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This week's funding scorecard focuses on some of the major supranational borrowers. Next week's scorecard will give an update on the funding progress of a number of CEE sovereigns.

Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered were able to steer investors into another African Development Bank dollar bond on Thursday after they were forced to withdraw a tap of the borrowers 0.875% March 2018 global on Tuesday because the price of the outstanding paper meant that a tap would have fallen foul of US tax laws.

Beginning today with a round up of some of the biggest supranational issuers, SSA Markets will publish each Friday an update on how much funding SSA issuers have raised and how much they have left to find. Click on the borrower's name or it's logo to see more data.

Norway’s Kommunalbanken (KBN) will sell five year Kangaroo debt on Thursday, following deals in similar maturities from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on Wednesday.

The International Finance Corporation could be back with another green benchmark as soon as July, SSA Markets understands.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) hopes to sell its first global green bond this year, SSA Markets can reveal. The supranational has been working on the issue internally since last year.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is adding Taiwanese life insurance companies to its investor base this year as rising swap levels make callable zeros from top supranationals a more palatable option for buyers.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) sold its first Australian dollar denominated debt of 2013 on Thursday, pricing flat to its curve in the currency. The deal is the latest in a glut of SSA Aussie dollar deals this month but investor appetite shows no sign of abating.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will become the third supranational borrower this week to price a dollar benchmark trade proving that there is adequate appetite for rich paper from top quality borrowers despite the meager yields and tight spreads on offer.

Several supranational borrowers are eyeing dollar issuance after a blockbuster start to the market this week, SSA Markets understands. Denmark’s KommuneKredit capped off a week of oversubscribed trades from Libor plus issuers when it sold its first ever five year.

The African Development Bank, which last week sold its longest ever offshore Ugandan shilling deal, is examining further opportunities to borrow in African domestic capital markets. It sold its debut onshore Ugandan trade in July.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is expected to price a tap of a five year dollar deals on Thursday afternoon. The agency is looking to price at a level similar to EBRD’s dollar tap earlier this week, but in twice the size.