IFC Supports Mortgage Lending in the Kyrgyz Republic
In Bishkek:
Kymbat Ybyshova
Phone: (+996312) 626160
E-mail: KYbyshova@ifc.org
In Moscow:
Ilya Sverdlov
Phone: (+7495) 411 7555
E-mail: ISverdlov@ifc.org
Bishkek, August 13, 2008— IFC,
a member of the World Bank Group, will advise Bai Tushum, one of the Kyrgyz
Republic’s leading microfinance institutions, on ways to strengthen its
mortgage lending operations. Bai Tushum has been providing mortgage loans
since 2004 and is working to improve its mortgage portfolio.
IFC’s experts will analyze Bai Tushum’s
mortgage lending and help establish an environmental management system
aimed at making these operations more sustainable. IFC Executive Vice President
and CEO Lars Thunell and Gulnara Shamshieva, Bai Tushum’s CEO, signed
the advisory services agreement in a ceremony today.
Shamshieva of Bai Tushum said, “Cooperation
with IFC is important for us to help people change their living conditions.
We hope it will strengthen our institutional capacity and enable us to
expand our mortgage portfolio.”
Thunell said, “IFC wants to help Bai
Tushum make housing more affordable for people in the Kyrgyz Republic.
We are optimistic that our support will strengthen Bai Tushum’s mortgage
business, making it a model for other Kyrgyz financial institutions.”
The advisory work with Bai Tushum project
is part of IFC’s strategy of helping the Kyrgyz government provide housing
solutions to its low- and middle- income citizens. IFC is working on several
initiatives to improve housing policies in the country and to strengthen
the institutional capacity of local financial institutions.
About IFC
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,
fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing
private sector investment, mobilizing private capital in local and international
financial markets, and providing advisory and risk mitigation services
to businesses and governments. IFC's vision is that people should have
the opportunity to escape poverty and improve their lives. In FY07, IFC
committed $8.2 billion and mobilized an additional $3.9 billion through
syndications and structured finance for 299 investments in 69 developing
countries. IFC also provided advisory services in 97 countries. For more
information, visit www.ifc.org.
About Bai Tushum
Bai Tushum was established in 1997 with
the support of U.S.-based Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers
in Overseas Cooperative Assistance and CARITAS, a Swiss relief agency.
It provides microcredit services to private entrepreneurs, traders,
farmers, and micro and small agricultural enterprises using individual
and group lending methodologies. Bai Tushum has 10,000 clients, with most
of its portfolio outside the capital, Bishkek.
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