 2012 under Anova Feed JSC (Anova Feed). Anova Feed plans to construct two additional feed mills and a bulk warehouse over the next two years (the Project). The Project fits well with the industrialization of Vietnam''s livestock industry, which is changing from small backyard farm operations to larger commercialized farms requiring more technical products and a higher quality of technical assistance from the industry. It will: (i) create jobs, especially higher skill job opportunities for young graduates and additional indirect jobs for distributors; and (ii) help a local firm develop in the feed industry which has been dominated by large foreign companies.
TPB Senior Loan 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0000       The investment is in the form of a senior loan of up to US$100 million, consisting of (  i  ) an up to US$60 million IFC A Loan from its own account, (ii) an up to US$22.5 million from IFC acting in its capacity as implementing entity for the Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Program; and (iii) an up to US$17.5 million syndicated loan, to Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (  TPBank   or the Bank). The investment aims to support the Bank to extend lending to SME and retail clients via its digital channels. (i) Increase access to finance: for underserved segments through market-wide adoption of digital banking solutions that enhance market participation by promoting technology innovation that motivates other banks to improve existing digital offerings. 
(ii) Enhance connectivity by greater deepening of financial markets: by building market capacity that opens new market opportunities for digital banking products and services to help improve the Vietnamese banking sector's competitiveness and promote a cashless economy.
Bac Ninh WTE The Project consists of the construction of a 11.6MW (gross) waste to energy (WTE) plant located on 4.8 hectares of land in the Thuan Thanh district of Bac Ninh province, approximately 40 km east of Hanoi, Vietnam. The Project will process up to 350 tons per day (tpd) of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in Bac Ninh province and up to 150 tpd of non-hazardous industrial solid waste (ISW) generated in factories in northern Vietnam. The Project will generate income from waste tipping fees and from power sold to the national grid via a 20-year power purchase agreement with Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).  The Project will be developed, constructed, and operated by T&J Green Energy Company Limited (T&J), a company jointly invested by local company Thuan Thanh Environment JSC (TT) and by JFE Engineering Corporation (JFEE) of Japan. The main project-level outcomes are the stakeholder impact via the increase in waste treatment capacity that will help reduce health and safety risks in the community, and the environmental impact via the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions from methane emissions generated by the decomposition of waste in landfills and the generating of renewable power. The expected market-level impact is from improved sustainability by supporting the development of one of the first WTE plants in the country.
SeABank Convert The investment consists of a five-year convertible senior loan of up to US$75 million on IFCs own account to Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank or the Bank), a top 12 private bank by asset size in Vietnam and IFCs recently onboarded client, to support the Banks growth strategy and increase targeted lending to SMEs, including WSMEs. Of the total financing package, at least US$20 million will be earmarked exclusively for on-lending to WSMEs. IFC will have an option to convert its loan to shares in the form of common shares of SeABank. The development impact of the proposed project is delivered through (i) improved access to finance for local SMEs and (ii) promotion of international standards and best practices in E&S risk management.
SILK Project The project entails an equity investment in existing common shares of PVI Holdings (PVI or the Company) for up to six percent ownership of the Company. IFC would invest in association with the IFC Asset Management Company-managed IFC Emerging Asia Fund (EAF) and IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund (FIG Fund) (35 percent of the investment each). The development impact of the proposed project is delivered through (i) increase in access to non-life insurance, primarily health and engineering, and (ii) promotion of international standards and best practices in corporate governance.
Glass Egg Project Glass Egg Digital Media is a digital media company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with operations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.  Founded in early 1999 by Phil Tran, the company targets three business segments, namely computer and video games, web content and coding development, and 3D animation.  Glass Egg currently has 67 employees and carries out 100 percent of its development work in Vietnam.  The company is seeking up to US$3.0 million to expand its technical and managerial capacity in Vietnam, and to open a business development office in the United States.       Development Impacts    The project would support efforts to catalyze growth and entrepreneurship in Vietnam by exporting high-end IT services, and also by acting as an important symbol of the benefits of continued reform.  The project would have significant developmental impact by creating highly skilled software development jobs in Vietnam over the next five years; and helping to train workers in Vietnam by exposing them to the global digital media industry.  Through an intensive home-grown training program, the project would bring higher standards of software services to Vietnam.  Finally, by helping Glass Egg develop a broader international client base, it would help put Vietnam on the map in the digital media outsourcing industry.     IFC''s Role    Against the background of a downturn in the global technology sector, as well as the near total absence of venture capital money for Vietnamese companies, IFCs support for Glass Egg has been critical.  IFC has spent considerable time in structuring the transaction and in helping the company think through its strategy and operations in a difficult environment.  Given the difficulties experienced by many small Internet companies over the past two years, major global companies are reluctant to work with small start-ups, and IFC''s participation will increase Glass Egg''s credibility and help secure additional outsourcing contracts.  The company is emerging from a loss-making situation and hopes to turn profitable this year, and IFC''s investment will enable the company to scale up to reach its profitability goals.  In addition, while off-shore software programming is now well established for traditional software applications, digital media services from emerging markets are at a very nascent stage.  IFC''s support for this industry in Vietnam could thus have significant demonstration effect.
