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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2008
Registration No. 333-                        
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER SCHEDULE B
OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Corporación Andina de Fomento
(Name of Registrant)
 
Name and Address of Authorized Agent in the United States:
Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue
, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
 
Copies to:
     
Robert S. Risoleo, Esq.   Hugo Sarmiento
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP   Chief Financial Officer
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.   Corporación Andina de Fomento
Washington, D.C. 20006   Torre CAF
United States of America   Avenida Luis Roche, Altamira
    Caracas, Venezuela
 
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
     The securities being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Release Nos. 33-6240 and 33-6424 under the Securities Act of 1933.
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                 
 
        Proposed Maximum     Amount of  
  Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered     Aggregate Offering Price     Registration Fee(2)  
 
Debt Securities
    (1)      
 
Guarantees
    (1)      
 
Total
    $250,000,000(3)     $9,825  
 
 
(1)   The securities registered hereunder and under the additional registration statement noted in note (2) below shall not have an aggregate offering price which exceeds $1,000,000,000 in United States dollars or the equivalent in any other currency.
 
(2)   Pursuant to Rule 429(b), the prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement also relates to the remaining unsold $500,000,000 principal amount of securities registered on the Registrant’s previously filed Registration Statement under Schedule B (File No. 333-148354), originally filed on December 27, 2007, and the remaining unsold $250,000,000 principal amount of securities registered on the Registrant’s previously filed Registration Statement under Schedule B (File No. 333-123224), originally filed on March 9, 2005. The Registrant paid filing fees of $59,600 with respect to those previously registered securities.
 
(3)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o).
 
     The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 

 


 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell and does not seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 27, 2008.
$1,000,000,000
Corporación Andina de Fomento
Debt Securities
Guarantees
 
     We may from time to time offer up to $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) aggregate principal amount of the securities described in this prospectus. The securities may be debentures, notes, guarantees or other unsecured evidences of indebtedness. In the case of debt securities sold at an original issue discount, we may issue a higher principal amount up to an initial public offering price of $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent).
     We may offer the securities from time to time as separate issues. In connection with any offering, we will provide a prospectus supplement describing the amounts, prices, maturities, rates and other terms of the securities we are offering in each issue.
     We may sell the securities directly to or through underwriters, and may also sell securities directly to other purchasers or through agents.
 
     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
Prospectus dated           , 2008

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    PAGE  
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
    1  
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
    2  
CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
    3  
LEGAL STATUS OF CAF
    3  
USE OF PROCEEDS
    4  
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
    4  
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
    5  
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    8  
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
    9  
OPERATIONS OF CAF
    15  
FUNDED DEBT
    25  
DEBT RECORD
    27  
ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
    27  
ADMINISTRATION
    28  
THE REGIONAL SHAREHOLDER COUNTRIES
    32  
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
    34  
DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES
    38  
TAXATION
    39  
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
    43  
VALIDITY OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
    44  
VALIDITY OF THE GUARANTEES
    44  
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
    44  
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
    44  
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
    44  
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    F-1  
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
    S-1  
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
     This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. Under the shelf process, we may from time to time sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $1,000,000,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currencies or foreign currency units.
     This prospectus provides you with a general description of our business and of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of the securities in that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement before purchasing our securities. If the information in the prospectus supplement differs from the information in this prospectus or in the registration statement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.
     The registration statement, any post-effective amendment to the registration statement and their various exhibits contain additional information about Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF”), the securities we may issue and other matters. All of these documents may be inspected at the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     You should rely only on the information in this prospectus or in other documents to which we have referred you in making your investment decision. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus may only be accurate on the date specified on the cover of this document.

 


 

     Except as otherwise specified, all amounts in this prospectus are expressed in United States dollars (“dollars,” “$,” “US$” or “U.S. dollars”).
     Certain amounts that appear in this prospectus may not sum because of rounding adjustments.
 
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
     This prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Exchange Act. Statements that are not historical facts are statements about our beliefs and expectations and may include forward-looking statements. These statements are identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “should” and words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual financial and other results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus, such as the effects of economic or political turmoil in one or more of our member countries.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
     CAF was established in 1968 pursuant to the Agreement establishing the Corporación Andina de Fomento (the “Constitutive Agreement”), an international treaty, to foster and promote economic development within the Andean region. CAF is a multilateral financial institution, the principal shareholders of which are the contracting parties to the Constitutive Agreement — the Republics of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, each of which we refer to in this prospectus as a regional shareholder country and which we refer to collectively in this prospectus as the regional shareholder countries. The regional shareholder countries collectively accounted for 87.5% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2007. As of that date, our non-regional shareholders included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay, each of which we refer to in this prospectus as a non-regional shareholder country and which we refer to collectively in this prospectus as the non-regional shareholder countries. Our non-regional shareholder countries collectively accounted for 12.5% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2007. Our shares are also held by 15 financial institutions based in the regional shareholder countries, which collectively accounted for 0.1% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2007. CAF commenced operations in 1970. Our headquarters are in Caracas, Venezuela, and we have regional offices in the capital cities of each of the other four regional shareholder countries, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
     We offer financial and related services to the governments of, and public and private institutions, corporations and joint ventures in, our shareholder countries. Primarily, we provide short, medium and long-term loans and guarantees; to a lesser extent, we also participate as a limited equity investor in corporations and investment funds, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.
     The Constitutive Agreement generally delegates to our Board of Directors the power to establish and direct our financial, credit and economic policies. Our Board of Directors has adopted a formal statement of our financial and operational policies, the Políticas de Gestión. These operational policies provide our management with guidance as to significant financial and operational issues, and they may not be amended by the Board of Directors in any manner inconsistent with the Constitutive Agreement. In 1996, the Constitutive Agreement was amended to include and further increase certain lending and borrowing limitations previously set forth in these operational policies. See “Operations of CAF — Credit Policies”.
     We raise funds for operations both within and outside our shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio.
     Our objective is to support sustainable development and economic integration within the Andean region by helping the regional shareholder countries make their economies diversified, competitive and more responsive to social needs.
LEGAL STATUS OF CAF
     As an international treaty organization, we are a legal entity under public international law. We have our own legal personality, which permits us to enter into contracts, acquire and dispose of property and take legal action. The Constitutive Agreement has been ratified by the legislature in each of the regional shareholder countries. We have been granted the following immunities and privileges in each regional shareholder country:
(1) immunity from expropriation, search, requisition, confiscation, seizure, sequestration, attachment, retention or any other form of forceful seizure by reason of executive or administrative action by any of the regional shareholder countries and immunity from enforcement of judicial proceedings by any party prior to final judgment;
(2) free convertibility and transferability of our assets;
(3) exemption from all taxes and tariffs on income, properties or assets, and from any liability involving payment, withholding or collection of any taxes; and
(4) exemption from any restrictions, regulations, controls or moratoria with respect to our property or assets.

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     In addition, we have entered into agreements with each of our non-regional shareholder countries, except Chile. Pursuant to these agreements, each country has agreed to extend to us, with respect to our activities in and concerning that country, immunities and privileges similar to those we have been granted in the regional shareholder countries.
USE OF PROCEEDS
     Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds of the sale of the securities to fund our lending operations.
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
     The following table sets forth our capitalization and indebtedness at March 31, 2008 and does not give effect to any transaction since that date.
         
    At March 31, 2008  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
Short-term debt(1)
  $ 3,540.3  
 
     
 
       
Long-term debt (maturities over one year)
  $ 5,587.6  
 
       
Shareholders’ Equity
       
 
       
Capital
       
Subscribed capital, paid-in and receivable (authorized capital $10.0 billion)(2)
    2,177.6  
Less: Capital receivable
    (71.2 )
 
     
Paid-in capital
    2,106.4  
Additional paid-in capital
    169.1  
 
     
Total Capital
    2,275.4  
 
       
Reserves
       
Mandatory reserve
    327.6  
General reserve
    1,458.2  
 
     
Total reserves
    1,785.8  
 
       
Retained earnings
    150.0  
 
     
Total shareholders’ equity
    4,211.2  
 
     
 
       
Total long-term debt and shareholders’ equity
  $ 9,798.8  
 
     
 
(1)   Includes deposits, commercial paper, advances and short-term borrowings, the current portion of bonds, borrowings and other obligations, accrued interest and commissions payable.
 
(2)   In addition to subscribed capital shown in the table, CAF’s subscribed capital included callable capital of $1.1 billion at March 31, 2008.

