Official Development Assistance Loans

Terms and Conditions of Japanese ODA Loans (Effective from April 1, 2013)

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* For Low-Income LDCs, the term and condition of 0.01% interest rate and 40-year repayment period including 10-year grace period are applied, irrespective of sectors and fields.

** Preferential Terms are applied for the following sectors and fields:
(i) Global Environmental Problems and Issues
(ii) Health and Medical Care and Services
(iii) Disaster Prevention and Reduction
(iv) Human Resource Development

• *** Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP) is extended to the projects for which Japanese technologies and know-how are substantially utilized, based on the recipient countries' request to utilize and transfer excellent technologies of Japan.

**** Although the base rate of Variable Loan is the value of the 6-month Japanese Yen LIBOR, the spread shall be fixed.The actual value of interest rate will be capped so that the grant element over the life of the loan is at least 25%, and if the actual value of interest rate is lower than 0.1%, the interest shall be 0.1%.

***** Irrespective of the country category, the term and condition of 0.01% interest rate and 40-year repayment period including 10-year grace period are applied to projects assisting recoveries from disasters, including Stand-by Emergency Credit for Urgent Recovery (SECURE). For Stand-by Emergency Credit for Urgent Recovery (SECURE), the term and condition of 20-year repayment period including 6-year grace period, or 15-year repayment period including 5-year grace period are also available, in order to apply Currency Conversion Option.

• The concessionality level of optional terms does not exceed that of standard terms.
• Under the EPSA initiative, the loan for projects co-financed with the AfDB are extended using "Preferential Terms," determined for each income category; in the case for Low-Income LDCs, the term and condition of 0.01% interest rate and 40-year repayment period including 10-year grace period are applied.
• A two-step loan extended to the AfDB to cover its sub-loans to private enterprises under EPSA is extended using the term and condition of 0.55% interest rate and 40-year repayment period including 10-year grace period.
• For countries complying with ongoing IMF-supported programs or receiving grants from IDA, it is possible to modify the terms and conditions of the ODA Loans so as to meet the IMF's concessionality criteria.
• For the countries of which GNI per capita level exceeds that of Upper-Middle-Income Countries, only LIBOR-based term is applied.
  For Upper-Middle-Income Countries, LIBOR-based term is applied in principle, although General Terms or Preferential Terms are also available.
  For Lower-Middle-Income Countries and Middle-Income Countries, General Terms, Preferential Terms or STEP are applied in principle, although LIBOR-based term is also available.
• Major Economics Classified by Income Category
• Product note of Japanese ODA Loans (PDF/1.23MB)