The World Bank provides various types of guarantees to mobilize private financing for development projects. These guarantees include partial risk guarantees, partial credit guarantees, and policy-based guarantees. Partial risk guarantees cover private lenders against specific political and regulatory risks, while partial credit guarantees cover risks over a portion of loan repayments to extend maturities. As of 2005, World Bank guarantees had catalyzed $12 billion in private investment and focused on infrastructure projects in developing countries. The guarantees help governments and the private sector access more affordable financing.

1. The World Bank Guarantees:
Overview and Key Features
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2. WORLD BANK GUARANTEES: Key Features
IBRD/IDA balance sheet
Available to all countries eligible for borrowing from IBRD or IDA
Bank Guarantees back government obligations
Guarantees cover private debt against a government’s (or government
entity’s) failure to meet specific obligations to a private or public
project.
Mobilize private sector participation and help catalyze debt with
extended maturities and lower financing costs
Flexibility – structured to meet borrower and project requirement
An integral part of Country Assistance Strategy
Counterguarantee from Member Country
– Bank Articles requirement
– Indicates project priority for Government and Bank
Benefits from the ongoing sector and country engagement of the Bank
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3. Benefits of World Bank Guarantees
For governments…
Catalyzes private financing for key sectors such as infrastructure
Provides access to capital markets as well as commercial banks
Reduces cost of private financing to affordable levels
Facilitates privatizations and public private partnerships
Reduces government risk exposure by passing commercial risk to
the private sector
Encourages cofinancing
For the private sector…
Reduces risk of private transactions in emerging countries
Mitigates risks that the private sector does not control
Opens new markets
Improves project sustainability
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4. Overview of the World Bank Guarantees Program
Approved Operations:
28 guarantees approved for 26 projects
Private capital catalyzed in the last 8 years: US$ 12 billion
2 PBGs, 8 PCGs, 18 PRGs; total exposure as of May 2005: US$ 1.4 billion
Total amount of guarantees approved: US$ 2.9 billion dollars
In FISCAL YEAR 2005:
COUNTRY PROJECT
West Africa West African Gas Pipeline
Uganda Distribution Privatization Project (supported by an IDA credit)
Romania Power Sector Distribution Project
Peru Guarantee Facility
Senegal Kounoune Power
Lao PDR Nam Theun 2 Power
Sierra Leone Bumbuna Hydropower (To be considered on June 16th)
Future Operations: 26 transactions in pipeline; 58% in Africa; infrastructure
focus.
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5. Bank Guarantees: Financial Management Principles
Bank Guarantees are managed as part of the IBRD and IDA portfolio of
loans and credits.
CAS envelope is increased by 75% of face value of guarantee
commitments for investment projects for both IBRD (< 20% of CAS
envelope & SBL) and IDA countries.
Country Risk is managed at the Lending Program level, similar to IBRD
loans and IDA credits.
IBRD provisioning policies for loans govern IBRD guarantees.
IDA provisioning policies govern IDA guarantees (currently, no
provisioning policy is applicable for IDA credits or guarantees).
IBRD maintains sufficient liquidity to meet any potential disbursements.
IDA maintains liquidity of 50% of cumulative callable amounts.
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6. Types of Guarantees
Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGs) –in support of private projects:
– Cover debt amounts against specific risks
Partial Credit Guarantees (PCGs)- in support of public projects:
– Cover part of bond/loan repayments against all risks
Policy Based Guarantees (PBGs) – in support of development
policy operations:
– Cover part of bond/loan repayments against all risks
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7. Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGs): Key Features
Cover private lenders against the risk of a public entity failing to
perform its obligations with respect to a private project.
PRG reinforces obligations of the Government – does not add to them.
Structured to provide minimum coverage necessary to mobilize
private financing
The World Bank also offers enclave guarantees which are PRGs
structured for export oriented foreign exchange generating
commercial projects in IDA-only countries.
A flexible instrument – various structures available
New developments:
– Letter of Credit Structure for Greenfield projects
– Privatization Guarantees
– Guarantee Facilities
– Local Currency Guarantees
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8. PRGs help access finance at sustainable terms
Debt Maturity Interest Spread1
Vietnam 5 5%
(P. Risk) 16 2%
Bangladesh 1 3%
(P. Risk) 14 2%
1 3%
Cote d’Ivoire
(P. Risk) 12 2.75%
0 N/A
Lao PDR
(P. Risk) 16.5 2.25 %
without Guarantee with Guarantee
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Spreads at the time of the guarantee issuance
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9. Partial Credit Guarantees (PCGs): Key Features
Cover private lenders against all risks during a specific period of the
financing term of debt for a public investment
Specially designed to extend maturity and improve market terms
Lengthen the maturity of the private debt financing beyond that
available in private markets by covering a part of the scheduled
repayments of private loans or bonds against all risks
PCGs are flexible, allowing different structures for meeting different
client needs, such as:
– Bullet guarantee
– Latter maturities
– Rolling non-reinstatable
– Amortizing syndicated loan
At present, partial credit guarantees are available only for countries
eligible for loans from IBRD.
No overlap with MIGA or IFC instruments
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10. PCGs help access finance at sustainable terms
Debt Maturity Interest Spread
Colombia 5 6.5%
(P. Credit)
10 5%
Thailand 0 8.5%
(P. Credit) 10 2.9%
Lebanon 5 3%
(P. Credit) 10
1%
Jordan 2 3%
(P. Credit) 7 1%
Philippines 7 3%
(P. Credit)
15 2.5%
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Spreads at the time of the guarantee issuance without Guarantee with Guarantee
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11. Policy Based Guarantees (PBGs): Key Features
An extension of partial credit guarantees beyond investment
projects to adjustment / sector programs
Facilitates sovereign borrowings in support of structural and social
policy reforms
Alternative/Complement to a Development Policy Loan
Acceptable forms of PBGs
– Bullet guarantee
– Partial guarantees of payments
– Latter maturities
– Rolling Non reinstatable
No overlap with MIGA or IFC instruments
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12. Guiding Principles on Deployment of Risk Mitigation Instruments
PRGs can be considered in the following situations:
– Sectors in early stages of reform
– Larger size/riskier operations
– Operations highly dependent on support/undertakings of
governments
– Clout of the Bank needed
Joint transactions
Coordination
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