Private Sector Development and Fiscal Management for Inclusive Growth DPF (WB-P168630)

Countries
  • Egypt
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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
U
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 4, 2018
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
Government of Egypt
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Law and Government
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)
$ 1,000.00 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)
$ 1,000.00 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
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jan 16, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Nov 10, 2018

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, the objective of this operation is enabling financial inclusion, private sector development and strengthening fiscal management for inclusive growth in Egypt.

The proposed project is a stand-alone, two-tranche operation (with each tranche being US$500 million) aimed at supporting GoE’s effort to improve inclusive growth, structured under three objectives. The proposed DPF will support the following specific policy reform actions and tranche release conditions which contribute to the policy objectives of the GoE program:

  1. Pillar 1 - Financial inclusion and access to finance:
    1. Improving access to finance for subsistence entrepreneurs and microfinance by allowing use of mobile payment in microfinance activities and electronic payment by microfinance institutions;
    2. ii. Facilitating greater access to finance for SMEs by strengthening the implementation of the framework for secured transactions by establishing and operationalizing an electronic collateral registry for security interests in movable property;
    3. iii. Fairer and more efficient capital markets and broadening the investors base by amending the Capital Markets Law.
  2. Pillar 2 – Private sector development:
    1. strengthening corporate governance and minority shareholder protection through regulations supporting the new Companies Law;
    2. improving ease of doing business and enhancing the business environment by reducing the number of steps to establish a company;
    3. providing investor facilitation services in lagging regions such as Upper Egypt and/or frontier Governorates, easing business establishment and operations;
    4. improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurship through the “Your Idea, Your Company” program to provide technical assistance, funding and improve the regulatory framework for private sectorled entrepreneurship;
    5. promoting and facilitating SME participation in public procurement and enhancing transparency and automation of public procurement through new procurement law;
    6. improving processes for property registration and efficiency of land administration through improving property deeds registration in new urban communities (via new law) and simplification in property title registration process (via draft new law on title registration system), to improve transparency and quality of information;
    7. facilitating disruptive technology in the transport ride sharing sector through regulations supporting new Ride Sharing Law to determine conditions, procedures and controls required for issuance of operations licenses, taxes and charges, and operations cards; a framework for taxes, charges and social insurance premiums; and specifying data and information required to be kept and maintained by ride-sharing companies;
  3. Pillar 3 – Strengthened Fiscal Management:
    1. simplifying tax payment and improving the business environment via facilitating electronic filing of tax returns;
    2. publication of an updated expanded medium-term debt management strategy by GoE;
    3. reduction in energy subsidies and continuing adjustments to energy prices via electricity and fuel price adjustments, for promoting private sector investment in energy sector and creating fiscal space for necessary investments in human capital;
    4. fiscal empowerment of local governments by improving quality, transparency and sustainability of capital spending at Local Administrative levels (Governorates and districts)
Investment Description
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World Bank:
Ashish Khanna, Mohamed Hisham El-Shiaty, Mohamed Nada
Program Leader

Borrower:
Arab Republic of Egypt
Yara Elabd
Advisor to Minister of Investment and International Cooperat
yelabd@miic.gov.eg

Implementing Agencies:
Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation
Yara Elabd
Advisor to Minister
yelabd@miic.gov.eg

General Authority for Investment & Free Zones
Mohsin Adel
Executive Director
mohsen.adel@gafinet.org.eg 

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