The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved an Additional Financing loan to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million for the Second Export Development Project (EDP 2), reads a posting on the Web site of the bank.
According to the report, the loan will be provided to Ukreximbank as a LIBOR-based flexible variable spread loan repayable in 30 years, including a 6-year grace period, and will be provided a state guarantee by Ukraine.
"Ukraine needs more competitive and diversified exports to sustain economic growth in these volatile global times. This project was a key source of financing for exporters during the crisis. By providing additional financing now, we hope to extend its impact into a lasting recovery," said Martin Raiser, World Bank Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
The Additional Financing loan will supplement the existing EDP2 credit line and will extend the EDP2 project implementation through the end of 2014.
The bank said that of the $150 million Additional Financing loan provided by the World Bank, $45 million will be used by Ukreximbank for direct financing of its exporting clients, while $105 million will be used for lending by Ukreximbank to eligible financial intermediaries for their further on-lending to Ukrainian exporters.
EDP 2, approved in 2006, is a successor to the previously successful EDP 1 project (1996-2003).
Since Ukraine joined the World Bank in 1992, World Bank commitments to the country total about $7 billion for 39 projects and programs.
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