Housing Finance Sector Development Program (ADB-51252-001)

Countries
  • Bhutan
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
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
FI
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
Government of Bhutan
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
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)
$ 17.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 17.00 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
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Mar 29, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Sep 11, 2017

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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 website, ADB's proposed sector development program will help establish the underlying enabling conditions to facilitate a transition towards a market-driven sustainable housing market. It will focus on strengthening market growth and stability by addressing financing and other core constraints in the ecosystem.

The policy-based loan component of the program will strengthen the enabling environment and support broad-based development of the housing ecosystem. The investment loan component will enhance credit delivery through the establishment of a housing finance entity (HFE). The HFE will convene low-cost and medium- to long-term sources of financing and channel these into housing sector development through onlending to financial institutions to finance mortgage and housing construction loans. The HFE will lower the cost of funds for financial institutions and strengthen their capacity to introduce product segmentation and financing instruments that are better tailored to market demand and borrower risk profiles. In addition, the investment loan will support the introduction of a mortgage guarantee scheme to further reduce risk in the financial system through reduction of credit risk in financial institutions' portfolios and help build market confidence in underserved segments by introducing risk-sharing arrangements.

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Responsible ADB Officer Shah, Syed Ali-Mumtaz H.
Responsible ADB Department South Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, SARD
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Finance
Royal Government of Bhutan
Thimphu, Bhutan
Attention: Director

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