Regional Green Bonds Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (IADB-RG-T3368)

Regions
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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
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
Apr 23, 2019
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
Regional
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1.90 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)
$ 2.05 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 @ IADB website

Updated in EWS May 11, 2019

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Project Description
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The objective of the proposed program is to scale-up and replicate the IDBG support for green bonds, while as well expand the experience to new issuers (governments and municipalities) and to new instruments (sustainable bonds): "Providing the necessary technical assistance to governments and NDB clients relating to issuances on more challenging sectors beyond Renewable Energy, including sustainable agriculture, multi-sector portfolios, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thematic projects by – among others - developing methodological, knowledge and technical frameworks; Providing the necessary technical assistance to identify national and subnational budget expenditures that could be eligible for green and sustainability bonds, promoting inter-ministerial dialogues to prioritize assets, allocate proceeds and ensure bonds alignment with countries' commitments under their NDC and SDG. Providing technical support to governments and additional NDB clients regarding financial structuring aspects of the bond issuance and aggregation of portfolios, as well as regarding the use of credit enhancement features and identifying opportunities for the IDB or IDB Invest to offer financial instruments (guarantees, private placement, anchor investments and blended finance solutions for the mobilization of resources through other multilateral partners, such as EIB and KFW); Assessing international appetite for investments in LAC sustainable and green bonds issuances (including the conditions in terms of costs and framework, and potential for Green Panda Bonds issuances in China, the potential of SGD bonds and the impact of credit enhancement).

Investment Description
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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IADB

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 (IIC)-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 IIC 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).

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