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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
General
     On March 25, 2008, we increased our authorized capital from $5.0 billion to $10.0 billion, of which $6.5 billion will be paid-in capital and $3.5 billion will be callable capital.
     Our shares are divided into Series “A” shares, Series “B” shares and Series “C” shares.
     Series “A” shares may be owned only by regional shareholder countries. Each regional shareholder country owns one Series “A” share, which is held by the government, either directly or through a government-designated social or public purpose institution. Each of the five regional shareholder countries owning Series “A” shares is entitled to elect one director and one alternate director to our Board of Directors.
     Series “B” shares are also owned by regional shareholder countries and are held by the governments either directly or through designated governmental entities, except for certain Series “B” shares, constituting 0.1% of our outstanding shares, which are owned by 15 private sector financial institutions in the regional shareholder countries. We offered and sold Series “B” shares to private sector financial institutions in 1989 in order to obtain the benefit of their views in the deliberations of our Board of Directors. The five regional shareholder countries owning Series “B” shares are entitled to elect a total of five additional directors and five alternate directors through cumulative voting, and the 15 private sector owners of Series “B” shares separately are entitled to elect one director and one alternate director.
     Series “C” shares are currently owned by 12 countries that are non-regional shareholder countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay. We make available Series “C” shares for subscription by countries outside the Andean region in order to strengthen links between these countries and the regional shareholder countries. Ownership of our Series “C” shares by countries outside the Andean region makes entities in these countries that deal with entities in regional shareholder countries eligible to receive loans from us with respect to these dealings. At December 31, 2007, holders of Series “C” shares collectively were entitled to elect two directors and two alternate directors. Our Board of Directors is comprised of 13 directors.
     Under the Constitutive Agreement, Series “A” shares may be held by or transferred only to governments or government-designated social or public purpose institutions. Series “B” shares also may be held by or transferred to such entities and, in addition, may be held by or transferred to private corporations or individuals, except that no more than 49% of the Series “B” shares within any country may be held by private shareholders. Series “C” shares may be held by or transferred to public or private entities outside the regional shareholder countries. Unless a member withdraws, shares may be transferred only to entities in the same country.
     On June 6, 2005, at a shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting, our shareholders adopted a resolution recommending to the regional shareholder countries an amendment to the Constitutive Agreement that would (i) allow, under certain circumstances, Latin American and Caribbean countries, including those that are currently non-regional shareholder countries, to own Series “A” shares and (ii) expand our formal purpose to include supporting sustainable development and economic integration within all of Latin America, as opposed to within only the Andean region. To become effective, the amendment must be ratified by the legislature of, or the appropriate competent governmental body in, all of the five regional shareholder countries. Although four of the five regional shareholder countries have ratified the amendment, there can be no assurance that the legislature of or competent governmental body in the remaining regional shareholder country will ratify the amendment.
Paid-in Capital and Capital Receivable
     At December 31, 2007, CAF’s subscribed paid-in and receivable capital was $2.0 billion, of which $2.0 billion was paid-in capital and $30.5 million was capital receivable in installments. Over the years, we have had several increases of subscribed capital. Our most recent capital increases occurred in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007.

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     In 2001, Uruguay subscribed to paid-in capital of $5.0 million, which was paid in full in January 2004. Also in 2001, Argentina subscribed to paid-in capital of $25.0 million, which was paid in full in 2005.
     In 2002, the regional shareholder countries subscribed to a paid-in capital increase of $250.0 million. Some countries will pay in four annual installments and others in five or six annual installments. Also in 2002, Spain subscribed to paid-in capital of $100.0 million, which it has paid in full. Spain also subscribed to callable capital of $200.0 million. In addition, Uruguay subscribed to an additional $15.0 million of paid-in capital, which was paid in full in December 2006. Finally, that year, Costa Rica paid in full its subscribed capital of $20.0 million.
     In 2003, Brazil subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $50.0 million, which was paid in full in 2005.
     In 2004, Uruguay subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $20.0 million, of which it has paid $3.0 million with the balance to be paid in three semi-annual installments, ending in December 2008. Also, in 2004, the Dominican Republic entered into an agreement to purchase Series “C” shares for a total capital contribution of $50.0 million, of which it has paid $25.0 million with the balance to be paid in two equal installments ending in June 2009.
     In 2005, Argentina subscribed to a paid-in capital increase of $75.0 million, of which it has paid $2.0 million in 2005, $24.3 million in 2006 and $24.3 million in May, 2007; the balance of $24.3 million was paid in full in February 2008. Also in 2005, Panama subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $10.0 million, of which it has paid $6.0 million. The balance is payable in annual installments of $2.0 million each, the last of which will be paid in 2009.
     On October 5, 2007, the Republic of Argentina entered into an agreement to subscribe to an additional $543.0 million in Series “C” shares, such agreement to take effect upon notification by Argentina that certain internal legal requirements have been satisfied. Argentina has formally expressed its intention to become a contracting party to the Constitutive Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including ratification of the amendment to the Constitutive Agreement by the legislature of, or the appropriate competent governmental body in, all of the five regional shareholder countries to allow the issuance of Series “A” shares to countries other than the regional shareholder countries, the subscription agreement contemplates the issuance of one Series “A” share to Argentina.
     On November 9, 2007, the Republic of Chile subscribed to an additional $50.0 million in Series “C” shares, which it has paid in full.
     On December 18, 2007, Uruguay entered into an agreement to subscribe to an additional $137.0 million in Series “C” shares, which agreement took effect thirty days following its execution. Uruguay has formally expressed its intention to become a contracting party to the Constitutive Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including ratification of the amendment to the Constitutive Agreement by the legislature of, or the appropriate competent governmental body in, all of the five regional shareholder countries to allow the issuance of Series “A” shares to countries other than the regional shareholder countries, the subscription agreement contemplates the issuance of one Series “A” share to Uruguay.
     Also on December 18, 2007, Brazil entered into an agreement to subscribe to an additional $467.0 million in Series “C” shares, such agreement to take effect upon formal ratification by the Federative Republic of Brazil. Brazil has formally expressed its intention to become a contracting party to the Constitutive Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, including ratification of the amendment to the Constitutive Agreement by the legislature of, or the appropriate competent governmental body in, all of the five regional shareholder countries to allow the issuance of Series “A” shares to countries other than the regional shareholder countries, the subscription agreement contemplates the issuance of one Series “A” share to Brazil.
     Since 1990, capital contributions to CAF have included a premium (valor patrimonial) paid on each share purchased. This premium is in addition to the nominal $5,000 per share value established by CAF’s by-laws. The premium is determined at the beginning of each subscription and applies to all payments under that subscription.

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     As of December 31, 2007, all of the regional shareholder countries were current in their capital payments. The following table sets out the nominal value of our subscribed paid-in capital and capital receivable as of December 31, 2007:
                 
Shareholders   Paid-in Capital     Capital Receivable  
    (in U.S.$ thousands)  
Series “A” Shares:
               
Bolivia
  $ 1,200     $  
Colombia
    1,200        
Ecuador
    1,200        
Peru
    1,200        
Venezuela
    1,200        
 
               
Series “B” Shares:
               
Bolivia
    135,745       3,110  
Colombia
    492,365        
Ecuador
    139,875        
Peru
    494,195        
Venezuela
    494,185        
Private sector financial institutions
    1,365        
 
               
Series “C” Shares:
               
Argentina
    35,935       10,270  
Brazil
    62,600       0  
Chile
    20,560       0  
Costa Rica
    12,210       0  
Dominican Republic
    11,285       11,015  
Jamaica
    680       0  
Mexico
    17,495       0  
Panama
    8,730       2,530  
Paraguay
    6,780       0  
Spain
    57,930       0  
Trinidad and Tobago
    770       0  
Uruguay
    16,045       3,525  
 
           
 
               
Total
  $ 2,014,750     $ 30,450  
 
           
Reserves
     Article 42 of the Constitutive Agreement requires that at least 10% of our net income in each year be allocated to a mandatory reserve until that reserve amounts to 50% of subscribed capital. The mandatory reserve can be used only to offset losses. We also maintain a general reserve to cover contingent events and as a source of funding of last resort in the event of temporary illiquidity or when funding in the international markets is not available or is impractical. The general reserve is invested in short-term securities and certificates of deposit that are easily convertible into cash. The mandatory reserve is an accounting reserve.
     At December 31, 2007, our reserves totaled $1.5 billion. At such date, the mandatory reserve amounted to $287.5 million, or 9.1% of subscribed capital, and the general reserve amounted to $1.2 billion.
Callable Capital
     In addition to our subscribed paid-in and receivable capital, our shareholders have subscribed to callable capital totaling $1.1 billion at December 31, 2007. Our callable capital may be called by the Board of Directors to meet our obligations only to the extent that we are unable to meet such obligations with our own resources.
     The Constitutive Agreement provides that the obligation of shareholders to pay for the shares of callable capital, upon demand by the Board of Directors, continues until such callable capital is paid in full. Thus, we consider members’ obligations to pay for callable capital subscriptions to be binding obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the respective member governments. If the callable capital were to be called, the Constitutive Agreement requires that the call be prorated among shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     The following selected financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 has been derived from our financial statements for those periods, which have been audited by KPMG, independent accountants. Our method of accounting conforms to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The selected financial information as of and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 has been derived from our unaudited interim financial information and includes adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at such dates and our results of operations for such periods. The results of the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year 2008. The selected financial information should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto, our unaudited interim financial information and the notes thereto and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this prospectus.
                                         
                            Three Months Ended  
    Year Ended December 31,     March 31,  
    2007     2006     2005     2008     2007  
    (in U.S. $ thousands, except ratios)  
Income Statement Data
                                       
Interest income
  $ 823,413     $ 735,506     $ 547,572     $ 200,198     $ 202,491  
Interest expense
    (413,929 )     (364,073 )     (255,585 )     (96,360 )     (96,321 )
 
                             
Net interest income
    409,484       371,433       291,987       103,838       106,170  
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    (23,133 )     19,000       (14,500 )     (54,373 )     13,000  
 
                             
Net interest income after provision (credit)
    432,617       352,433       306,487       158,211       93,170  
Non-interest income
    31,768       14,987       20,893       2,639       1,879  
Non-interest expenses
    (63,586 )     (46,767 )     (44,142 )     (10,842 )     (20,937 )
 
