Upstream Technical Assistance

PIDG’s reconfigured IFC-PIDG/TA business supports the other PIDG businesses by providing support to project development and enabling transactions, improving the affordability and/or impact of projects through Viability Gap Funding (VGF), transaction advisory services, and piloting new programmatic initiatives.

Financial close Commercial operation
Concept Early stage development Construction Operation
Technical Assistance (TA)
DevCo
InfraCo Africa Able to hold equity stakes during construction and operation
InfraCo Asia
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF)
GuarantCo

  • Technical Assistance (TA)

    TA plays a central role in enabling PIDG to initiate multi-company programmes and centrally-driven initiatives that are not specific to a particular company and that align with PIDG strategic objectives.

    At a glance

    Established2004
    PIDG members currently fundingUK Aid , DGIS, Seco, Sida, World Bank-IFC, DFAT
    Cumulative PIDG member funding$128.9m
    Total commitments by TA at 31 December 2020$44.5m to 233 TA Grants, $5.5m to 6 Capital Grants, $58.3m to 9 VGF Grants, $12m to 2 DevCo Grants
    2020 commitments$8.9m for 45 TA Grants, $4.8m for 5 Capital Grants, $17m for 2 VGF Grants, $5.5m to 1 DevCo Grant

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  • DevCo

    DevCo provides advisory services to governments in the poorer (DAC I and II) countries to help them structure transactions that facilitate private sector participation in infrastructure projects.

    At a glance

    Established2003
    PIDG members currently fundingUK Aid , DGIS, Sida, World Bank-IFC; DevCo is funded directly, not through the PIDG Trust
    Cumulative PIDG member funding$91.1m
    Managed byIFC, a member of the World Bank Group
    Total commitments as at 31 Dec 2020$46.5m to 67 projects/mandates, including 37 that have reached financial close, 15 that have reached commercial close, 10 under active development, and 5 closed after completing Phase I or Post-Transaction work

    Expected development impact

    In 2019, DevCo committed $3.9m to a number of activities including 3 transaction advisory mandates, and 5 preliminary (phase 0) and post-transaction activities.

    The $46.7m cumulative commitment figure does not include commitments to projects that did not result in a closing. In addition PIDG is currently in the process of confirming the status of DevCo’s portfolio and will update these figures once the process is complete.

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