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Financing Healthcare Infrastructure – Perspective of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) Saeed Jaweed Ahmad October 10, 2011
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ICD: Introduction The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), is the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), a multilateral development finance institution. ICD established in 1999 with capital of USD 2 billion, and now has 50 member countries largely in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. 1 Member Countries Vision: Be a major player in the development of the private sector as a vehicle for economic and social growth and prosperity in member countries Social Development Integration into Global Economy Building Knowledge Based Economies Funding for Infrastructure Development Objectives Our Mission: Providing Islamic financial services and products Promoting competition and entrepreneurship in member countries Advising governments and businesses Encouraging cross border investments
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ICD: Products and Services 2 ICD provides: Direct financing (Sharia compliant) to projects and enterprises; Direct investment in strategic enterprises and projects with either Clear exit in 5-8 years or For perpetual terms SME finance through lines of finance to local financial institutions; Advisory services To raise debt / capital for growth stage companies; To manage / co-manage investment funds; To restructure / reorganize businesses; To governments for economic planning, attracting investment, improving regulatory environments.
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ICD: Healthcare Finance / Investments 3 ICD finances and invests in private sector enterprises in various sectors, including Healthcare; Health education and Pharmaceutical / Biomedical plants and distributors; ICD has invested in and financed over USD2 billion of projects over the past 10 years in various sectors; About 6-7% of finance and investment has been in the healthcare and health related sectors including, in the MENA region, in: Hospitals – KSA, Egypt, Yemen; Pharmaceutical / Biomedical Plants – Jordan, KSA, UAE; Health Education – Bahrain, KSA, Qatar, UAE; Future Strategy also involves developing investment funds to encourage increased investment in the sector.
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ICD: Healthcare Finance / Investment – A case study 4 Vaccine Project : Arabio Equity – to support establishment of Greenfield and long term vaccine project and attract other investors; Assistance with appointment of management; Proactive support to management in financial management and capital structuring, and legal support related to technology acquisition and technical partner selection; Short term finance – to bridge longer term funding from other agencies; Medium term finance – acquisition of capital assets and bridge various delays; Potential to arrange funding requirements on arms length basis.
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ICD: Why Healthcare? 5 ICD strategy for healthcare investment is based on its direct impact on Quality of life; and Satisfaction of basic human need; ICD initiatives for the sector are driven by: Demographics; Financial feasibility of sector; Improvement of healthcare facilities, services, and efficiencies – thus reduce end user costs also; Increased coverage of underserved / rural areas; Increased provision of needed medicines / vaccines; Strategic investment in sector to ensure local production wherever possible to: Lower costs for consumers – entails availability to larger population segments & more income available for other necessities like education; Ensure supply of strategic medicines; Transfer technology to member countries.
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ICD: Structuring Healthcare Infrastructure Finance 6 Direct Finance: Medium – long term finance for acquisition of capital assets, construction of facilities or plants: Lease to own structure; Installment sale structure; Istisna’a & forward lease structure; Short term / corporate finance for working capital needs: Sale – leaseback; Murabaha; Direct Investment: Musharaka (equity investment) in manufacturing plants, healthcare service providers; Diminishing Musharaka (mezzanine / quasi equity investments) for new (Greenfield) projects.
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ICD: Issues in Healthcare Infrastructure Finance 7 Financial: Shortage of long term finance from local financiers; High cost of capital & debt; Weak or insufficient collaterals for financiers; High / Fluctuating cost of latest equipment & technology; Under or over capitalizing of projects; Financial management; Long term nature of projects – long term gestation periods; Reduced financing from equipment suppliers in certain regions and export credit agencies due to impact of global financial crisis; Project Risks: Timely facility completion; Registration / Certification / Accreditation time and costs; Personnel: Small pool of expert technical staff.
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ICD: Financing Environment & Opportunities 8 Defensive sector with low intrinsic risks given demographics and implementation of mandatory insurance in some countries and general growth of medical insurance industry; Positive impact on capital available for health industry, due to Growth of Islamic finance industry (asset backed); and Growth of financing structures available: Sukuk (Islamic bonds) Corporate finance Project finance Leasing Acquisition of capital assets; Working capital Private Equity Mezzanine funding Expansion
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Contacts Name: Nabil Alami Email: Nalami@isdb.org Phone: + 966 2 646 7944 THANK YOU
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