                             
Net income
  $ 400,799     $ 320,653     $ 283,238     $ 150,008     $ 74,112  
 
                             
 
                                       
Balance Sheet Data (end of period)
                                       
Current assets (net of allowance)
  $ 4,811,311     $ 3,367,055             $ 5,278,330          
Non-current assets
    7,785,876       7,072,438               8,060,726          
 
                                 
Total assets
  $ 12,597,187     $ 10,439,493             $ 13,339,056          
 
                                 
Current liabilities
  $ 3,290,578     $ 2,303,758             $ 3,540,299          
Long-term liabilities
    5,179,300       4,443,008               5,587,557          
 
                                 
Total liabilities
    8,469,878       6,746,766               9,127,856          
Total shareholders’ equity
    4,127,309       3,692,727               4,211,200          
 
                                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 12,597,187     $ 10,439,493             $ 13,339,056          
 
                                 
 
                                       
Loan Portfolio and Equity Investments
                                       
Total loans
  $ 9,547,987     $ 8,097,472     $ 7,346,978     $ 9,262,684     $ 8,572,564  
Allowance for loan losses
    168,257       188,608       161,629       115,730       203,762  
Equity investments
    74,317       93,426       114,646       73,531       91,657  
 
                                       
Selected Financial Ratios
                                       
Return on average total shareholders’ equity(1)
    10.5 %     9.4 %     9.6 %     14.2 %     8.1 %
Return on average paid-in capital(2)
    20.4 %     18.0 %     17.7 %     29.4 %     15.1 %
Return on average assets(3)
    3.6 %     3.3 %     3.0 %     4.6 %     2.7 %
Administrative expenses divided by average assets*
    0.5 %     0.5 %     0.5 %     0.3 %     0.4 %
Overdue loan principal as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Allowance for losses as a percentage of loan portfolio
    1.8 %     2.3 %     2.2 %     1.2 %     2.4 %
 
(1)   Net income divided by average total shareholders’ equity.*
 
(2)   Net income divided by average subscribed and paid-in capital.*
 
(3)   Net income divided by average total assets.*
 
*   For the three month periods, the amounts have been annualized.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page F-5 and the unaudited interim financial information and notes thereto beginning on page F-31 of this prospectus.
Summary of Results
     During the three years ended December 31, 2007, our net income increased at a compound average annual rate of approximately 18.96%. Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $400.8 million, representing an increase of $80.2 million, or 25.0%, over net income for 2006. This increase resulted principally from a credit to loan-loss provisions of $75.7 million due to an improvement in the credit rating of one of our main shareholders as well as gains arising from the sale of investments in funds. For the year ended December 31, 2006, our net income was $320.7 million, representing an increase of $37.4 million, or 13.2%, over net income of $283.2 million for 2005. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates and growth in our interest-earning assets.
     Our net income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 was $150.0 million, representing an increase of $75.9 million, or 102.4%, compared to net income of $74.1 million for the corresponding period in 2007. This increase resulted principally from a reversal in the allowance for loan losses caused by improvements in the risk profile of our portfolio.
     The percentage increase in real GDP during 2007 compared to 2006 for each of the regional shareholder countries was as follows: Bolivia, 4.2; Colombia, 7.5; Ecuador, 1.6; Peru, 9.0; and Venezuela, 8.4.
     Management anticipates that our loan portfolio will continue to grow as a result of our strategy to expand our shareholder base, both by issuing shares to new shareholder countries and by additional capital subscriptions by existing shareholder countries, which may result in increased loan demand for projects in such countries.
Critical Accounting Policies
     General
     Our financial statements and reported results are based on U.S. GAAP, which requires us in some cases to use estimates and assumptions that may affect our reported results and disclosures. We describe our significant accounting policies in Note 1 (“Significant Accounting Policies”) to our audited financial statements. We believe that some of the more significant accounting policies we use to present our financial results, discussed below, involve the use of accounting estimates that we consider to be critical because: (1) they require significant management judgment and assumptions about matters that are complex and inherently uncertain; and (2) the use of a different estimate or a change in estimate could have a material impact on our reported results of operations or financial condition. Specifically, the estimates we use to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses are critical accounting estimates.
     Allowance for Loan Losses
     We maintain an allowance for losses on our loan portfolio at levels that management believes to be adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the portfolio at the balance sheet date. In general, the evaluation for allowance for loan losses is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The use of different estimates or assumptions as well as changes in external factors could produce materially higher or lower net income for the period in which the estimate is made. Although we expect that our loans will ultimately be repaid, amounts may not be repaid on their original terms. As a result, we can suffer losses resulting from the difference between the discounted present value of expected payments for interest and charges according to the related contractual terms and the actual cash flow.

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     In particular, the general allowance for loan losses is established by us based on the individual risk rating for the long-term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries, which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of preparation of the financial statements. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of the sovereign loan portfolio, a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.
Income Statement
     Interest Income
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, our interest income was $200.2 million, representing a decrease of $2.3 million, or 1.1%, compared to interest income of $202.5 million for the corresponding period in 2007. This decrease resulted principally from a decrease in interest rates.
     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our interest income was $823.4 million, representing an increase of $87.9 million, or 12.0%, over interest income of $735.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. This increase resulted principally from an increase in our interest-earning assets. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2006 represented an increase of $187.9 million, or 34.3%, over our interest income of $547.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates.
     Interest Expense
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, our interest expense was $96.4 million, representing a slight increase of $0.1 million, or 0.1%, over interest expense of $96.3 million for the corresponding period in 2007. This result was principally due to a decrease in interest rates as well as an increase in liabilities to fulfill higher funding requirements caused by the increase in the loan portfolio.
     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our interest expense was $413.9 million, representing an increase of $49.9 million, or 13.7%, over interest expense of $364.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. This growth resulted primarily from an increase in financial liabilities. Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2006 represented an increase of $108.5 million, or 42.4%, from our interest expense of $255.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in interest rates.
     Net Interest Income
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, our net interest income was $103.8 million, representing a decrease of $2.3 million, or 2.2%, compared to net interest income of $106.2 million for the corresponding period in 2007. Our net interest income margin decreased to 3.4% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, as compared to 4.2% for the corresponding period in 2007, principally as a result of a decrease in interest rates.
     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our net interest income was $409.5 million, representing an increase of $38.1 million, or 10.2%, over net interest income of $371.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, which, in turn, represented an increase of $79.4 million, or 27.2%, over CAF’s net interest income of $292.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. Our net interest income margin was 4.1% in 2007, compared to 4.1% in 2006 and 3.4% in 2005.
     Provision for Loan Losses
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, we recorded a credit for loan losses of $54.4 million, compared to a provision for loan losses of $13.0 million for the same period in 2007. Changes in the provision for loan losses were mainly due to changes in the credit ratings of our shareholder countries. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of the loan portfolio was 1.2% for the first three months of 2008, compared to 2.4% for the same period in 2007.

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     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our credit for loan losses was $23.1 million compared to a provision for loan losses of $19.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and a credit for loan losses of $14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of the loan portfolio was 1.8% for 2007, 2.3% for 2006 and 2.2% for 2005.
     The credits and provisions in the periods described above reflect management’s estimates for both general and specific provisions. The specific provision is related to loans that have been adversely classified. The calculation of the amount set aside as the general provision is based on the sovereign ratings of the shareholder countries and their related probabilities of default, as provided by the major rating agencies, adjusted to take into account our privileges and immunities within the Andean region. The specific provision is calculated according to FAS 114 and 118 guidelines.
     Non-Interest Income
     Our non-interest income consists principally of commissions, dividends and equity in earnings of investments and other income.
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.  For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, our non-interest income was $2.6 million, representing an increase of $0.8 million, or 40.5%, over non-interest income of $1.9 million for the corresponding period in 2007. This increase resulted principally from ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges.
     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our total non-interest income was $31.8 million, representing an increase of $16.8 million, or 111.9%, over total non-interest income of $15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, which in turn represented a decrease of $5.9 million, or 28.3%, compared to total non-interest income of $20.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase in CAF’s total non-interest income in 2007 over 2006 resulted principally from a greater amount of dividends from equity investments, and the decrease in 2006 over 2005 resulted principally from variations in the fair value of our equity investments.
     Non-Interest Expenses
     Our non-interest expenses consist principally of administrative expenses, representing more than 80.5% of total non-interest expenses in 2007.
     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, our non-interest expenses totaled $10.8 million, representing a decrease of $10.1 million, or 48.2%, compared to non-interest expenses of $20.9 million for the corresponding period in 2007. More than 99% of non-interest expenses was comprised of administrative expenses, which remained at a similar level for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 compared to the corresponding period in 2007. From March 31, 2007 to March 31, 2008, our general and administrative expenses as a percentage of our total average assets were 0.33%, which represents a decrease against the 0.43% for the same period between 2006 and 2007.
     2007, 2006 and 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our total non-interest expenses were $63.6 million, representing an increase of $16.8 million, or 36.0%, over total non-interest expenses of $46.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, which in turn represented an increase of $2.6 million, or 5.9%, over total non-interest expenses of $44.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase in 2007 resulted principally from an increase in ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges.
     For the year ended December 31, 2007, administrative expenses were $51.2 million, or 0.46% of our total average assets, representing an increase of $4.8 million over administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006. For the year ended December 31, 2006, administrative expenses were $46.4 million, or 0.48% of total average assets, representing an increase of $3.7 million over administrative expenses of $42.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. These movements resulted largely from the impact of local currency expenses in Venezuela. Nevertheless, from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2007, our general and administrative expenses have remained stable as a percentage of its total average assets.

