Project Name：IDB Lab—Specialized Financial Intermediary Development Fund

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Central America, South America

Project Description：

The project will establish the Specialized Financial Intermediary Investment Fund, which will be administered by the IDB and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF).

Region：Central America, South America

Implementation Start Date：2006-03-27

Implementation End Date：2023-03-26

Project Objectives：Facilitate the development of market economies and micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in TaiwanICDF partner countries.

Executing Agency：IDB Lab

Implementation Arrangement：IDB Lab will use the fund resource to directly or indirectly invest in, or make loan to the microfinance institution after obtaining the approval from IDB Lab Donor's Committee.

Phone：+886 2 28732323 ext.6078

E-mail：daphne_tien@icdf.org.tw

Signing Date：2006-03-27

Projected Benefits：This project will deploy local market, improve living standard of people, and increase the visibility of our country in the region. The number of micro loans which is less than US$5,000 will increase.