Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financial Services Outreach (ADB-50349-003)

Regions
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Sri Lanka
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
Feb 2, 2022
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
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.80 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.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 0.80 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)
$ 0.80 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS May 15, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Jan 10, 2022

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Project Description
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According to ADB documents, the proposed technical assistance (TA) of $800,000 for Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financial Services Outreach will support the implementation of the proposed Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Credit Guarantee Institution Project in Sri Lanka (the ensuing project), which is a standby project for 2021 in the country operations business plan for Sri Lanka, 2021-2023.

ADB will support the government’s vision to create a sustainable mechanism for credit guarantee operations, rather than launching a short-term measure for easing credit to SMEs. For this reason, the ensuing project, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Credit Guarantee Institution Project, is being designed towards a sustainable operation of SMECGI. It should be well-funded, profitable, efficiently managed, removed from political influence, and operated with the highest level of corporate governance and risk management practices with support from the central bank.

 

Investment Description
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The TA is estimated to cost $800,000, of which (i) $500,000 will be financed on a grant basis

from ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF-other sources), and (ii) $300,000 will be

financed on a grant basis from the Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund. 


Contact Information
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Responsible ADB Officer Hoshino, Takuya
Responsible ADB Department South Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SARD
Executing Agencies
Department of Development Finance
1st Floor, The Secretariat, Colombo 01,
Sri Lanka
Ministry of Finance
The Secretariat Building
Colombo 01
Sri Lanka

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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