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     Equity investments which do not have readily determinable fair values in which we have a participation of less than 20% of the investee’s equity are required to be recorded at cost according to U.S. GAAP. Also, management is required to assess the value of these investments and determine whether any value impairment is temporary or other than temporary. Impairment charges must be taken once management has determined that the loss of value is other than temporary. As a result of the analysis of these equity investments, management determined impairment charges as follows: $82 thousand in 2007, $190 thousand in 2006 and $24 thousand in 2005. These impairment charges represented 0.11%, 0.20% and 0.02% of CAF’s equity investments at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
     The impairment charges were distributed as follows according to the type of investment:
                         
    2007     2006     2005  
    (In U.S.$ thousands)  
Single companies
  $     $     $ 24  
Investment funds
  $ 82     $ 190     $  
 
                 
Total
  $ 82     $ 190     $ 24  
 
                 
Balance Sheet
     Total Assets and Liabilities
     March 31, 2008. At March 31, 2008, our total assets were $13.3 billion, representing an increase of $0.7 billion, or 5.9%, from total assets of $12.6 billion at December 31, 2007. At March 31, 2008, our total liabilities were $9.1 billion, representing an increase of $0.7 billion, or 7.8%, from total liabilities of $8.5 billion at December 31, 2007. The increase in assets resulted primarily from a corresponding increase in liquid assets and the increase in liabilities resulted from higher funding requirements.
     2007 and 2006. At December 31, 2007, our total assets were $12.6 billion, representing an increase of $2.2 billion, or 20.7%, over total assets of $10.4 billion as of December 31, 2006. The increase in our total assets principally reflected an increase in liquid assets as well as in the loan portfolio. At December 31, 2007, our total liabilities were $8.5 billion, representing an increase of $1.7 million, or 25.5%, over total liabilities of $6.7 billion as of December 31, 2006. The increase in our total liabilities resulted from higher funding requirements.
Asset Quality
     Overdue Loans
     March 31, 2008.  There were no overdue loans at March 31, 2008 or December 31, 2007 (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status).
     2007 and 2006.  There were no overdue loans at December 31, 2007 or December 31, 2006 (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status).
     Non-Accrual Loans
     March 31, 2008.  There were no loans in non-accrual status at March 31, 2008.
     2007 and 2006. There were no loans in non-accrual status at December 31, 2007 or December 31, 2006.
     Restructured Loans
     March 31, 2008. At March 31, 2008, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was $3.3 million, or 0.04% of the total loan portfolio, all of which represented one loan to a private sector borrower in Bolivia. This represented a $0.1 million decrease from the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans at December 31, 2007, which was $3.4 million, or 0.04% of the total loan portfolio.

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     2007 and 2006. At December 31, 2007, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was $3.4 million, or 0.04% of the total loan portfolio. The total amount represented one loan to a private sector borrower in Bolivia. This represented a decrease from the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans at December 31, 2006, which was $4.6 million, or 0.06% of the total loan portfolio.
     Loan Write-offs and Recoveries
     March 31, 2008. There were no write-offs during the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, and there were no write-offs in the corresponding period of 2007. We booked recoveries for $1.8 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 and $0.4 million during the corresponding period of 2007.
     2007 and 2006. A total of $0.2 million of the principal amount of two loans was written off in 2007, representing a decrease of $0.9 million, or 82.3%, compared to total write-offs of $1.1 million in 2006. We booked recoveries of $3.0 million and $9.0 million during 2007 and 2006, respectively.
     See “Operations of CAF — Asset Quality” for further information regarding our asset quality. See “Operations of CAF — Loan Portfolio” for details regarding the distribution of our loans by country and economic sector.
     Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
     We enter into off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of our business to facilitate our business and objectives and reduce our exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate fluctuations. These arrangements, which may involve elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of amounts recognized on our balance sheet, primarily include (1) credit agreements subscribed and pending disbursement, (2) lines and letters of credit for foreign trade and (3) partial credit guarantees of member country obligations. For further discussion of these arrangements, see Note 19 (“Commitments and Contingencies”) to our audited financial statements.
Liquidity
     We seek to ensure adequate liquidity by maintaining liquid assets greater than the higher of:
     (1) 45% of total undisbursed project loan commitments and
     (2) 35% of the sum of our next 12 months’
     (a) estimated debt service, plus
     (b) estimated project loan disbursements.
     On March 17, 2008, we updated our investment policy. Our investment policy requires that at least 80% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments with a rating of A-/A3/A- or better. The remaining portion may be invested in non-investment grade instruments with a minimum rating of B-/Ba3/B-.
     March 31, 2008. At March 31, 2008, our liquid assets consisted of $3.1 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 95.9% was invested in investment grade instruments with a rating of A-/A3/A- or better. At March 31, 2008, 19.0% of our liquid assets was invested in time deposits in financial institutions rated “A-” or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

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     2007 and 2006. At December 31, 2007, our liquid assets consisted of $2.5 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 91.6% was invested in investment grade instruments with a rating of A-/A3/A- or better; 13.2% of our liquid assets was invested in time deposits in financial institutions “A-” or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization. At December 31, 2006, our liquid assets amounted to $1.9 billion, of which 92.1% was invested in investment grade instruments. Our investment policy emphasizes security and liquidity over yield.
Strategy and Capital Resources
     Our business strategy is to provide financing for projects, trade and investment in the regional shareholder countries. Management expects our assets to grow in the future, which will increase our need for additional funding; likewise, maturing debt obligations will need to be replaced. In addition to scheduled capital increases, management anticipates a need to increase funds raised in the international capital markets and to maintain funding through borrowings from multilateral and other financial institutions. While the substantial majority of our equity will continue to be held by regional shareholder countries, we intend to continue offering equity participation to countries other than the regional shareholder countries through the issuances of Series “C” shares to such countries. See “Capital Structure”.
     We intend to continue our programs to foster sustainable growth within the regional shareholder countries, and to increase our support for the private sector within our markets, either directly or through financial intermediaries. See “Operations of CAF” below.

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OPERATIONS OF CAF
     CAF’s purpose is to foster and promote economic development, social development and integration within the regional shareholder countries through the efficient use of financial resources in conjunction with both private sector and public sector entities. To accomplish our objective, we primarily engage in short, medium and long-term loans and guarantees. To a lesser extent, we make limited equity investments in funds and companies, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.
     CAF also provides lending for projects in non-regional shareholder countries, including but not limited to projects that promote trade or integration with regional shareholder countries.
Business Management of CAF
     Our business management is divided into two broad functions: client relationship management and financial management.
     Client Relationship Management
     Our client relationship management function is conducted by a group of relationship managers and sector and product specialists who are responsible for the development, structuring, appraisal and implementation of our lending activities. Clients are identified through direct contact, referrals from our representative offices and referrals from third parties such as shareholders, multilateral institutions, international financial institutions and other clients.
     Our client relationship management function is currently fulfilled by the following five departments, each headed by a Vice President:
    Country Programs, which is responsible for our relationships with governments, public sector corporations and financial institutions and for the development of a global approach to business activities in each of the member countries;
 
    Infrastructure, which is responsible for the financing of public infrastructure projects and the analysis of public policies within the different development sectors;
 
    Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, which is responsible for our relationships with private sector corporations, while simultaneously furnishing advisory services to our clients;
 
    Social and Environmental Development, which is responsible for investments in social and environmental areas and in micro, small and medium size enterprises; and
 
    Financial Systems, which is responsible for our relationships with financial institutions and regional capital markets, as well as seeking new ways to strengthen the financial systems in the region through effective structures and regulations.
     The client relationship management group is also responsible for reviewing and developing lending policies and procedures and for monitoring the quality of the loan portfolio on an ongoing basis. In these duties, the client management group is assisted by our Credit Administration Office and our Corporate Comptroller Office.
     Financial Management
     Our financial management group is responsible for managing our funded debt, as well as our liquid assets. This group is responsible for developing, structuring, appraising and implementing our borrowing activities. It is also responsible for reviewing and developing policies and procedures for the monitoring of our financial well-being and for the proper management of liquidity. The financial management group is headed by the Vice President of Finance.

