Country: Ethiopia
Sector(s): Agriculture and rural development - Economic development - Social development
Date: 04/2011 - 07/2011
Client / Beneficiary: IFC (International Finance Corporation and ECX (Ethiopian Commodity Exchange)
Financing Agency: World Bank Group
Project Value: 128,641 €
"The IFC (International Finance Corporation) and ECX (Ethiopian Commodity Exchange) are jointly implementing a Warehouse Receipts Financing (WHR-F) mechanism in Ethiopia.
The objective of the project is to promote a warehouse receipt system (WHR) based in financing farmers by leveraging their own production.
The role of the Technical Assistance provided the following tasks: