CAMBODIA LAOS MYANMAR DEVELOPMENT F (FMO-45040)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Myanmar
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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."
Voting Date
Dec 11, 2015
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
The Cambodia Laos Myanmar Fund
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Education and Health
  • Finance
  • Industry and Trade
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 10.93 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)
$ 10.00 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.
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Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Dec 20, 2023

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Project Description
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The Cambodia Laos Myanmar Fund II is the second fund managed by credible and locally present fund manager Emerging Markets Investment Advisors. The Fund is the successor fund of the Cambodia Laos Development Fund established in 2011, in which FMO invested USD 4 million for a 20 percent stake from MASSIF. The Fund will be sector-agnostic growth capital fund and will focus on SME financing in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

FMO will invest USD 10 million in the Cambodia Laos Myanmar Development Fund II. The Fund: - Focuses on three frontier markets (Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos) where impact potential is high; - Focuses on SME financing (minimum 80 percent) with a wide range of business models that create opportunities and impact for the upcoming middle class; - Provides access for FMO to Myanmar at a relatively low risk because of the multi-country focus; - Non-financial value added through e.g.: training, job creation, improved governance, labor practices, products and services newly offered to segments and geographies.

Financing for SMEs is highly needed but very scarce in the targeted developing market. The Fund will invest a minimum of 80 percent in SME's. The financial activities of the Manager, contributes to the understanding of and confidence in, equity-related financing among the entrepreneurial/SME communities in the focus countries, which adds to developing their financial sectors. The Fund will add non-financial value to SME's through: increase volume and quality of training, job creation, improved business governance, labor practices that they require from investees, taxes paid and products and services newly offered to segments and geographies.

Investment Description
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Financial Intermediary
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Private Actor Relationship
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Private Actors Description
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As stated by the FMO, the Cambodia Laos Myanmar Fund II is the second fund managed by credible and locally present fund manager Emerging Markets Investment Advisors. The Fund is the successor fund of the Cambodia Laos Development Fund established in 2011, in which FMO invested USD 4 million for a 20 percent stake from MASSIF. The Fund will be sector-agnostic growth capital fund and will focus on SME financing in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.


Contact Information
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No project contacts provided at the time of disclosure.

Financial Intermediary - Emerging Markets Investment Advisers:

Addresses -
Cambodia: Level 17, Vattanac Capital Tower, No. 66 Monivong Blvd., Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh
Singapore: 15 Beach Road, #02-01, Singapore 189677
Website: https://www.emergingmarkets.asia/

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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