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     The asset distribution group is a part of the financial management group, and it has two basic responsibilities:
     (1) structuring A/B loan transactions in which we loan a portion of the total amount and other financial institutions loan the remainder; and
     (2) selling loans to international banks interested in increasing their exposure in the regional shareholder countries.
     The staff of our financial management group works in close coordination with our client relationship managers. Our client relationship management group and financial management group are supported by the financial control and budget, human resources, information systems and legal departments.
Loan Portfolio
     We extend medium-term and long-term loans to finance both public sector and private sector projects in the regional shareholder countries, either directly to a project or through a financial intermediary in a regional shareholder country that lends the funds to the appropriate project. To a lesser extent, we also provide loans to finance trade by and among the members of the regional shareholder countries. Loans may be used for any component of a project, subject to exceptions relating to, among other things, the acquisition of land and the payment of taxes. We endeavor to concentrate our lending activities on national and multinational economic development projects, especially those involving electricity, gas and water supply, transport or communications in two or more regional shareholder countries and those that generate foreign exchange.
     We provide credit lines to financial institutions in the regional shareholder countries. The purpose of these credit lines is to enable these institutions to finance projects that fall within our overall objectives, but that are not sufficiently large to justify our being directly involved in the project. The relevant financial institutions are thereby provided with funds that enable them to strengthen their financial resources within parameters previously agreed to with us. Under such multisectoral credit lines, we take the credit risk of the financial intermediary and also have recourse to the underlying borrowers. The financial intermediaries are responsible for repayment of their loans from us regardless of whether the underlying borrower repays the financial intermediary.
     We endeavor to strengthen trade by and among regional shareholder countries and to assist companies in the regional shareholder countries to access world markets. Our trade-financing activities are complementary to those of the export credit agencies of regional shareholder countries because we finance qualifying import or export operations, whereas those agencies generally are limited to providing financing only for goods exported from the respective countries. Through trade-financing, we finance the movement of merchandise. We also provide credit support to trade activities through the confirmation of letters of credit in situations where the issuing local bank would not be perceived as sufficiently creditworthy by financial institutions in the beneficiary’s country.
     In 1997, we began making a portion of our loans through an “A/B” loan program. The “A” portion of the loan is made directly to the borrower by us. Under the “B” portion, banks provide the funding and assume the credit risk. Because we act as the lender of record for the entire loan, commercial banks are exempted from country risk provisions and, therefore, the borrower receives an interest rate that is generally lower than the rate available in the commercial markets. The lower interest rate is a result, among other factors, of the reduced inherent risk resulting from our status as a multilateral financial institution.
     Our loan pricing is typically based on our cost of funds plus a spread to cover operational costs and credit risks. All sovereign-risk loans are made at the same spread for comparable maturities. Generally, our loans are made on a floating interest rate basis. Under certain exceptional circumstances, loans may be made at fixed interest rates, provided that the corresponding funding is obtained at fixed interest rates. We generally charge a loan origination fee equal to 1% of the total loan amount and a commitment fee equal to 0.25% per annum on undisbursed loan balances. Substantially all loans are denominated in U.S. dollars.

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     Our policies generally require that loans to public sector entities have the benefit of sovereign guarantees. Exceptions have been made for a few highly-capitalized entities. Loans to private sector entities other than banks generally must have the benefit of bank or other guarantees, or other collateral acceptable to us.
     During the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, our total assets grew at a compound average annual rate of 14.9%, in part reflecting the economic growth in most of the regional shareholder countries. At December 31, 2007, our total assets were $12.6 billion, of which $9.5 billion, or 75.8%, were disbursed and outstanding loans. At December 31, 2007, the “B” loan portion of our “A/B” loan transactions totaled $509.9 million. The tables on loan exposure that follow reflect only the “A” portion of the respective “A/B” loan transactions since we only assume the credit risk of the “A” loan portion. During this three-year period, our lending portfolio grew at a compound average annual rate of 14.0%. Our management expects further loan growth to be funded by additional borrowings and deposits, retained earnings and planned capital increases.
Loans to Public and Private Sector Borrowers
     Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified by public sector and private sector borrowers, was as follows:
                                 
    At December 31,
    2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S. $ millions)
Public Sector
    77.7 %     7,423.0       6,992.7       6,522.5  
Private Sector
    22.3 %     2,124.9       1,104.7       824.1  
 
                               
 
    100.0 %     9,547.9       8,097.4       7,346.6  
 
                               
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            0.0       0.0       0.3  
 
                               
Total
            9,547.9       8,097.4       7,347.0  
 
                               
     The percentage of our total loan portfolio represented by private sector loans increased between 2005 and 2007 from 11.2% to 22.3%. The general increase reflects our emphasis on lending to financial institutions. Management expects the proportion of public sector and private sector loans during 2008 to remain approximately constant with 2007 levels.

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Loans by Borrowing Country
     Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified on a country-by-country basis, according to the location of the borrower, was as follows:
                                 
    At December 31,
    2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S. $ millions)
Bolivia
    10.9 %     1,040.0       1,024.3       981.6  
Colombia
    17.1 %     1,633.0       1,619.5       1,899.5  
Ecuador
    22.5 %     2,149.4       1,370.8       1,230.5  
Peru
    18.9 %     1,804.9       1,801.7       1,712.3  
Venezuela
    15.4 %     1,469.8       1,723.5       1,134.7  
Other(1)
    15.2 %     1,450.8       557.6       388.0  
 
                               
 
    100.0 %     9,547.9       8,097.4       7,346.6  
 
                               
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            0.0       0.0       0.3  
 
                               
Total
            9,547.9       8,097.4       7,347.0  
 
                               
 
(1)   Principally loans outside the regional shareholder countries.
Loans Approved and Disbursed by Country
     Our loan approval process is described under “— Credit Policies”. After approval, disbursements of a loan proceed in accordance with the contractual conditions of the loan agreement.
     Set forth below is a table of the amount of loans approved and loans disbursed, classified by country, for each of the years indicated:
                                                 
    Approved   Disbursed(1)
    2007   2006   2005   2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Bolivia
    275.3       396.3       523.2       196.6       175.0       198.5  
Colombia
    1,213.1       1,001.0       1,236.6       968.2       653.5       687.9  
Ecuador
    1,088.9       1,024.2       815.4       1,416.2       504.0       339.9  
Peru
    1,179.9       941.4       416.8       1,730.2       483.2       255.0  
Venezuela
    816.2       841.6       627.1       127.0       845.1       208.4  
Other(2)
    2,033.6       1,315.8       1,127.3       1,406.0       261.7       170.2  
 
                                               
Total
    6,607.0       5,520.9       4,746.3       5,844.3       2,922.5       1,859.9  
 
                                               
 
(1)   Includes short-term loans in the amounts of $3,096.7 million, $933.2 million and $478.3 million, respectively, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007.
 
(2)   Loans outside the regional shareholder countries, of which $1,518.1 million was approved and $879.5 million was disbursed to entities in Brazil in 2007.
     During the three years ended December 31, 2007, the growth rate of loans by country was as follows: Bolivia, 2.9%; Colombia, -7.3%; Ecuador, 32.2%; Peru, 2.5%; and Venezuela, 13.8%. The growth of the loan portfolio during the three-year period reflects increases in loan approvals as a result of the region’s economic growth during the period and our increased share of infrastructure financings in the region.
     Loans to non-regional shareholder countries holding Series “C” shares (as described under “Capital Structure — General”) totaled $1,450.8 million in 2007, compared to $557.6 million and $388.0 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively. To date, our loans in non-regional shareholder countries have primarily been to Brazilian borrowers. Management expects loans to non-regional shareholder countries to increase as a percentage of the total loan portfolio.

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     Management anticipates that our loan portfolio will continue to grow as a result of our strategy to expand our shareholder base, both by issuing shares to new shareholder countries and by additional capital subscriptions by existing shareholder countries, which may result in increased loan demand for projects in such countries.
Distribution of Loans by Industry
     At December 31, 2007, our loan portfolio outstanding was distributed by industry as follows:
                                                                 
                                                    Total by   % of
    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela   Others   Sector   Total
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Agriculture, hunting and forestry
    3.0       42.1       0.0       68.3       0.0       0.0       113.4       1.2 %
Exploitation of mines and quarries
    50.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       20.0       70.0       0.7 %
Manufacturing industry
    16.7       43.5       127.6       10.8       0.0       80.0       278.6       2.9 %
Supply of electricity, gas and water
    101.1       24.2       92.8       107.5       420.7       332.8       1,079.1       11.3 %
Transport, warehousing and communications
    521.7       436.9       549.7       344.7       812.2       388.6       3,053.8       32.0 %
Financial intermediaries(1)
    37.6       484.7       106.9       457.2       30.9       625.9       1,743.2       18.3 %
Social and other infrastructure programs
    307.4       601.6       1,272.4       806.0       206.0       3.5       3,196.9       33.5 %
Other activities
    2.5       0.0       0.0       10.3       0.0       0.0       12.8       0.1 %
 
                                                               
Total
    1,040.0       1,633.0       2,149.5       1,804.8       1,469.8       1,450.8       9,547.9       100.0 %
 
                                                               
 
(1)   Multisectoral credit lines to public sector development banks, private banks and other institutions.
Maturity of Loans
     At December 31, 2007, our outstanding loans were scheduled to mature as follows:
                                                 
    2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013-2022
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Principal amount
    2,290.5       964.8       827.6       884.6       868.7       3,711.7  

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Ten Largest Borrowers
     The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of loans to our ten largest borrowers, and the percentage such loans represented of the total loan portfolio, at December 31, 2007:
                 
            As a Percentage of
Borrower   Amount   Total Loan Portfolio
    (in U.S.$ millions)        
Republic of Ecuador
    1,680.7       17.6 %
Republic of Venezuela
    1,466.3       15.4 %
Republic of Peru
    1,271.9       13.3 %
Republic of Colombia
    1,055.3       11.1 %
Republic of Bolivia
    856.1       9.0 %
Republic of Argentina
    416.1       4.3 %
Itau Bank (Brazil)(1)
    175.0       1.8 %
Banco Bradesco, S.A. (Brazil)(2)
    170.8       1.7 %
Banco de Credito del Peru (Peru)(3)
    150.0       1.6 %
Banco de Comercio Exterior (Colombia)(4)
    134.4       1.4 %
 
               
Total
    7,376.6       77.2 %
 
               
 
(1)   Privately owned financial intermediary.
 
(2)   Privately owned financial intermediary.
 
(3)   Privately owned financial intermediary.
 
