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Company name

Darby ProBanco Fund II

Project number

RG1080A-02

FI-2 operations are those where the risk potential is considered medium: the FI’s current or future portfolio consists of or is expected to consist of, business activities that have potential limited adverse environmental or social risks or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures; or includes a very limited number of business activities with potential adverse environmental or social risks or impacts that are diverse, irreversible, or unprecedented.

E&S category
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FI-2

Country

Regional

Sector

Financial Institutions

Status

In implementation

Disclosed date

10/26/2007

Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.

Projected board date
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11/27/2007

Approval date

11/27/2007

Signed date

03/18/2008

Sponsoring entity

N/A

Investment Operations Department Contact

Portfolio Management Division

Investment type

Syndicated amount

N/A

Financing amount

USD $ 5,000,000

Currency

USD

Project scope and objective

The project consists of an equity investment in Darby ProBanco Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Darby Overseas Investments ("Darby"). Darby ProBanco Fund II’s investment target is the financial sector (banking, non-banking financial institutions, special purpose vehicles, and financial service oriented companies) in Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia.


This Fund draws on Darby’s success in investing in this sector in the Latin American region. Darby manages over two billion dollars in several private equity funds in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Darby is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, a publicly owned global investment management firm.


This investment will be the IIC’s second investment in a private equity fund managed by Darby. In 2003, the IIC committed US$6.0 million in Proba I – a small private equity fund that invested in the financial sector in Central America. Proba I was a successful private equity fund of the 2000 vintage in the Central American region.


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Environmental and social review

IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.

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PHONE NUMBER

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POST OFFICE ADDRESS

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IDB Invest Contact

EMAIL

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PHONE

+1(202)-566-4566

ADDRESS

1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

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