VUS Training The Project is an IFC co-investment with Aureos South-East Asia Fund II L.P. (ASEAF II), an IFC investee fund managed by The Abraaj Group (Abraaj). ASEAF II and co-investors (including IFC) will invest into a SPV (HoldCo), which owns 100% of BidCo. BidCo is a SPV which is set up to acquire shares in Vietnam US Society English International Joint Stock Company (VUS or the Company). Established in 1997, VUS is a major English language training (ELT) provider with 15 training centers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. i. Enhance employability: VUS helps to expand English learning in Vietnam, which is a valuable skill for job placement, as the country opens to trade opportunities and the global economy ii. Improve affordability: VUS is focusing on the mid-tier market segment, which is still under-penetrated in Vietnam. iii. Improve education quality: The project supports the development of the private ELT market in Vietnam, where students can benefit from international standard curriculum design, more qualified teachers and modern education facilities as supplementary to the public sector.
Techcombank SLF The purpose of the project is to support Technological Joint Stock Commercial Bank (Techcombank or the Bank) in providing USD liquidity to its trade-oriented SME clients. The proposed investment is an IFC A loan of up to US$30 million with a maturity of up to 12 months, renewable twice (3 year life in total) upon the Bank fulfilling conditions of renewal. The IFC financing will further support the Bank to provide financing to trade-oriented SMEs in Vietnam for their exports, imports and working-capital needs. The Facility is expected to have the following specific development impacts:  (i) Increased Access to FCY Financing for SMEs: Limited access to finance is considered a key constraint to private sector growth. Increased access to finance is indispensable to grow the competitiveness of SMEs. By directly financing the short term USD liquidity needs of Techcombank, the Facility will support trade-oriented SMEs for their exports, imports and working capital needs, eventually support the sustainable economic growth of Vietnam.  (ii) Job Preservation in an IDA Country:  The Facility is expected to have a positive impact on job preservation by partially bridging the foreign currency liquidity gap in trade-oriented businesses. This is especially important in an environment where a large number of SMEs have been severely affected by the continuing financial crisis. Financial support to SMEs is thus critical to employment preservation in adverse market conditions.  Hence, the Facility will have a direct impact on job preservation and employment generation through Techcombank''s financing provided to private companies.
PublicPrivate Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) Integrating Climate Change Agenda with Public Private Partnerships Program The objective of the trust fund is to mainstream consideration of climate change  externalities and opportunities with existing Country-specific and multi-country sectoral work in  improving energy, transport, water, sanitation and telecommunications services.
South African Cities Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program The overall objectives of the programme are to contribute to energy security in the major cities, increase investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy infrastructure, reduce GHG emissions in the cities, improve infrastructure services and attract private sector participation to finance and/or manage these investments.
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UNFPA Gabon Population change and data activities UNFPA Gabon Population change and data activities UNFPA Gabon Population change and data activities
UNFPA Gabon Quality of care and services activities UNFPA Gabon Quality of care and services activities UNFPA Gabon Quality of care and services activities
UNFPA Gabon Policy and accountability activities UNFPA Gabon Policy and accountability activities UNFPA Gabon Policy and accountability activities
UNFPA Gabon Gender and social norms activities UNFPA Gabon Gender and social norms activities UNFPA Gabon Gender and social norms activities
UNFPA Gabon Adolescents and youth activities UNFPA Gabon Adolescents and youth activities UNFPA Gabon Adolescents and youth activities
Equatoria Tower The project is the development of Equatoria Tower a12 storey commercial property with total built up area of 7,704 m² in Juba, the financial and commercial hub of Central Equatoria State and capital of South Sudan. The Project company is UAP Properties Limited ("UAPL" or the "Company") located in Juba, South Sudan and the Equatoria Tower is the first project that it is undertaking. The proposed project will help (a) create business infrastructure that will improve the investment climate of South Sudan; (b) address a severe demand-supply imbalance in commercial real estate sector of South Sudan; (c) create of a minimum of 100 jobs directly and indirectly; (d) provide a demonstration effect where IFC''s involvement in the Project could act as a catalyst to encourage other financial institutions partner with good regional companies to invest in South Sudan; and (e) promote South-South investments through providing finance to a regional group (UAP Holdings) to enable it expand its business regionally.