(4)   Privately owned financial intermediary.
Selected Projects
     Set out below are examples of projects approved by CAF during 2007 and the respective loan approval amounts.
     Bolivia
     Republic of Bolivia / Road Integration Program “La Y de Integración” — $70 million loan to improve and expand the national infrastructure to favor the national and regional physical integration.
     Republic of Bolivia / Bolivian Natural Disaster Risk Management Program 2006 — Phase II —$21 million loan to rehabilitate the damages caused by rains at the beginning of 2007, and implement disaster prevention actions in the areas of physical, natural, and social capital.
     Colombia
     Republic of Colombia / Social Investment Program to Support the Reduction of Poverty — $400 million loan program to support strategy implementation to reduce poverty by financing social investments projects with high impact on the improvement of living conditions among the most vulnerable population.
     Republic of Colombia / Buga – Buenaventura Corridor — $145 million loan to improve the transportation infrastructure in the Bogotá-Buenaventura Corridor, specifically in the section close to the port from Buga.
     Ecuador
     Republic of Ecuador / Program to Support the Human Development Bonus — $250 million loan to support the development and consolidation of its social policies by financing a program to promote access and permanence to basic education and health services of the most vulnerable population.

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     Republic of Ecuador/ Environmental Sanitation Program for Community Development (Promadec)— $200 million to support the program to improve health conditions in the smaller municipalities, as well strengthen the design, implementation, and monitoring of sectoral policies.
     Peru
     Republic of Peru / Program for Social Investment and Infrastructure against Poverty.— $400 million to support the implementation of social and infrastructure projects to improve the living conditions of the vulnerable population, and promote opportunities for economic and social development.
     La Pampilla Refinery. — $30 million to finance working capital and capital investments.
     Venezuela
     Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / Manuel Piar Hydroelectric Plant Project — $600 million loan to increase electrical generation to cover the demand and improve the efficiency and reliability of the National Electric System.
     Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela/ Yacambú-Quíbor — $75 million loan to promote agricultural development in the State of Lara and contribute to the water supply in the city of Barquisimeto.
     Argentina
     Republic of Argentina — $110 million loan to rehabilitate the road infrastructure between Argentina and Paraguay in order to solve the transit problems in the areas that are close to the cities of Posadas (Argentina) and Encarnación (Paraguay) and facilitate the flow of people and trade between both countries.
     Brazil
     State of Pará / Road Infrastructure Program for Regional Development $85 million loan to rehabilitate and pave 407 km. of secondary roads that join municipal, agricultural, tourism and mining development axes, with paved main roads in 14 municipalities to favor the agricultural and tourism potential.
     Federative Republic of Brazil / Program for the Management of Potable Water and Drainage Infrastructure in the Federal District — $60 million loan to reduce deficiencies in the rain water drainage system, as well as environmental recovery and institutional strengthening.
     Costa Rica
     Electricity Institute of Costa Rica (ICE) — $100 million loan to partially finance the company’s investment program for the electrical generation and transmission for the 2008-2010 period.
     Uruguay
     National Development Corporation (CND)— $70 million loan to improve the quality of service of the national road infrastructure to contribute with social and economic development and the country’s regional integration.
Other Activities
     Treasury Operations
     Our investment policy requires that at least 80% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments with a rating of A-/A3/A- or better. The remaining portion may be invested in unrated or non-investment grade instruments with a minimum rating of B-/Ba3/B-. At December 31, 2007, our liquid assets consisted of $2.5 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 13.2% consisted of time deposits.

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     Equity Shareholdings
     We may acquire equity shareholdings in new or existing companies within the regional shareholder countries, either directly or through investment funds focused on Latin America. Our equity participation in any one company is limited to 1% of our total shareholders’ equity. Our policies do not permit us to be a company’s largest individual shareholder. In addition, the aggregate amount of our equity investments cannot exceed 10% of our total shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2007, the carrying value of our equity investments totaled $74.3 million, representing 1.8% of our total shareholders’ equity. As of December 31, 2007, 80.6% of our equity portfolio was held through investment funds.
     Credit Guarantees
     We have developed our credit guarantee product as part of our role of attracting international financing for our member countries. As such, we may offer guarantees of private credit agreements or we may offer public guarantees of obligations of the securities of third party issuers. We generally offer only partial credit guarantees with the intention that private lenders or holders of securities share the risk along with us.
     The emphasis of the credit guarantees is to aid in the financing of public sector projects, though we do not have any internal policies limiting our credit guarantees to public sector projects. Also, although we generally intend to guarantee approximately 25% of the financing for a given project, we may guarantee up to the full amount of the financing, subject to our other credit policies. Our internal policies limit the aggregate outstanding amount of our credit guarantees to a maximum amount equivalent to 20% of our net worth. The amount of credit guarantees outstanding was $242.8 million as of December 31, 2007, representing the guarantee of two public sector projects in Colombia, two public sector projects in Bolivia, two public sector projects in Colombia and one private sector project in Peru.
     Promotion of Regional Development
     As part of our role in advancing regional integration, we evaluate on an ongoing basis new investment opportunities intended to benefit the regional shareholder countries. We also provide technical and financial assistance for the planning and implementation of binational and multinational projects, help obtain capital and technology for these projects and assist companies in developing and implementing modernization, expansion and organizational development programs.
Fund Administration
     At December 31, 2007, CAF acted as fund administrator for several funds, totaling $234.9 million in the aggregate, funded by third parties and by its shareholders.
     These funds are funded through allocations made each year by the shareholders from CAF’s prior year’s net income. In 2007, 2006 and 2005, shareholders allocated to these funds $88.0 million, $71.0 million, and $41.4 million from the net income of 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. These funds are not part of CAF’s accounts.
     At December 31, 2007, the principal funds were the Technical Co-operation Fund, the Fund for Human Development, the Compensatory Financing Fund, the HIPC Fund for Bolivia, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Latin American Carbon Program.

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     Technical Co-operation Fund
     At December 31, 2007, the Technical Co-operation Fund had a balance of $34.3 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance research and development studies that may lead to the identification of project investment opportunities and also, on occasion, to provide grants, that are typically less than $100,000 each, to facilitate the implementation of those projects.
     Fund for Human Development
     At December 31, 2007, the Fund for Human Development had a balance of $21.1 million. This fund is devoted to assist projects intended to promote sustainable development in socially excluded communities, as well as support micro-enterprises through the financing of intermediary institutions that offer direct loans to rural and urban micro-entrepreneurs.
     Compensatory Financing Fund
     At December 31, 2007, the Compensatory Financing Fund had a balance of $126.0 million. This fund was created to provide interest rate compensation when a project providing social or developmental benefits is otherwise unable to sustain market interest rates.
     HIPC Fund for Bolivia
     The debt reduction initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (“HIPC”) has the purpose of increasing the resources of beneficiary countries to accelerate reform by reducing their external debt. At December 31, 2007, the HIPC Fund for Bolivia had a balance of $0.5 million. This fund was created as part of the application of the World Bank’s HIPC initiative for Bolivia.
     Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises
     At December 31, 2007, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises had a balance of $20.7 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance and, in general, support initiatives that aid the development of an entrepreneurial class in the region.
     Latin American Carbon Program
     At December 31, 2007, the Latin American Carbon Program had a balance of $8.7 million. This program is dedicated to the implementation of market mechanisms that allow developing countries to participate in the environmental services market. The program is engaged in the emerging greenhouse gasses reductions market in the Latin American and Caribbean markets through several mechanisms, including those allowed by the Kyoto Protocol.
     Fund for the Promotion of Sustainable Infrastructure Projects
     At December 31, 2007, the Fund for the Promotion of Sustainable Infrastructure Projects had a balance of $20.9 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance infrastructure projects, and the study thereof, in order to support regional integration.
     Fund for Border Integration and Cooperation
     The fund for Border Integration and Cooperation was established on March 25, 2008 with an initial $4.0 million capital contribution. The fund seeks to strengthen cooperation and border integration at the bilateral and multilateral levels by supporting and financing the identification, preparation and execution of high-impact projects that promote sustainable human development in the border regions of CAF’s shareholder countries.
Credit Policies
     The Constitutive Agreement limits the total amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees and equity investments to 4.0 times shareholders’ equity. Our actual ratio on December 31, 2007 was 2.4 times shareholders’ equity. The guidelines of the Basle Committee on Supervisory Practices and Banking Regulations require a capitalization ratio, defined as shareholders’ equity divided by risk-weighted assets plus risk-weighted off-balance sheet items, of not less than 8% for those institutions to which those guidelines are applicable. Our policy requires this capitalization ratio to be at least 30%. Our actual capitalization ratio was 36.3% on December 31, 2007.

