Upstream Technical Assistance
PIDG’s reconfigured IFC-PIDG/TAF 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.
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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
Established 2004 PIDG members currently funding DFID, DGIS, SECO, Sida, IFC – World Bank Group, DFAT Cumulative PIDG member funding $104.2m Total commitments by TA at 31 December 2019 $36.7m to 182 TA Grants, $0.75m to 1 Capital Grant, $41.3m to 7 VGF Grants, $5.5m to 10 DevCo Grants 2019 commitments $6.3m for 33 TA Grants, $0.75m for 1 Capital Grant, $6.0m for 1 Viability Gap Funding Grant, $5.5m to 10 DevCo Grants -
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
Established 2003 PIDG members currently funding DFID, DGIS, Sida, World Bank-IFC; DevCo is funded directly, not through the PIDG Trust Cumulative PIDG member funding $91.0m Managed by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group Total commitments as at 31 Dec 2019 $46.7m to 68 projects/mandates, including 33 that have reached financial close, 16 that have reached commercial close, 14 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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