TAJ: Promoting Financial Inclusion through Greenfield Banking- (ADB-47915-001)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Tajikistan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
C
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 2, 2014
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
AccessBank Tajikistan CJSC
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
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Investment Type(s)
Equity, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 22.42 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 8.00 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.
Bank Documents
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS May 23, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jun 8, 2015

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Project Description
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According to ADB website, The investment package will support economic activity of underserved farmers, and micro and small and medium sized businesses (MSMBs).

With bank assets to GDP at less than 28% Tajikistan s financial intermediation is very low and trails far behind other transition economies. Intermediation spreads are high and the stability of banks is weak. Only 3 banks and 7 MFIs exceed 1000 borrowing clients. Although MFIs have made efforts in serving households and MSMBs, the overall significance of their outreach remains limited.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The ADB categorized the project risks as follows:

Environment FI
Involuntary Resettlement FI-C
Indigenous Peoples FI-C

It further added that "Environmental category A subloan applications are excluded from financing", and "Involuntary Resettlement [and Indigenous Peoples] category A and B subloan applications are excluded from financing".

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

Equity: USD 14.42 million
Loan: USD 5.00 million
B-Loan: USD 3.00 million

Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by DevEx, all founders of CJSC AccessBank Tajikistan (AccessBank) are large international investment and financial organizations with long standing experience in financial sector development:

  1. -Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding) – (70.912%)
  2. -European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – (10.908%)
  3. -International Finance Cooperation (IFC) – (10.908%)
  4. -KfW Development Bank – (7.272%)

From the very beginning AccessBank positioned itself as an innovator in the banking services sector. AccessBank emphasizes on setting new banking standards in Tajikistan in terms of professionalism, transparency and efficiency. The Bank furthermore seeks to promote private sector development, investment, poverty reduction and job creation by providing accessible and appropriate financial services. 

AccessBank Tajikistan officially opened its doors on April 7, 2010. The Bank’s headquarter is located at the central market Korvon with one CSD (Customer Service Department) in the capital Dushanbe. 
Aiming at a countrywide facilitated access to financing, AccessBank plans to expand its branch network throughout all regions of Tajikistan over the next 7 years to come. 


Contact Information
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Project Officer: Cheema, Asif
Private Sector Operations Department
No contact information provided at the time of disclosure.

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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