Local Currency Guarantees

Instrument description

GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, offers local currency partial credit guarantees. These guarantees protect lenders and investors providing debt in the event of a loan default caused by the borrower. The partial credit guarantees of GuarantCo cover debt up to a specified amount while reimbursement will be paid in local currencies. GuarantCo can cover senior and subordinated debt but not equity.

Eligible projects and transactions

Eligible infrastructure sectors: Energy supply, gas transportation, water and waste services, transportation, urban infrastructure, telecommunications, mining (under specific conditions). Other development conducive infrastructure might be considered.

All projects supported by GuarantCo must comply with environmental, social, and health and safety standards.

Recipients of guarantees need to support the provision of infrastructure services through investments into one of the following company types:

  • Greenfield developments and start-up companies.
  • Operating infrastructure companies that require finance for upgrades, expansions.
  • Privatized infrastructure companies.
  • Parastatals or public corporations: additional requirements need to be fulfilled.
  • Municipal infrastructure: additional requirements need to be fulfilled.

Details: https://www.guarantco.com/storage/pdf/GtCoInvestmentPolicyDocument.pdf

Eligible regions

GuarantCo supports projects in all low-income and lower-middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, Latin and Central America, and the Caribbean.

Key features

  • Tenor of coverage: Up to 15 years.
  • Size of coverage: The guarantee cover available for any single transaction is between USD 5 million and USD 50 million or the equivalent amount in local currency. GuarantCo will not typically cover more than 50 per cent of the total debt of the project or beneficiary.

Eligible Countries

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    Afghanistan
  • Flag of Angola
    Angola
  • Flag of Armenia
    Armenia
  • Flag of Bangladesh
    Bangladesh
  • Flag of Belize
    Belize
  • Flag of Benin
    Benin
  • Flag of Bhutan
    Bhutan
  • Flag of Bolivia
    Bolivia
  • Flag of Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso
  • Flag of Burundi
    Burundi
  • Flag of Cambodia
    Cambodia
  • Flag of Cameroon
    Cameroon
  • Flag of Cape Verde
    Cape Verde
  • Flag of Central African Rep.
    Central African Rep.
  • Flag of Chad
    Chad
  • Flag of Comoros
    Comoros
  • Flag of Congo, Dem. Rep.
    Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Flag of Congo, Repub. of the
    Congo, Repub. of the
  • Flag of Cote d
    Cote d'Ivoire
  • Flag of Djibouti
    Djibouti
  • Flag of Egypt
    Egypt
  • Flag of El Salvador
    El Salvador
  • Flag of Equatorial Guinea
    Equatorial Guinea
  • Flag of Eritrea
    Eritrea
  • Flag of Ethiopia
    Ethiopia
  • Flag of Fiji
    Fiji
  • Flag of Gambia, The
    Gambia, The
  • Flag of Gaza Strip
    Gaza Strip
  • Flag of Georgia
    Georgia
  • Flag of Ghana
    Ghana
  • Flag of Guatemala
    Guatemala
  • Flag of Guinea
    Guinea
  • Flag of Guinea-Bissau
    Guinea-Bissau
  • Flag of Guyana
    Guyana
  • Flag of Haiti
    Haiti
  • Flag of Honduras
    Honduras
  • Flag of India
    India
  • Flag of Indonesia
    Indonesia
  • Flag of Iraq
    Iraq
  • Flag of Kenya
    Kenya
  • Flag of Kiribati
    Kiribati
  • Flag of Korea, South
    Korea, South
  • Flag of Kosovo
    Kosovo
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Flag of Laos
    Laos
  • Flag of Lesotho
    Lesotho
  • Flag of Liberia
    Liberia
  • Flag of Madagascar
    Madagascar
  • Flag of Malawi
    Malawi
  • Flag of Mali
    Mali
  • Flag of Marshall Islands
    Marshall Islands
  • Flag of Mauritania
    Mauritania
  • Flag of Micronesia, Fed. St.
    Micronesia, Fed. St.
  • Flag of Mongolia
    Mongolia
  • Flag of Morocco
    Morocco
  • Flag of Mozambique
    Mozambique
  • Flag of Myanmar
    Myanmar
  • Flag of Nepal
    Nepal
  • Flag of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua
  • Flag of Niger
    Niger
  • Flag of Nigeria
    Nigeria
  • Flag of Pakistan
    Pakistan
  • Flag of Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
  • Flag of Paraguay
    Paraguay
  • Flag of Philippines
    Philippines
  • Flag of Rwanda
    Rwanda
  • Flag of Samoa
    Samoa
  • Flag of Sao Tome & Principe
    Sao Tome & Principe
  • Flag of Senegal
    Senegal
  • Flag of Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone
  • Flag of Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
  • Flag of Somalia
    Somalia
  • Flag of South Sudan
    South Sudan
  • Flag of Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka
  • Flag of Sudan
    Sudan
  • Flag of Swaziland
    Swaziland
  • Flag of Syria
    Syria
  • Flag of Tajikistan
    Tajikistan
  • Flag of Tanzania
    Tanzania
  • Flag of Timor Leste
    Timor Leste
  • Flag of Togo
    Togo
  • Flag of Tonga
    Tonga
  • Flag of Turkmenistan
    Turkmenistan
  • Flag of Tuvalu
    Tuvalu
  • Flag of Uganda
    Uganda
  • Flag of Ukraine
    Ukraine
  • Flag of Uzbekistan
    Uzbekistan
  • Flag of Vanuatu
    Vanuatu
  • Flag of Vietnam
    Vietnam
  • Flag of West Bank
    West Bank
  • Flag of Yemen
    Yemen
  • Flag of Zambia
    Zambia
  • Flag of Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe