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Le cofinancement

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  • Jean Carrière

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[eng] COFINANCING. The word « cofinancing » means any arrangement by which resources lent by the World Bank (or any other multilateral institution) are associated with resources provided by other foreign sources, in order to finance a development project. Parties involved in a cofinancing opération may be public institutions (mainly governments) ; export credit institutions, or private sources. Cofinancing schemes are mostly significant when private sources are involved. The suppliers of funds take advantage from the Bank's expertise : information on the project and the host country, and guarantees as the cross-default-clause. This allows them to grant more favourable condition to the borrower. Moreover, the cofinancing leads to generating additional flows of aid, which would have not been brought to life in the absence of the above-mentioned advantages.. The cofinancing scheme, however, is not entirely free from some drawbacks : it may lead the World Bank to perform a role of surveillance which is not among its basic assigments. On the other hand, the cofinancing may generate some frustration among the less developed countries which are very keen on establishing their own creditworthiness and gaining direct access to international financial markets. [fre] Le terme cofinancement désigne tout arrangement en vertu duquel des fonds prêtés par la Banque Mondiale (ou tout autre institution multilatérale) sont associés pour financer un projet de développement à des fonds fournis par d'autres sources extérieures au pays emprunteur.. Le cofinancement peut être le fait d'organismes publics (gouvernements principale­ment) d'institutions de crédits à l'exportation, ou de sources de capitaux privées. C'est dans ce dernier cas que le cofinancement est le plus profitable. Les bailleurs de fonds bénéficient de l'expertise de la Banque Mondiale qui leur apporte, en même temps que des informations, des garanties telles que la clause de défaut croisé. Cela leur permet de consentir des conditions plus favorables aux emprun­teurs. En outre, le cofinancement permet de dégager des flux d'aide additionnels qui n'auraient sans doute pas existé sans les avantages décrits plus haut. Le cofinancement comporte, toutefois, des inconvénients : il risque de faire jouer à la Banque Mondiale un rôle de surveillance pour lequel elle n'est pas faite. Il demeure enfin un sujet de frustration pour des pays qui souhaitent établir leur crédit et accéder directement aux marchés financiers.

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  • Jean Carrière, 1978. "Le cofinancement," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 29(6), pages 1043-1050.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1978_num_29_6_408431
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1978.408431
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