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During the CPS period, IFC agri-finance advisory services provided assistance to the 

financial institutions on developing commercial agri-lending and agri-leasing operations. 

Focused on one investee bank, it delivered training on the specifics of agri-lending and assisted 

loan officers in assessing 30 agri-lending deals through on-the-job training. It also conducted a 

diagnostic of the bank’s current leasing and long-term equipment lending operations with the aim 

of incorporating the specifics of agri equipment in the current processes. Ultimately, the World 

Bank’s agri-lending portfolio shot up from $400,000 in September 2013 to US$15 million in 

December 2014. IFC also delivered training to the Uzbekistan Lessors’ Association on agri-leasing 

risk mitigation tactics in agri-leasing.