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     We apply commercial banking standards for credit approvals and maintain policies and procedures regarding risk assessment and credit policy. Relationship managers perform an initial screening of each potential client and transaction to ensure that the proposed extension of credit falls within our policies. Proposed project loans are evaluated in accordance with our Operational Policies, which set out detailed eligibility and evaluation guidelines. Loans to a private sector borrower are approved taking into consideration both the individual loan and the total exposure to the borrower.
     The Loans and Investments Committee recommends approvals of loans and investments. The members of this Committee are the Vice Presidents, the General Legal Counsel and the Head of Credit Administration. The committee is chaired by the Executive Vice President. The Secretary of the Committee is an officer from the Credit Administration Office. The Executive President, upon the recommendation of the Loans and Investments Committee, may approve loans of up to $75.0 million for sovereign credits, up to $50.0 million for private credits, up to $25.0 million for equity investments, up to $30.0 million for investments in liquid assets for each issuer (unless the issuer is investment grade, in which case the investment may be up to $120.0 million), and up to $1.0 million for technical cooperation credits. In excess of these amounts, loans of up to $150.0 million for sovereign credits, up to $80.0 million for private credits, up to $50.0 million for equity investments, up to $50.0 million for investments in liquid assets for each issuer (unless the issuer is investment grade, in which case the investment may be up to $150.0 million), and up to $2.0 million for technical cooperation credits must be approved by the Executive Committee of our Board of Directors or the Board of Directors itself. Loans in excess of the aforementioned Executive Committee’s limits require the approval of our Board of Directors.
     Our policies also impose limitations on loan concentration by country and by type of risk. Loans to entities in any one regional shareholder country may not exceed either 30% of our loan portfolio or 100% of our shareholders’ equity. Aggregate loans to entities in any non-regional shareholder country currently may not exceed eight times the total of such country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted by the country to us under a fiduciary relationship. This limit does not apply to trade loan financing with regional shareholder countries. Additionally, no more than four times the country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted to us under a fiduciary relationship may be committed to operations essentially national in character. The same limitation applies to our total loan portfolio in relation to our shareholders’ equity. Loans to a public sector or mixed-capital entity not considered a sovereign risk are limited in the aggregate to 15% of our shareholders’ equity, and loans to any private sector entity are limited in the aggregate to 10% of our shareholders’ equity.
     Operations in which we extend credit to entities in Series “C” shareholder countries outside the Andean region must generally be related to activities of such entities in, or related to, the regional shareholder countries. The aggregate total of outstanding loans to entities in such countries for purely local activities may not exceed four times the amount of paid-in capital contributed by that country.
     Our policies permit us to provide up to 100% of the total project costs with respect to short-term loans. For medium-and long-term loans, we determine the appropriate level of financing on a case-by-case basis; however, limited-recourse financing in such loans may not exceed 50% of project costs. In practice, however, we typically limit our loans to a smaller percentage of total project costs and generally require a larger percentage of financial support by the borrower than required by our credit policies.
Asset Quality
     We classify a loan as overdue whenever payment is not made on its due date. We charge interest on the overdue payment from the due date and immediately suspend disbursements on all loans to the borrower and to any other borrowers of which the overdue borrower is a guarantor. The entire principal amount of a loan is placed in non-accrual status when collection or recovery is doubtful or when any payment, including principal, interest, fees or other charges in respect of the loan, is more than 90 days overdue in the case of a private sector loan or more than 180 days overdue in the case of a public sector loan. Interest and other charges on non-accruing loans are included in income only to the extent that payments have actually been received by us.

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     At December 31, 2007, we had no overdue loans. At December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, there were no loans in non-accrual status. For the year ended December 31, 2007, there was no overdue interest or other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans excluded from net income. For the year ended December 31, 2006, we had $16 thousand of overdue interest and other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans was excluded from net income.
     At December 31, 2007, our total loan write-offs since our inception amounted to $163.1 million, of which $0.2 million, representing portions of loans made to two borrowers, occurred in 2007. Since inception, we have not suffered any individually significant losses on our loan portfolio. Although our loans do not enjoy any legal preference over those of other creditors, we do enjoy a de facto preferred creditor status arising from our status as a multilateral financial institution and from the interest of our borrowers in maintaining their credit standing with us.
Quality of Loan Portfolio
     The following table shows our overdue loan principal, loans in non-accrual status, and the total allowance for loan losses and their percentages of our total loan portfolio at the respective dates indicated, as well as loans written-off during each period:
                         
    Year ended December 31,
    2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Total loan portfolio
    9,548.0       8,097.5       7,347.0  
Overdue loan principal
    0.0       0.0       0.0  
Loans in non-accrual status
    0.0       0.0       1.3  
Loans written-off during period
    0.2       1.1       10.4  
Allowance for loan losses
    168.3       188.6       161.6  
Overdue principal payment as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio
    1.76 %     2.33 %     2.20 %
     The Constitutive Agreement requires that at least 10% of our net income in each year be allocated to our mandatory reserve until that reserve amounts to 50% of subscribed capital. In addition, we have a general reserve that can be used to cover contingent events and as a source of funding of last resort in the event of temporary illiquidity or when funding in the international markets is unavailable or impractical. At December 31, 2007, the mandatory reserve was $287.5 million, the general reserve was $1,189.9 million and the allowance for loan losses was $168.3 million, totalling $1.6 billion.
     See “Capital Structure — Reserves” for more information about our policies on reserves.
FUNDED DEBT
Funding Strategy
     We raise funds for operations primarily in the international financial markets, although a relatively small part is raised within the regional shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. In order to diversify our funding sources and to offer potential borrowers a wide range of credit facilities, we raise funds through bond issues in both the regional shareholder countries and the international capital markets. We also take deposits and obtain loans and credit lines from central banks, commercial banks and, to the extent of imports related to projects funded by us, export credit agencies.

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     Within the regional shareholder countries, we raise funds from central banks and financial institutions and by means of regional bond issues. Outside the region, we obtain funding from public sector development and credit agencies, from multilateral development banks, from various North American, European and Japanese commercial banks, from capital markets and from the U.S. and European commercial paper markets.
Sources of Funded Debt
     The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, both within and outside the regional shareholder countries, at each of the dates indicated below was as follows:
                         
    At December 31,
    2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Within the regional shareholder countries:
                       
Term deposits
    1,521.0       449.8       386.4  
Bonds
    603.9       425.7       320.0  
 
                       
 
    2,124.9       875.5       706.4  
 
                       
Outside the regional shareholder countries:
                       
Deposits, acceptances and advances, commercial paper, and repurchase agreements
    1,287.2       1,112.6       1,154.0  
Loans and lines of credit
    808.3       558.6       488.4  
Bonds
    3,595.7       3,726.7       3,526.9  
 
                       
 
    5,691.1       5,398.0       5,169.3  
 
                       
 
    7,816.0       6,273.5       5,875.7  
 
                       
Variation effect between spot and original FX rate
    318.4       213.4       139.3  
 
                       
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
    119.4       (3.2 )     76.5  
 
                       
Total
    8,253.9       6,483.7       6,091.5  
 
                       
Maturity of Funded Debt
     The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, by instrument and maturity, at each of the dates indicated below was as follows:
                         
    At December 31,
    2007   2006   2005
    (in U.S.$ millions)
Term deposits:
                       
Up to 1 year
    1,521.0       449.8       386.4  
Acceptances, advances and commercial paper and repurchase agreements:
                       
Up to 1 year
    1,287.2       1,112.6       1,154.0  
Loans and lines of credit:
                       
Up to 1 year
    191.3       104.9       76.8  
Between 1 and 3 years
    258.8       201.8       165.1  
Between 3 and 5 years
    163.3       134.9       173.4  
More than 5 years
    194.9       117.1       73.0  
 
                       
 
    808.3       558.6       488.4  
 
                       
Bonds:
                       
Up to 1 year
    137.1       499.6       294.4  
Between 1 and 3 years
    947.7       872.4       787.4  
Between 3 and 5 years
    1,545.3       946.6       956.7  
More than 5 years
    1,569.5       1,833.9       1,808.5  
 
                       
 
    4,199.5       4,152.5       3,846.9  
 
                       
Totals:
                       
Up to 1 year
    3,136.6       2,166.9       1,911.6  
Between 1 and 3 years
    1,206.4       1,074.1       952.5  
Between 3 and 5 years
    1,708.6       1,081.5       1,130.1  
More than 5 years
    1,764.4       1,951.1       1,881.5  
 
                       
 
    7,816.0       6,273.5       5,875.7  
 
                       
Variation effect between spot and original FX rate
    318.4       213.4       139.3  
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
    119.4       (3.2 )     76.5  
 
                       
Total
    8,253.9       6,483.7       6,091.5  
 
                       

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     Our borrowings are primarily U.S. dollar-based: 69.2% of our total borrowings, or 96.3% of borrowings after swaps, were denominated in U.S. dollars at December 31, 2007. The principal amount of non-U.S. dollar borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2007 included, among others, 47.5 billion Yen, 690 million Euro, 227 million Pounds Sterling, 2.4 million Canadian Dollars and 272.2 billion Colombian Pesos; all of such non-U.S. dollar borrowings are swapped or otherwise hedged.
DEBT RECORD
     We have never defaulted on the payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt security we have issued, and we have always met all of our debt obligations on a timely basis.
ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
     We reduce our sensitivity to interest rate risk by extending our loans on a floating rather than a fixed interest rate basis. As a result, at December 31, 2007, 99.4% of our outstanding loans were based on LIBOR and subject to interest rate adjustments at least every six months. The liabilities that fund these loans are also contracted at, or swapped into, floating interest rates. When we make loans at fixed interest rates, we also obtain the corresponding funding on a fixed interest rate basis.
     We require that counterparties with which we enter into swap agreements be rated “A” or better by two U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. At December 31, 2007, we were party to swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $4.0 billion.
     We seek, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. At December 31, 2007, the weighted average life of our financial assets was 4.3 years and the weighted average life of our financial liabilities was 3.6 years. Based on our asset and liability structure at December 31, 2007, we have a positive cumulative gap over a 10 year horizon. This positive gap denotes asset sensitivity, which means that decreases in the general level of interest rates should have a negative effect on our net financial income and, conversely, increases in the general level of interest rates should have a positive effect on our net financial income.
     Our management expects the weighted average life of our financial assets to increase gradually, as we make more longer-term loans for infrastructure development and similar purposes. At the same time, our management expects that the weighted average life of our liabilities will also increase as a result of our strategy of increasing our presence in the international long-term bond market as market conditions permit.
     At December 31, 2007, approximately 99.9% of our assets and 72.0% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars, with the remainder of our liabilities being denominated principally in Euro, Yen and Pounds Sterling, which liabilities were swapped. After swaps, 98.6% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars. Generally, funding that is contracted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar is swapped into U.S. dollars. In some cases, we extend our loans in the same non-U.S. dollar currencies as debt is incurred in order to minimize exchange risks. Our shareholders’ equity is denominated entirely in U.S. dollars.
     Our treasury asset and liability management involves managing liquidity, funding, interest rate and exchange rate risk arising from non-trading positions through the use of on-balance sheet instruments. Our external asset managers use forward contracts and may use swap agreements to hedge the interest and exchange rate risk exposures of our non-U.S. dollar denominated investments. Our total exposure on trade derivatives will never exceed the minimum of 3% of liquid investments or 1% of total assets.

