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AfDB to fund GTLP

02 July 2009

African Development Bank is set to fund the Global Trade Liquidity Programme, which when active will become the single-largest contributor to African trade finance.

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The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $500 million investment in the IFC's Global Trade Liquidity Programme (GTLP).

The initial $500 million investment by the bank makes the GTLP the single-largest contributor to African trade finance.

The GTLP is a temporary crisis-response initiative launched by the IFC during London’s...


Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%