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Washington, D.C., October 13, 2014—
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
(ICO)
will streamline their collaboration to provide much-needed financing to private companies and help boost growth and jobs in emerging markets.
ICO is the 24
th
development finance institution to sign IFC's Master Cooperation Agreement (MCA), which standardizes steps that lenders take when co-financing projects with IFC. This streamlined approach saves time and money for lenders and borrowers. Since the MCA was established in 2009, signatories have co-invested more than $3 billion in loans with IFC to support private sector development.
“With this renewed cooperation, we hope to continue our mutual efforts in providing financing to Spanish companies in order to enable them to develop their projects in emerging markets with positive impacts on economic growth and job creation,” said Fernando Navarrete, Chief Financial Officer of ICO.
Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC Vice President, said: “IFC and ICO share the goal of supporting private sector activities that promote sustainable economic growth and shared prosperity. As MCA partners we will be able to more efficiently work with Spanish companies to encourage investment and knowledge flows to emerging markets.”
IFC works closely with Spain to provide financing and advice to promote private sector development in emerging markets. Previously, IFC and ICO co-invested in wind power and telecommunications projects in Latin America. Spain’s development finance institution, Compañia Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (COFIDES), is also a signatory of the MCA.
About IFC
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. Working with private enterprises in about 100 countries, we use our capital, expertise, and influence to help eliminate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. In FY14, we provided more than $22 billion in financing to improve lives in developing countries and tackle the most urgent challenges of development. For more information, visit
www.ifc.org
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About the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO):
The Instituto de Crédito Oficial is a state-owned bank with the legal structure of a public sector company, attached to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness via the State Secretariat for Economy and Enterprise Support. From a legal point of view it is a credit institution, and it is treated as a State Finance Agency. As a state-owned bank, ICO grants loans to finance companies' investment projects and liquidity needs, both within and beyond Spain, either through financial entities or directly. In addition, as the State Finance Agency, it manages the official financing instruments that the Spanish government deploys to promote exports and provide development aid. For more information, visit
http://www.ico.es/web/ico/home
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