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MOBILIZING PRIVATE FUNDS TO THE WATER SECTOR
OSAMU MURATAChief Representative
Japan Bank for International CooperationManila Representative Office
June 2005Presented at Financing for Development Workshop in New York
World Economic Forum
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Outline of Presentation
1. USAID-JBIC Water Collaboration: Background and Challenges
2. Municipal Water Loan Finance Initiative (MWLFI): Pilot Project in the Philippines
3. Philippine Water Revolving Fund (PWRF): First Full-Scale WRF in Developing Countries (DCs)
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US-Japan Clean Water for People Initiative
• Initiated in September 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) between two governments
• Objectives:(a) provide safe water supply and sanitation to the world’s poor(b) accelerate and expand cooperation to achieve the
United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing half the proportion of people without
access to safe drinking water or sanitation by year 2015
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USAID-JBIC Water Collaboration
US-JAPAN CLEAN WATER FOR PEOPLE INITIATIVE
Grant Assistance ODA Loan T/A
US-Japan cooperation in various fields
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USAID-JBIC Collaboration
• Pilot Countries:To realize the Initiative, Indonesia, India, Jamaica and the Philippines were selected as pilot countries
• Challenges: To mobilize private funds to the water sector in rural areas by establishing a Water Revolving Fund (WRF), the idea of which was endorsed in G8 Water Action Plan in Evian Summit
To channel private sector funds for water and sanitation projects through JBIC ODA loan and USAID Guarantee
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USAID-JBIC Collaboration
• Philippine Case: (a) In the case of the Philippines, the Initiative is
very timely with the enactment of water/sanitation policies and consistent with overall policy of the Philippine Government:
→ Instituting Reforms in the Financing Policies for Water Supply and Sewerage Sector → Encourage private sector participation→ Water as a priority sector in President Arroyo’s 10-Point Agenda
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USAID-JBIC Collaboration
• Philippine Case:(b) Two (2) schemes proposed to facilitate collaboration in the Philippines▓ Municipal Water Loan Finance Initiative (MWLFI) – as a pilot scheme combining ongoing projects of USAID and JBIC, established in October 2004▓ Philippine Water Revolving Fund (PWRF) – targeted as a long-term financing scheme to be established in near future
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Municipal Water Loan Finance Initiative (MWLFI)
▓ Basic Features of MWLFI▪ will utilize ongoing guarantee scheme of
USAID with LGU Guarantee Corporation (LGUGC, private sector financing) and two-step loan of JBIC with Government Financial Institutions (GFIs), in this case, Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP, public sector financing) through its Environmental Infrastructure Support Credit Program II (EISCP II)
▪ will be the springboard for PWRF
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MWLFI Structure• Funding from Both Public and Private Sources
Participating Private Financial Institution
100% GuaranteeLGUs and WDs
50% 50% 30% co-guarantee
BORROWER: Creditworthy Local Government Units (LGUs) and Water Districts (WDs)
LENDERS: DBP and Private Financial Institutions (with LGUGC guarantee)
End-user rate: 9-11% (private loan is floating, depending on market rate)
Term: 7-15 years (max. 2-yr grace period)
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MWLFI: Implementation Status
Funding Source:• About US $ 20 Million (Peso 1,020 Million) was
earmarked → 50% (US$ 10 Million) by DBP as start-up fund
for MWLFI
→ 50% (US$ 10 Million) will come from private financial institutions (PFIs) with guarantee from LGUGC (30% of LGUGC guarantee
is back-guaranteed by USAID/DCA)
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MWLFI: Current Concerns
• Term of private financing institutions is maximum of 7 years but requirements of water supply project is minimum of 15 years
• Interest rate of private banks is high and floating; prospective clients prefer fixed rate
• Clients do not want to incur additional guarantee fee for the amount to be funded by private banks
• Clients prefer 100% GFI loan given better loan terms/conditions and provision of technical assistance
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Existing Water Financing Schemes in Rural Areas
Creditworthy WSPs
Semi-Creditworthy WSPs
Pre-Creditworthy WSPs
Non-Creditworthy WSPs
LWUA
DBP
LBP
DILG
ODA Agencies
GFIs
GOP Agencies
JBIC
WB
ADB
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Experience in Existing Water Financing Schemes
→ Rural-based water financing system is highly dependent upon GFIs that are supported by foreign aid agencies
→ GFIs prefer more creditworthy WSPs; hence, less creditworthy WSPs receive less foreign aid
→ Private sector funds is not an active player in the sector; most WSPs hope to continue to
utilize GFI credit windows→ Funds from GFIs/ODA is not enough to
meet the demands of WSPs; private money is needed !!!
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MWLFI: Lessons Learned
• Regulate GFIs • 100% private money cannot work • Technical assistance (T/A) is imperative;
T/A to support WSPs especially during the feasibility study, detailed design and construction supervision stages. WSPs in the Philippines have weak engineering capacity
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Future Water Financing System
Creditworthy WSPs
Semi-Creditworthy WSPs
Pre-Creditworthy WSPs
Non-Creditworthy WSPs
WRF
GFIs
DILG/GOP
Private Funds
ODA/GOP
Catalytic Assistance Role
T/A facilities must be incorporated
WRF
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Philippine Water Revolving Fund (PWRF)
● USAID and JBIC started Feasibility Study (F/S) of WRF in the Philippines last year in preparation for the establishment of a full-scale revolving fund that will mobilize private sector funds
● USAID and JBIC play catalytic roles in WRF process
● Involvement of government and the private sector from the conceptual stage
● WRF is envisioned to finance creditworthy and semi-creditworthy water service providers
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PWRF Prototype Model
USAID Guarantee (up to 50% of PFI
Funds)
PFIs WRF
GOP
JBIC
LGUsWDs
LGUsWDs
LGUsWDs
30 years,1.5% *
7 year/8year option 13% floating
50%
15 years11%
15 years11%
15 years11%
50%
Guarantee
* JBIC ODA loan interest is 1.5% in yen but assumed as 5.5% in peso including foreign exchange risk(3%) and government guarantee fee (1%).
Reserve Account
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PWRF: Emerging Issues
1. Policy Framework
● Water financing policy framework should be elaborated so as not to create unnecessary competition among WRF and GFIs
2. Institutional Framework
● Need to define a viable scheme and institutional framework to pursue financing options/mechanisms of PWRF; lead proponent in GOP should be defined
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PWRF: Emerging Issues
3. Major Project Issues● Potential source of GOP grant/funds for the reserve account should be established; fiscal constraints of government could be a
setback● Size of PWRF still to be decided upon● Weak technical and implementation capacities of local government units and water districts (LGUs/WDs); how to incorporate T/A facility
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PWRF: Emerging Issues
4. Legal Framework
● The framework to legally bind all concerned parties should be structured as soon as the feasibility of WRF is confirmed
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Finalize Full-Scale Feasibility Study that will establish most viable option including its implementation Plan
Policy Framework
Institutional Framework
Legal Framework
First Full-Fledged WRF Established
USAID-JBIC will develop and replicate this model in other developing countries
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THANK YOU!
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