Djibouti Affordable Housing Finance Project (WB-P176772)

Countries
  • Djibouti
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
Active
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 21, 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
Republic of Djibouti - Ministry of Economy and Finance, in Charge of Industry
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
  • Finance
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 85.00 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 Feb 8, 2023

Disclosed by Bank May 28, 2022

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Project Description
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According to the World Bank, the project objective is to expand access to affordable housing finance for underserved populations in Djibouti’s territory.

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According to thw World Bank:

The Project aims to support the Government of Djibouti in its efforts to implement priority and necessary activities to create a minimum platform of conditions to develop access to affordable housing. Currently the lack of affordable and commercial housing finance solutions remains a major issue. Affordable housing supply is coming to the market through public developers, but buyers have no access to commercial financing due to the banks’ risk aversion towards low-income groups. The project seeks to transition financial solutions
implemented by public developers to the commercial financial system, and will:
• Expand access to affordable housing finance to underserved households through a mortgage partial guarantee mechanism;
• Introduce innovative financing solutions for the self-construction of affordable housing targeting low-income households to involve microfinance institutions; and convert existing rent-to-own contracts to low-and-middle-income households into mortgage loans;
• Support policy reforms to lower construction cost.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank's Team Leaders:

Caroline Marie Cecile Cerruti Hailey - Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Marie Christine Apedo Amah - Economist

Borrower/Client:

Republic of Djibouti - Ministry of Economy and Finance, in Charge of Industry
Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh
Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry
ministre@economie.gouv.dj

Implementing Agencies:

Agence de Réhabilitation Urbaine et du Logement Social (ARULOS)
Abdourahman Ali Ahmed
Director
abdourahman.ali@arulos.dj

Fonds de Garantie Partielle des Credits de Djibouti (FGPCD)
Aouad Mouti
Director General
fgpcdj@gmail.com 

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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