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ADB places bonds to finance projects in water supply

Business Materials 27 January 2012 15:35 (UTC +04:00)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is selling its second Water Bond to Japanese investors to help finance its work in the water sector, the bank said today.
ADB places bonds to finance projects in water supply

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 27 / Trend N. Ismayilova /

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is selling its second Water Bond to Japanese investors to help finance its work in the water sector, the bank said today.

The Water Bond, denominated in Turkish lira, will be issued in February.

The TL 474.5 million bond, maturing on February 26, 2015, will pay an annual coupon of 6.29 percent.The issue is being arranged by Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd, ADB will provide assistance in an amount at least equal to the net proceeds of the bond to water-related projects in the region, such as new water supply systems in urban areas, major rehabilitation of existing irrigation systems, and investment in wastewater management.

"Demand for water from households and industry in Asia is soaring and is forecast to grow at ranges from 70 percent to 345 percent between 1995 and 2025," the message said. "Despite large investments in water systems since the 1980s, supply is still inadequate. About 750 million people in rural areas in Asia and another 100 million in urban areas have no access to safe drinking water. More than two billion people don't have adequate sanitation."

Water is a key component of ADB's long-term strategy to reduce poverty in the region and its lending in the sector is targeted at more than $6.6 billion in 2012 and 2013.

ADB issued its first Water Bonds in April 2010, raising a total of $638 million. ADB has also sold $244 million in Clean Energy bonds where equivalent proceeds are dedicated to clean energy investments in Asia and the Pacific.

Through its ordinary capital resources, ADB disbursed just over $750 million to 82 water-related projects in 2010 and $715 million to 93 projects in 2011.

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