Dembesh Hotel The proposed investment is an up to US$3.75 million IFC A loan (IFC Loan) and an up to US$3.75 million IDA PSW Subordinated Loan (PSW Loan) (jointly the Loans) to Dembesh Hotel South Sudan Ltd (Dembesh Hotel or the Hotel). Dembesh Hotel is an independent owner operating a 50-key business hotel in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan. The Loans will be used to finance part of the Hotels US$20.05 million project involving a 30-room extension and refurbishment of the existing rooms (the Project). The balance of the funding will be provided by the majority shareholder Mr. Ayesheshim Teka Zeleke (the Sponsor). The most important project level outcomes are:
(i) Economy wide effects: The Project which will support the expansion and modernization of the hotel is expected to have various positive economy-wide effects including: (a) direct job creation/preservation and contribution to GDP during the construction and operation phase of the hotel as well as indirect effects across the supply chains; (b) higher tax revenues for local government; (c) provision of infrastructure supporting the development of the tourism sector; and (d) increase in economic activities through increased international arrivals. These benefits will be important in South Sudan, where unemployment rates, exports are heavily dominated by oil and tourism & travel represent a small share of the GDP; and
(ii) Stakeholder impacts: (a) Employees: The Project will also contribute to local skill development. Dembesh Hotel will provide training to all its employees, addressing the skills gap and (b) benefit local suppliers through increased linkages.

Beyond the Project, IFC anticipates that the investment will facilitate market creation in terms of:
(i) Competitiveness: The Project is anticipated to be the second internationally branded hotel to enter the market, contributing to the development of the countrys business infrastructure; and 
(ii) Integration: The Project has the potential to promote integration of local suppliers within domestic supply chains. As suppliers receive training and contingent to level of training they receive, they can expand their reach beyond the hotel and start working with other local players.
Human Resources and Contract Management Support for UNHCR Morocco UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.\nUNOPS provides specialist human resources and contract management support to UNHCR.\n
Supporting UNEP in the Implementation of the 3DEN Initiative UNEP has been appointed as implementing partner of the Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks Initiative (3DEN), which aims to foster electricity system innovation and effective utilization of renewable energy resources through policy, regulation, technology and investment guidance.\nUNOPS project  specific objective is to support UNEP in the management and disbursement of the grants envelope allocated to the pilot projects. \nThe project will also contribute to the procurement of energy efficient renewable energy equipment, which will be piloted on a residential building in Cairo, Egypt.\n
Human Resources and Contract Management Support for World Health Organization in Morocco World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.\nUNOPS offers human resources support to WHO.
Human resources and contract management support for UNHCR Morocco UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.\nUNOPS provides specialist human resources and contract management support to UNHCR.\n
Integrated Community Case Management [South Sudan] The aim of the project is to improve child survival in children under five years by increasing access to prompt and effective treatment of common childhood illnesses including malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea. The project is funded by GFATM, CIDA, DFID/UKaid and USAID. Project partners include the South Sudan Ministry of Health, Population Services International and ADRA-SSHiNE.   (Project brief: http://www.malariaconsortium.org/resources/publications/191/south-sudan-integrated-community-case-management) [South Sudan]
Integrated Community Case Management The aim of the project is to improve child survival in children under five years by increasing access to prompt and effective treatment of common childhood illnesses including malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea. The project is funded by GFATM, CIDA, DFID/UKaid and USAID. Project partners include the South Sudan Ministry of Health, Population Services International and ADRA-SSHiNE.   (Project brief: http://www.malariaconsortium.org/resources/publications/191/south-sudan-integrated-community-case-management)
Technical Support for the BAT Development Impact Bonds Project The intended Impact of the requested Technical Assistance Grant from DFID is to support the launch of at least one new DIB, thereby demonstrating the potential of DIBs to unlock new forms of social finance capital and shift focus from inputs to outcomes delivery. The intended Outcome is to create a stable financing tool for learning, scaling and replication of Impact Bonds. The Technical Assistance Grant covers three outputs that will enable this outcome and impact to be achieved: 1. Operational costs for the DIB: the essential management and monitoring costs that will ensure the DIB can achieve its intended outcomes. 2. Learning and evidence-based knowledge generation: development of the resources, tools, knowledge and partnerships necessary to generate and share learning from this DIB. 3. Replication: development of the resources, tools, and partnerships to successfully adapt and replicate this DIB in other sectors and/or geographies.