| Supervising organisation |
| German Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) |
| Financial weight at a glance |
| Total commitments in 2003: €1,271m (Asia: €530m). A major part of funds comes from the Federal budget. |
| Type of funds provided |
| - Budget funds (loans: 30 years, 2% interest, 10 repayment free grace years. KfW provides alos loans to small and medium size enterprises and credit guarantee funds), Promotional Loans at market conditions (e.g. economic infrastructure) and Development Loans (mixed financing, reduced interest rate loans (10 to 12-year maturity), composite finance.
- Microcredit, credit guarantee funds,… |
| Standard procedure for infrastructure projects in brief |
| a) Project identification (locally)
b) assessment by KfW transmitted to BMZ
c) Bilateral Government negotiation
d) Agreement between the two government
e) Project preparation
f) Appraisal
g) Financing agreement
h) Project implementation
i) Start-up operation
j) Evaluation
For details refer to www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/EN/Service/Onlinelibr23/Verfahrens_E.pdf
Projects must comply with orientations provided by Country Strategy adopted by the BMZ |
| Co-financing/required partnership |
| - Project should be co-financed by the recipient country
- Co-financing with other donors in the case of Programme-based Approaches (general or sector reform programmes – mostly national levels)
- Support to German private sector to invest in social or economic infrastructure and co-financing of private investments in these infrastructure |
| Activities funded |
| construction works, consulting and engineering, training and capacity building, sector-level reforms |
| Priorities to specifically consider for cities |
| development of social and economic infrastructure in line with poverty reduction and environment protection. Necessity to refer to Country Strategy Papers and Priority Strategy of the BMZ. |
| Urban sectors concerned |
| Social infrastructure (in particular water and sanitation) economic infrastructure (transport, energy) and environment (e.g. renewable energy). Stress on poverty reduction and good governance. |
| Targeted countries in Asia |
| Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal. |
| Projects examples in Asia |
| a) Solid waste disposal project in Beijing (KfW: €20.8m) ;
b) Water supply for small towns in Western Sumatra (KfW: €5.6m) ; |
| Specific strategic documents |
| - Background policy papers for targeted countries are available in English on KfW web site.
- Action Programme 2015 of the German Federal Government www.aktionsprogramm2015.de contribution to the implementation of the 8 Millennium Development Goals |
| Web site address |
| www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de |
| Contacts |
| Headquarter
KfW Bankengruppe
Palmengartenstrasse 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Phone: +49 69 7431-0
Fax: +49 69 7431-2944
Offices in Asia: Beijing, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Jakarta, New Delhi, Kabul. |
