Company name
Haiti Social Investment Fund
Project number
HA2749A-01
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
FI-2
Country
Haiti
Sector
Financial Institutions
Status
Completed
Disclosed date
10/15/2010
Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.
Projected board date
11/16/2010
Approval date
11/23/2010
Signed date
07/26/2011
Sponsoring entity
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Investment Operations Department Contact
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Investment type
Syndicated amount
USD $ 67,500,000
Financing amount
USD $ 1,178,290
Currency
USD
Project scope and objective
The proposed Haiti Social Investment Fund intends to increase loan availability and lower the cost of credit for SMEs (including microproducers) operating in Haiti. The Fund will complement and promote the activities of local financial institutions by providing them with low interest rate loans and guarantees to enable them to make accessible subloans to SMEs.
The Fund’s estimated size is €51 million (approximately US$70 million) funded with reimbursable and non-reimbursable contributions from the Government of Spain (€50 million), and from the IIC (€1 million). Other contributors may enter the Fund in subsequent closings.
The proposed contribution from the IIC would include a loan of €812,000. The IIC also intends to serve as fund manager and loan originator, only covering its costs, drawing on its skills and expertise in working with financial institutions and SMEs in Haiti and in the region. The Fund’s life would be 12 years. The subloans to SMEs would be primarily in the US$10,000 to US$150,000 range, and the volume of operations is expected to grow from a few dozen in the first years to several hundred after five years.
The proposed Fund would help improve the financial infrastructure, environmental and labor conditions, and corporate governance in Haiti. As a complement to the Fund, the IDB intends to provide business development assistance to SMEs in Haiti. Over time this will help SMEs join the formal sector and improve their managerial and financial skills, as well as their labor, environmental and development practices.
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