MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Interim Financial Statements in Exhibit 6 of this annual report on Form 18-K.
Overview
AIIB is a multilateral development bank (“MDB”) with a mandate to (i) foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity in Asia by investing in infrastructure and other productive sectors and (ii) promote regional cooperation and partnership in addressing development challenges by working in close collaboration with other multilateral and bilateral development institutions. The Bank commenced operations on January 16, 2016 to help its members meet a substantial financing gap between the demand for infrastructure in Asia and available financial resources. The Bank aims to work with public and private sector partners to channel its own public resources, together with private and institutional funds, into sustainable infrastructure investment. The Bank maintains its principal office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China (“China”) and has an additional office in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
The Bank’s mission is “Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow,” which reflects AIIB’s commitment to sustainability, be it financial, economic, social or environmental in nature. The Bank has identified the following thematic priorities:
| • | | Green Infrastructure: Prioritizing green infrastructure and supporting its members to meet their environmental and development goals by financing projects that deliver local environmental improvements and investments dedicated to climate action; |
| • | | Connectivity and Regional Cooperation: Prioritizing projects that facilitate better domestic and cross-border infrastructure connectivity within Asia and between Asia and the rest of the world, and supporting projects that complement cross-border infrastructure connectivity by generating direct measurable benefits in enhancing regional trade, investment and digital and financial integration across Asian economies and beyond; |
| • | | Technology-enabled Infrastructure: Supporting projects where the application of technology delivers better value, quality, productivity, efficiency, resilience, sustainability, inclusion, transparency or better governance along the full project life cycle; and |
| • | | Private Capital Mobilization: Supporting projects that directly or indirectly mobilize private financing into sectors within the Bank’s mandate. |
The Bank has developed, and continues to develop, a wide range of operational policies, strategies and frameworks designed to ensure that there is a direct link between the Bank’s mandate, mission and thematic priorities and the projects it finances. Sustainable development is an integral part of the Bank’s identification, preparation and implementation of projects. In April 2021, the Bank launched its “Sustainable Development Bond Framework” which, among other things, summarizes the Bank’s sustainability commitments and the reporting that the Bank provides on its website concerning the environmental and/or social impacts of Bank financings. The Bank’s Sustainable Development Bond Framework and, unless otherwise indicated, information available on, or accessible through, AIIB’s website are not incorporated herein by reference.
Financing Portfolio
As of April 30, 2024, the Bank has approved 263 financings (including 205 loans, 34 investments in funds, four equity financings, 17 investments in fixed-income securities and three guarantees) with a total amount of US$51,594.1 million. This amount includes financings approved as of December 31, 2023 under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility (the “CRF”). Of these financings, 223 were approved by the Board of Directors with a total approved amount of US$46,291.8 million, and 40 were approved by the President, pursuant to his delegated authority to approve certain financings, with a total approved amount of US$5,302.3 million. Of the approved financings, the Bank has terminated or cancelled eight financings. Of the eight terminated or cancelled financings, seven were loans with a total amount of US$1,132.0 million, and one was a fixed-income investment with a total amount of US$95.0 million.
As of April 30, 2024, the aggregate amount of approved loans, excluding terminated or cancelled loans, totaled US$43,206.4 million, of which US$13,610.4 million were committed amounts and US$24,831.1 million were disbursed amounts. Committed amounts are amounts the Bank has approved and committed to provide pursuant to legally binding documentation, but has not yet disbursed. For sovereign-backed loans, these amounts are further limited to financings for which all conditions precedent required for disbursement have been satisfied. Disbursed amounts as of April 30, 2024 are on a cash basis. Disbursed amounts included in the tables below represent the gross carrying amount of the loans (i.e., including the transaction costs and fees that are capitalized through the effective interest method). Of all approved loans as of April 30, 2024, 152 were sovereign-backed and 53 were non-sovereign-backed loans; 117 were co-financings and 88 were stand-alone financings.
As of April 30, 2024, approved investments in funds totaled US$3,045.0 million, of which the Bank has disbursed US$997.8 million.
As of April 30, 2024, approved equity financings totaled US$227.0 million, of which the Bank has disbursed US$196.9 million.
As of April 30, 2024, approved investments in fixed-income securities totaled US$2,583.7 million, of which the Bank has disbursed US$1,406.7 million.
As of April 30, 2024, approved guarantees totaled US$1,400.0 million, of which the Bank has made no disbursements.
As of April 30, 2024, approved financings (including approved financings under the CRF) span a broad range of sectors, including energy, digital infrastructure and technology, transport, urban, water, education infrastructure, economic resilience/policy-based financing (CRF), public health (CRF), finance/liquidity (CRF), rural infrastructure and agricultural development, health infrastructure and other and, excluding multi-country financings (discussed below), would fund projects in the following members: Argentina; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Brazil; Cambodia; China; Cook Islands; Côte d’Ivoire; Ecuador;
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