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Box 7.4 EU blending facilities<br />

Since 2007, the Europe<strong>an</strong> Commission has<br />

launched seven blending facilities to support<br />

large-scale infrastructure <strong>an</strong>d SME development,<br />

including the Infrastructure Trust Fund<br />

(ITF) in Africa, the Neighbourhood Investment<br />

Facility (NIF) <strong>for</strong> Europe<strong>an</strong> Neighbourhood<br />

<strong>an</strong>d Partnership countries, the Western Balk<strong>an</strong>s<br />

Investment Framework (WBIF), the Latin<br />

America Investment Facility <strong>an</strong>d the Investment<br />

Facility <strong>for</strong> Central Asia. These facilities link EU<br />

budget gr<strong>an</strong>ts (sometimes topped up with gr<strong>an</strong>ts<br />

from fin<strong>an</strong>cial institutions <strong>an</strong>d EU Member<br />

States) with lo<strong>an</strong>s by accredited international,<br />

regional <strong>an</strong>d Europe<strong>an</strong> bilateral fin<strong>an</strong>cial institutions<br />

such as the Europe<strong>an</strong> Investment B<strong>an</strong>k<br />

(EIB), Agence Fr<strong>an</strong>çaise de Développement<br />

(AFD) <strong>an</strong>d KfW B<strong>an</strong>kengruppe. As Figure 7.6<br />

suggests, these facilities have subst<strong>an</strong>tial leverage<br />

effects. For inst<strong>an</strong>ce, the ITF has a leverage ratio<br />

of approximately seven whereas the NIF <strong>an</strong>d<br />

the WBIF have leverage ratios of about 15 <strong>an</strong>d<br />

five respectively. The leverage ratio refers to the<br />

ratio of lo<strong>an</strong> component provided by accredited<br />

fin<strong>an</strong>ciers against the gr<strong>an</strong>t component provided<br />

to approved projects since the inception of the<br />

facility until end 2011.<br />

Figure 7.6 Gr<strong>an</strong>t <strong>an</strong>d lo<strong>an</strong> components of selected EU blending facilities (million EUROS)<br />

8,000<br />

7,000<br />

6,000<br />

5,000<br />

4,000<br />

3,000<br />

2,000<br />

1,000<br />

Accredited Fin<strong>an</strong>ciers<br />

0<br />

ITF NIF WBIF<br />

Total Gr<strong>an</strong>t<br />

Source: The author, based on 2011 data <strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong>nual reports<br />

poSt-<strong>2015</strong>: <strong>Global</strong> actIon For <strong>an</strong> IncluSIvE <strong>an</strong>D SuStaInablE FuturE<br />

Blending carries<br />

the risk that<br />

development<br />

projects will be<br />

selected more<br />

on fin<strong>an</strong>cial<br />

grounds because<br />

investments<br />

must achieve<br />

a minimum<br />

fin<strong>an</strong>cial return<br />

to attract<br />

non-gr<strong>an</strong>t<br />

fin<strong>an</strong>cing.<br />

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