Early Warning System

Countries

Chile

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

IDB Invest (IDBI)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Telefonica Moviles Chile S.A.

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Communications

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 100.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 100.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Campaign Documents

Company Overview of Telefonica Moviles Chile S.A.

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IDBI website

Updated in EWS Nov 23, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Sep 28, 2018

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank, the Project consists of an uncommitted receivables purchase facility for US$100 million ("Facility") to sell mobile phone handset receivables originated by Telefonica Moviles Chile S.A. (the "Company" or "Movistar Chile"). The Facility will have an availability period of 48 months. The receivables have a repayment period of up to 24 months from the issuance date of the lease contract. Under the Facility, IDB Invest shall purchase, in its sole discretion, the mobile phone handset receivables.

The Project seeks to support the adoption and use of smartphones that allow the final subscribers of Movistar Chile to access to data services. Greater access to data services has a positive impact on economic development since broadband penetration facilitates the creation of jobs, promotes the creation of businesses, increases productivity, and positively impacts per capita growth. However, there are important barriers to deal with dramatic growth in data uses, one of which is the cost of acquiring equipment and technologies that allow end users to use Internet services. The proposed Project is one of the ways that IDB Invest will seek to address this barrier.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

IDB Invest (IDBI)

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Telefónica, S.A.	Client	-

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Client Contact name:
Felipe Flores

Title:
Manager - Sustainability Project Specialist

Phone number:
'+56 9 74972819

Email address:
felipe.floresr@telefonica.com

For inquiries and comments to IDB Invest, contact:

IDB Invest’s Communications Group, E-mail: divulgacionpublica@iadb.org

For project inquiries, including environmental and social questions related to an IDB Invest investment, please contact the client or the IDB Invest using the contact information provided above.

As a last resort, project affected communities have access to the IDB Invest Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism:

Tel: +1 (202) 623-3952

Fax: +1 (202) 312-4057

Address: 1300 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC. USA. 20577

E-mail: mecanismo@iadb.org or MICI@iadb.org