Project Description
The broad objective of the project is to contribute to IFC’s country strategy by increasing access to finance for CMSMEs in Bangladesh by supporting the implementation of a Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) facility in Bangladesh Bank (BB). The project will essentially help Bangladeshi FIs to increase their exposure to the CMSME sector with provision of risk sharing. The project is focused to operationalize and institutionalize the CGS facilities by providing technical support for developing comprehensive CGS guidelines, monitoring and supervision framework, loan guarantee approval framework, claim management process alongwith institutional capacity building activities for financial sector of Bangladesh.