Selected Projects: Financial Systems Development
GFA has implemented complex studies and projects in over 130 countries since 1982. Selected projects in Africa, Asia, Europe & Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean and Maghreb & Middle East are presented here.
Financial Systems Development
Credit Line for Non-Farm Sector, India
KfW, 2008 - 2010
Contract Value: € 816,000
The project contributed to alleviating rural poverty and triggering economic upturn outside the large economic centers of India. GFA assisted the National Bank for Agriculture and Development (NABARD).... more
Financial Systems Development
Microfinance Sector Promotion, Mozambique
GIZ, 2007 – 2012
Contract Value: € 3,312,000
The overall goal of the project is to increase the population’s access to financing. GFA is supporting AMOMIF, the national association of microfinance institutions... more
Financial Systems Development
Banking Sector Support, Syria
EU, 2006 - 2009
Contract Value: € 3,450,000
The services of the GFA-led consortium underpin the ongoing reform process within the Syrian banking industry. Our experts facilitated the transformation of the public financial sector to a diversified, modern banking landscape. ... more
Sustainable Energy Finance
SEFF in Kazakhstan
EBRD, 2008 - 2011
Contract Value: € 2,793,000
KAZSEFF is an EBRD credit line that aims at supporting private enterprises to improve EE and develop RE sources. The facility offers 75 million dollars for on-lending to industrial enterprises through partner banks.... more
Sustainable Energy Finance
SEFF in Turkey
EBRD, 2010 - 2012
Contract Value: € 3,650,000
A 200 million dollar EBRD credit facility (www.turseff.org) enhances efforts to save energy, reduce costs and cut the carbon footprint of Turkish businesses and households. ... more
Sustainable Energy Finance
SEFF in Russia
EBRD, 2009 - 2012
Contract Value: € 3,450,000
EBRD created the Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (SEFF) in Russia to support private enterprises in the improvement of EE and the development of RE sources. ... more
Sustainable Energy Finance
Credit Line for EE/RE Financing in South Africa
KfW, 2011 – 2013
Contract Value: € 1,563,000
The objective of this project is to support South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in their effort to successfully introduce a sustainable new loan product designed to enable clients to finance EE equipment and RE technologies. ... more
Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
Promotion of SME Term Lending, Cambodia
KfW, 2004 – 2006
Contract Value: € 500,000
GFA assisted Canadia Bank in strengthening its credit functions, which enhanced its ability to grant investment loans to SMEs in productive sectors. ... more
Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
Bank Downscaling, Morocco
GIZ, 2010 – 2012
Contract Value: € 661,000
GFA provides technical assistance to selected commercial banks in order to increase access to adequate financial services, particularly for SMEs, by means of downscaling. ... more
Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
Credit Line for SME, Ukraine
EBRD, 2008 - 2009
Contract Value: € 400,000
The specific objective of the project was to establish SME lending at Rodovid Bank to facilitate, through an institution building program, that the Bank’s commitment to SME lending is sustainable. ... more
Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
Financial Sector Capacity Building, Egypt
EIB, 2005 – 2008
Contract Value: € 2,216,000
The overall objective of the project was to contribute to private sector development in the country and help stimulate and strengthen the capacity of the financial sector to finance
private SMEs. ... more
Microfinance
Microcredit Fund Germany
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 2010 - 2017
Contract Value: € 1,300,000
As a regional microfinance institution accredited by the German Microfinance Institute, GFA in collaboration with GLS Bank provides loans to micro and small enterprises in northern Germany. ... more
Microfinance
Expanding MSME Credit Portfolio, Senegal
KfW, 2010 - 2011
Contract Value: € 270,000
GFA supported PAMECAS, a network of 37 savings and loan cooperatives with a strong presence in the region between Dakar and Thies. ... more
