Our Approach to Sustainability
CASE
STUDY
JMMB Bank
Increasing access to finance
for Jamaican SMEs
Category: Social
Sub-category:
Socioeconomic advancement
and empowerment
Jamaica
Approved amount:
Allocated amount:
$35M
$35M
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GENDER
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DECENT WORK AND
ECONOM GROWTH
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INDUSTRY, INNOVATION
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The project is successfully helping JMMB to strengthen its SME portfolio
widening access to finance for this segment. Specifically, the following
outcomes have been achieved:
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372 SMEs supported
Total value of loans
disbursed to SMEs is
around US$87.5 million.
At the end of 2021, JMMB had
an outstanding SME portfolio
of US$ 168.8 Million
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Also, as a result of this transaction, JMMB Bank has developed an E&S Policy and an E&S
Framework (as part of the ESMS), implemented a gender-gap analysis, provided training in
diversity, and designed a gender action plan that will guide the Bank's steps to improve gender
equality and diversity.
REDUCED
INEQUALITIES
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION
QO
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