Supporting the development of businesses

In order to make up for this lack of long-term financial resources and promote growth in South countries, PROPARCO supports business development by directly allocating long-term resources.

PROPARCO supports all types of entrepreneur:
 
• major industrial groups seeking to set up in business or develop in difficult areas;
• major regional groups seeking to improve their governance and develop their activity ;
• medium and large local enterprises that contribute to transferring skills or technologies, creating jobs and complying with environmental and social standards.
 
The manufacturing, tourism and construction materials sectors have suffered badly from the global financial crisis. PROPARCO has fully played its countercyclical role by supporting these productive sectors and responding to a large number of financing requests.
 
In 2009, the corporate finance activity reached €154M, including 42% in the Mediterranean. 2009 was also marked by a diversification in the business sectors financed. The construction materials and social sectors have consequently now become new vehicles for creating growth. The agribusiness industry remains a core sector. The projects financed aim to maintain production potential and promote the development of market-oriented agricultural production, profitable farms, production diversification towards biofuels or the development of cogeneration.  
 
Moreover, the financing for social sectors (health and higher education) aims to support national public policies which, as they are only partially financed, rely on the private sector as an intermediary.
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Last update in July 2011