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Project ID 38962

Status Complete

Location

Azerbaijan

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 38962

Status Complete

Location

Azerbaijan

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

17 Jun 2008

Disclosure date

11 Apr 2008

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

The proposed project is to provide a syndicated loan in the amount of up to USD 40 million to the Microfinance Bank of Azerbaijan for on-lending to Micro and Small Enterprises (“MSE”). The facility will help MFBA in accessing international capital markets and will assist in deepening the Azeri financial system by providing a long-term financing to support MFBA’s growing MSE lending operations particularly outside of the capital.

Transition Impact

The project will have a significant transition impact as it will be the first syndicated loan and will facilitate MFBA’s access to the international commercial debt market and help to diversify the bank’s funding base.

Simultaneously, the growth of the MSE sector in Azerbaijan will help to consolidate the transition, as MFBA provides continuous support to MSEs that would otherwise have little or no access to formal sector finance. Support for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises is at the heart of the EBRD's mandate for strengthening private sector development.

The Client

MFBA, a closed joint stock bank, was opened in Baku on 29 October 2002. MFBA is the only specialist microfinance bank and a leading provider of financial services to MSMEs in Azerbaijan, with a product range comprising MSE business loans and other consumer loans, current accounts, national and international payment services and deposits and other savings products. MFBA ranks 12th by the total assets as of end-2007.

EBRD Finance

EBRD will retain up to USD 10 million on its own account. An amount of up to USD 30 million under the B-Loan will offered to the syndication market.

Project Cost

USD 40 million.

Environmental Impact

MFBA operates in accordance with the EBRD's “Environmental Procedures for Local Banks”, which requires borrowers to comply, at a minimum, with national/local environment, health and safety, and labour standards and regulations , and public consultation requirements. MFBA will submit Annual Environmental Reports to the EBRD.

Technical Cooperation

Since the start of its operations in 2002, MFBA has received approximately EUR 3.6 million in technical cooperation funds to support the start-up of the bank and management team as well as the regional expansion for the first 3 years of its operations. The technical cooperation funds were provided by the European Union and Germany via EBRD.

Company Contact

Andrew Pospielovsky
General Manager
137, A.Guliev St.
Az-1000 Baku, Azerbaijan

Tel.: +994-12-493 07 26
Fax: +994-12-493 07 96

Website: www.mfba.az

Transition impact

ETI Score:60

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

Business opportunities

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Public Information Policy (PIP)

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Text of the PIP

Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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