Ukraine on December 27 received a EUR 349 million loan under the Policy-Based Guarantee from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
"Today, the state budget of Ukraine received funds from a EUR 349.3 million Deutsche Bank loan under the Policy-Based Guarantee from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)," Ukraine's Finance Ministry said in a statement posted on its website on December 27.
Deutsche Bank provided EUR 349.3 million loan to Ukraine in the form of two tranches: tranche A in the amount of EUR 53.2 million with four-year maturity and tranche B that totals EUR 296.1 million with ten-year maturity and a 4.5-year grace period, the ministry said.
"Under this loan, the part of the World bank's Policy Based Guarantee in the amount of euro equivalent of US$375 million out of total amount of US$750 million was used," the statement said.
Ukraine plans to get the next loan under the World Bank's Policy Based Guarantee in the first quarter of 2019.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on December 18 approved a $750 million economic growth and fiscally sustainable services policy based guarantee for Ukraine to support important reforms in banking, anti-corruption, agricultural land, pensions, utility subsidies, and healthcare.
These reforms are intended to strengthen the foundations for economic growth and macroeconomic stability in Ukraine. The $750 million guarantee is expected to help Ukraine raise about $1 billion from international markets to finance the country's budget, the World Bank said.
UNIAN memo. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. Created in 1944 to help Europe rebuild after World War II, IBRD joins with IDA, a fund for the poorest countries, to form the World Bank.
Ukraine joined the World Bank in 1992 simultaneously with jointing the International Monetary Fund and is now a member of all its structures.
Since May 2014, the World Bank Group has provided Ukraine with US$5.5 billion and a natural gas payment guarantee worth US$500 million.
