Early Warning System

Regions

Latin America and Caribbean

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

Countries

Paraguay

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

Specific Location

Uninformed

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

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

Approved

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."

Voting Date

Nov 1, 2023

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

Bancop S.A.

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

Sectors

Finance

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)

$ 15.00 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)

$ 15.00 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)

$ 20.00 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

Community Documents

Letter of concern to IDB Invest

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IDBI website

Updated in EWS Dec 17, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Sep 21, 2023

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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.

The proposed operation consists of a senior unsecured loan to Banco for an amount up to US$20 million, which is expected to be compromised as follows: (i) a Committed tranche consisting of an A Loan of up to US$10 million to be financed by IDB Invest, (ii) Tranche II: an Uncommitted tranche consisting of an A Loan of up to US$5 million, to be financed by IDB Invest; and (iii) a B Loan for an approximate amount of US5 million to be financed by institutional investors. The operation will have a term of up to five years, with a grace period of up to two years and semi-annual amortization. The funds from the operation will be used to finance small and medium-sized producers in the agricultural and livestock sectors of Paraguay, which will contribute to increasing food production in Paraguay.

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 IDB Invest categorized the project risk as FI-2.

Investment Description

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

IDB Invest (IDBI)

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.

Bancop (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.

According to the IDB Invest, Bancop is the only bank owned by the main production cooperatives in Paraguay. The bank began operating in July 2012, and now has ten and six service channels, which include its headquarters in Asunción, twelve branches, two Customer Service Centers (CAC) and a Non-Banking Correspondent (CNB), all strategically located in the most productive areas of the country. Bancop is committed to offering high-quality, innovative and competitive products and services to its clients. Its mission is to support the sustainable development of Paraguay by providing financial services to different economic sectors.

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.

IDB INVEST

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit a request for information disclosure at:

https://www.idbinvest.org/en/access-information-policy.

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IDB / IDB INVEST

The Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) or Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)-funded project. If you submit a complaint to MICI, they may assist you in addressing the problems you raised through a dispute-resolution process with those implementing the project and/or through an investigation to assess whether the IDB or IDB Invest is following its own policies for preventing or mitigating harm to people or the environment. You can submit a complaint by sending an email to MICI@iadb.org. You can learn more about the MICI and how to file a complaint at http://www.iadb.org/en/mici/mici,1752.html (in English) or http://www.iadb.org/es/mici/mici,1752.html (Spanish).