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21 January 2021

EBRD and Bank of Mongolia agree swap facility

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Bank of Mongolia have agreed to set up a long-term dollar-togrog swap facility to increase the availability...

21 January 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

Proparco boosts Armenian agricultural sector

France's Proparco has granted a $20 million credit line to Armenia's ACBA Bank to help the lender further support SMEs and businesses in the agricultural sector....

21 January 2021
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Social infrastructure

World Bank supports first COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Lebanon

The World Bank has approved a re-allocation of $34 million under the existing Lebanon Health Resilience Project to support vaccines for the country as it faces an...

21 January 2021

ADB appoints Suzanne Gaboury as Private Sector Operations DG

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Suzanne Gaboury as Director General of its Private Sector Operations Department. Before joining ADB, Gaboury was Chief...

20 January 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

Tanzania invites EoIs for hydropower plant

Tanzania has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from prospective bidders for the construction of the $144 million 50MW Malagarasi hydropower plant. Bidding documents...

20 January 2021
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Renewable energy, Social infrastructure, Traditional energy

EIB Group increases financing to €77bn in 2020

The European Investment Bank (EIB) increased financing volumes to €76.8 billion in 2020 - exceeding its own targets - as it redirected its business to fight the...

20 January 2021
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Renewable energy

Development Bank of Japan launches $500m fund to grow wind sector

The Development Bank of Japan has launched a roughly JPY53 billion ($509 million) fund to help drive the expansion of the country's wind power industry. The DBJ...

20 January 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

BNDES signs $177m funding for 40MW biomass power plant in Brazil

Brazilian development bank BNDES has approved financing of BRL941.6 million ($177 million) for the construction of a 40MW biomass power plant and several upgrades planned...

20 January 2021
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Mining, Renewable energy, Traditional energy

Project launched to define role of finance in South Africa and India’s ‘just transitions’

A new multi-partner initiative has been launched with the aim of defining the role that finance can and should play in supporting both South Africa and India’s...

20 January 2021

EIB advances €100m loan to Pekao Leasing for financing SMEs

The European Investment Bank has advanced a new €100 million loan to Pekao Leasing for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland.A considerable...

20 January 2021

Caribbean Development Bank elects new president

The Caribbean Development Bank has elected Hyginus Leon as its next president. His appointment will become effective on 1 May, 2021, when he will succeed Wm Warren Smith,...

20 January 2021

Mauritius and Morocco join AfDB Bloomberg bond index

The African Development Bank has announced the addition to two new countries Mauritius and Morocco - to its Bloomberg African Bond Indices (ABABI), marking a steady...

19 January 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

Philippines hydropower projects refinance debt

The 10-year P18 billion ($375 million) of debt to refinance two DFI-backed hydropower rehabilitation projects in the Philippines signed this month.The projects - the...

19 January 2021
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Social infrastructure

KfW IPEX, AFC help finance railway project in Niger, Nigeria

Construction group Mota-Engil has signed a $1.82 billion contract for the design, construction and financing of a railway infrastructure in Nigeria and Niger.Financing is...

19 January 2021

CDC and TDB sign $100m short-term finance facility

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced a $100 million debt commitment to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank...

19 January 2021

EIB Group and BTV join forces to boost SMEs and mid-caps

The EIB Group, consisting of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund, has provided a guarantee for a mezzanine tranche of a synthetic securitisation...

19 January 2021

World Bank unveils new Director for Central America and Dominican Republic

Michel Kerf has been appointed as the World Bank’s new Director for Central America and the Dominican Republic.Kerf, a Belgian national, comes to the position from...

19 January 2021

AFD prices $2bn 0.625% benchmark

Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has priced a new $2 billion five-year Reg S Benchmark transaction due 22 January 2026. The transaction carries a coupon of...

19 January 2021

ADB, Tata Capital sign deal to support SMEs in India

The Asian Development Bank has made a $10 million equity investment in Tata Capital Growth Fund II LP (TCGF II) - a private equity fund targeting growth capital...

18 January 2021

Development banks mobilise $175bn of private finance in 2019

Multilateral development banks and development finance institutions have mobilised $175 billion of private finance in 2019, an increase of 9% over the previous year, a...