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IFC Invests in Hotel Complex in Haiti to Support Reconstruction Efforts |
In Washington, D.C.: Adriana Gomez Phone: (202) 458 5204 E-mail: ago...@ifc.org In London: Carmen Powell Phone: +44 207 286 5439 E-mail: cpo...@ifc.org |
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2010—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will provide $7.5 million in financing to SCIOP S.A to complete the OASIS Complex, a mixed-use hotel complex in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. The IFC investment will create jobs, generate business opportunities for small and midsize enterprises, promote sustainable growth in the tourism industry, and provide essential business infrastructure in a city devastated by the effects of the January 2010 earthquake. SCIOP S.A. is owned by a group of Haitian investors dedicated to being part of Haiti’s reconstruction with foreign partners. The IFC investment will enable SCIOP S.A. to resume construction of the Oasis Complex, with more ambitious objectives than before the earthquake. Strategically located in the center of Pétion-Ville, a business and residential area in Port-au-Prince, the project’s construction was halted following the earthquake. The complex now will include a 132-room business hotel, a retail component, a conference center, restaurants, and parking facilities. It will increase the availability of international standard hotel rooms in Haiti. The project also will create direct and indirect employment opportunities for local Haitians, and generate supply linkages for local vendors, especially microentrepreneurs and small enterprise owners. “In the wake of the earthquake, IFC’s financial support and technical expertise to our group were key in finalizing the outline and scope of the Oasis project. IFC’s support now allows us to restart the construction of this landmark development that will be, upon completion, a tangible symbol of Haiti’s rebirth from the ashes of the January 12 earthquake,” said SCIOP S.A.’s CEO Jerry Tardieu. “IFC is pleased to be part of the reconstruction efforts in Haiti by supporting SCIOP S.A. The Oasis Complex will lodge one of the first hotels to be completed in Port-au-Prince following the earthquake,” said Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC Director for Global Manufacturing and Services. “The project also will send a strong signal to potential investors, and will help raise industry standards in areas such as life and fire safety practices and earthquake- resistant building design.” IFC has invested $68.6 million in Haiti’s private sector since 2006. IFC’s focus is to ensure access to finance for local firms and encourage the development of infrastructure, such as ports, roads, energy plants, and telecommunications capabilities. IFC has ramped up its advisory services to improve the country’s business climate, attract investors, and simplify regulatory frameworks for special economic zones. For more information, visit: www.ifc.org/lac. About IFC IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, creates opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We foster sustainable economic growth in developing countries by supporting private sector development, mobilizing capital for private enterprise, and providing advisory and risk mitigation services to businesses and governments. Our new investments totaled $14.5 billion in fiscal 2009, helping channel capital into developing countries during the financial crisis. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. About SCIOP S.A. Société de Construction d’Immeubles & d’Ouvrages Publics SA, or SCIOP S.A., is a corporation governed by Haitian law and established in 2006 to undertake real estate developments in Haiti. The company is composed of a large number of individual and corporate investors, and has a board of directors composed of 11 existing shareholders. |
Chere Letitiah, Je reietere ici qu'il n'y a pas un centime de la FIC investi dans le projet Oasis. Si au tout depart, il ya eu des negotiations avec la FIC, mais en fin de compte il n'y a pas eu de financement de la banque mondiale pour le Royal Oasis of Haiti.
De toutes les facons, tu as remarque que dans cette page que tu as bien voulu nous
montrer, il n'y avait un degre d'implication de 7.8 millions de dollars sur les 38millions
necessaires a la concretisation du dit projet.
Mais la encore, en admettant que la Banque Mondiale aurait finance 7.8 millions de dollars
du dit projet aux actionnaires haitiens du Oasis, cela voudrait dire quoi, et quel mal y aurait-il
a ce que ces messieurs soient finances par la Banque Mondiale?
La chose est simple Letitiah, si le financement est a un taux d'interet faible et rentable a ces
actionnaires par rapport a ce qu'ils pourraient trouver ailleurs, y compris nos banques nationales, ils le prendront a la Banque Mondiale.. Ce n'est pas sorcier, Mme Septembre.
Les affaires sont les affaires.......
En aucun cas, cela ne voudrait dire que c'est la BM qui dirige le Royal Oasis parce qu'elle aurait finance 7.8 millions de dollars.
La voiture en votre nom n'appartient pas a la banque parce qu'elle l'aurait finance.
Il ne faut pas confondre "financing and ownership" Letitiah.
En tout cas, mon amie, n'hesite pas a me faire savoir si tu etais au courant de prets financiers consentis a 1% d'interet par la Banque Mondiale, mon Groupe Mali y serait, sans nul doute, nteresse.
Ah! SPP Serge Pierre Pierre me fait signe que lui aussi et son International Group y serait egalement interesse, Letitiah.
Banque Mondiale ou pas. Se pa problem.
Ne l'oublions donc pas.
Oui, notre mentalite doit changer dans ce monde globalise dans lequel nous vivons.
Il exige une mentalite business, (si tu me permets l'expression) aux entrepreneurs et
investisseurs haitiens qui devront comprendre et s'ajuster aux nouveaux defis business
afin d'en tirer profit en creant espoirs et emplois pour Haiti comme l'ont fait magistralement
les actionnaires du Oasis Hotel.
Un exemple a suivre et un modele a suivre.
Bien cordialement,
Jacques Mali.
P.S- Cela devrait te rejouir Letitiah. La Banque Mondiale a decide de ne plus preter a
l'Etat d'Haiti. Il n'est pas solvable. Dorenavant, on ne lui fera que des dons de l'ordre
de 100 a 150 millions de dollars par an. Charite seulement.........
Martelly et Lamothe protestent........ Bon, .... sa nou vle? Nou tap plenyen.
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