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ADMINISTRATION
     We are governed and administered by the bodies and officials detailed below:
Shareholders’ General Meeting
     The shareholders’ general meeting is the ultimate decision-making body within CAF. Shareholders’ general meetings can be ordinary or extraordinary and are governed by the requirement for the presence of a quorum and compliance with other conditions set out in the Constitutive Agreement.
     Shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are held once a year, within 90 days of the close of the financial year, and are convened by the Executive President. The shareholders’ ordinary general meeting:
  (1)   considers the Board of Directors’ annual report and our financial statements, receives the independent auditors’ report and allocates our net income;
 
  (2)   elects the Board of Directors according to the Constitutive Agreement;
 
  (3)   appoints external auditors;
 
  (4)   determines compensation for the Board of Directors and the external auditors; and
 
  (5)   may consider any other matter expressly submitted to it which is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.
     Shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings may be convened by resolution adopted at a shareholders’ ordinary general meeting, by the Board of Directors, by the Executive President, by any two Series “A” shareholders or by any shareholders representing at least 25% of paid-in capital. The shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting may:
  (1)   increase, reduce or replenish our capital in accordance with the Constitutive Agreement;
 
  (2)   dissolve CAF;
 
  (3)   change the headquarters of CAF when the Board of Directors so proposes; and
 
  (4)   consider any other matter that has been expressly submitted to it that is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.
     Resolutions before shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are passed by the votes of at least three Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. Resolutions passed at shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings (including a decision to dissolve CAF) require the votes of four Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting, except for resolutions concerning modifications to the Constitutive Agreement, in which case an affirmative vote of all five Series “A” shareholders is required, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. In the event of adjournment for lack of a quorum, which consists of at least four Series “A” shareholders and a simple majority of the other shareholders, at either an ordinary or extraordinary general meeting, two Series “A” shareholders, plus a majority of the other shares represented at the meeting, may deliberate and approve decisions at a reconvened meeting.

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Board of Directors
     Our Board of Directors is composed of 13 directors, each of whom is elected for a term of three years and may be re-elected. Each of the five Series “A” shareholders is represented by one director. Five directors represent the governments or governmental institutions holding Series “B” shares and one director represents the private financial institutions holding Series “B” shares. Holders of Series “C” shares are entitled to elect two directors. In the event of a vacancy in a director position, the corresponding alternate director serves as director until such vacancy has been filled. Responsibilities of our Board of Directors include:
  (1)   establishing and directing our credit and economic policies;
 
  (2)   approving our budget;
 
  (3)   approving our borrowing limits;
 
  (4)   approving credits granted by us in excess of a specified limit;
 
  (5)   establishing or modifying internal regulations; and
 
  (6)   appointing the Executive President.
     All of our directors are non-executive. As of May 30, 2008, the composition of the Board of Directors was as follows:
     Directors (and their alternates) representing Series “A” shareholders:
         
Bolivia
  Graciela Toro   Minister of Development Planning
 
  (Beatriz Roxana Alcoba Arias)   (Vice Minister of Public Investment and External Financing)
 
       
Colombia
  Oscar Iván Zuloaga   Minister of Treasury and Public Credit
 
  (Luis Guillermo Plata)   (Minister of Foreign Trade)
 
       
Ecuador
  Camilo Samá Salem   President of the Board of Corporación Financiera Nacional
 
  (Raúl Sagasti L.)   (Ministry of Industries and Competitiveness)
 
       
Peru
  Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz F.   Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism
 
  (Luis Carranza U.)   (Minister of Economy and Finance)
 
       
Venezuela
  Rafael Isea   Minister of the Popular Power for Finance
 
  (Haiman El Troudi)   (Minister of the Popular Power for Planning and Development)
     Directors (and their alternates) representing the Series “B” shareholders:
         
Bolivia
  Luis Alberto Arce   Minister of Treasury
 
  (Oscar Navarro)   (Vice Minister of Treasury and Public Credit)
 
       
Colombia
  José Dario Uribe   General Manager of Banco de la República
 
  (Carolina Rentaría R.)   (Director of the National Planning Department)
 
       
Ecuador
  Fausto Ortiz   Minister of Economy and Finance
 
  (Miguel Ruiz M.)   (Board Member of Banco Central del Ecuador)
 
       
Peru
  Luis Rebolledo S.   Chairman of the Board of Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
 
  (José Berley Arista Arbildo)   (Vice Minister of Treasury)
 
       
Venezuela
  William A. Contreras   Minister of the Popular Power of Light Industries and Commerce
 
  (Eyilde Margarita Gracias)   (General Manager of Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social of Venezuela)
 
       
Private Financial Institutions
  Juan Emilio Unzueta   Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco Mercantil — Santa Cruz S.A. of Bolivia
 
  (José Elías Melo Acosta)   (President of CORFICOLOMBIA, S.A. of Colombia)

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     The directors representing the Series “C” shareholders are Alexandre Meira da Rosa, Secretary of International Affairs of Brazil from the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Process, and Pedro Solbes Mira, Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Economy and Treasury for Spain. Their alternates are Carlos Fernandez, Secretary of Political Economy and Vice Minister of Economy of Argentina, and Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez, President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
     The business address of each of the directors and each of the alternate directors listed above is Torre CAF, Piso 9, Avenida Luis Roche, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela.
     Our Board of Directors annually elects a Chairman to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders’ general meeting. Currently, Luis Carranza U. is the Chairman until March 31, 2009.
Executive Committee
     The Board of Directors delegates certain functions, including credit approvals within specified limits, to the Executive Committee. This Committee is composed of six directors, one from each regional shareholder country plus a director representing the Series “C” shareholders, and CAF’s Executive President, who presides over the Committee (unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors is part of the Committee, in which case she or he will preside).
Executive President
     The Executive President is our legal representative and chief executive officer. He is empowered to decide all matters not expressly reserved to the shareholders’ general meeting, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. The Executive President is elected by the Board of Directors for a period of five years and may be re-elected.

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     Our Executive President, L. Enrique García, was re-elected in June 2006 for a fourth five-year term that will expire in December 2011. Before becoming our Executive President in November 1991, Mr. García was Minister of Planning and Coordination and Head of the Economic and Social Cabinet in his native Bolivia. Between 1989 and 1991, he represented Bolivia as Governor to the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (“IADB”) and as a member of the Development Committee of the World Bank. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of CAF from 1990 to 1991. Previously, Mr. García held senior positions during a 17-year tenure at the IADB, including Treasurer.
Officers
     
L. Enrique García
  Executive President
Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
  Executive Vice President
Lilliana Canale
  Vice President of Country Programs
Antonio Juan Sosa
  Vice President of Infrastructure
Peter Vonk
  Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking
Mauricio Yepez
  Vice President of Financial Systems
Hugo Sarmiento
  Vice President of Finance
Bernardo Requena (acting)
  Vice President of Social and Environmental Development
Ricardo Sigwald
  General Legal Counsel
Marcello Zalles
  Corporate Comptroller
Employees
     At December 31, 2007, we employed 302 professionals and 77 support staff. The senior positions of Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Country Programs, Vice President of Infrastructure, Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Vice President of Financial Systems and Vice President of Social and Environmental Development are appointed by the Executive President, subject to ratification by the Board of Directors.
     Our management believes that the salaries and other benefits of our professional staff are competitive and that the local support staff are paid at levels above the prevailing local rates. Although we are not subject to local labor laws, we provide our employees with benefits and safeguards at least equivalent to those required under the law of the country where they normally work and reside. We offer technical and professional training opportunities through courses and seminars in Venezuela and abroad for our employees. Management considers its relationship with CAF’s employees to be good. There is no employee union and there have been no strikes in the history of CAF.

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THE REGIONAL SHAREHOLDER COUNTRIES
     Certain of the following information has been extracted from publicly available sources. We believe that the information is accurate but we have not independently verified it.
     The Andean region occupied by the regional shareholder countries is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the northeast, the Caribbean Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the west, and covers approximately 4.7 million square kilometers in Northern and Western South America, approximately 20% of the continent.
Selected Demographic and Economic Data*
     The following table presents selected demographic and economic data for the regional shareholder countries for the years indicated:
                                         
    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela
Population (in millions)
                                       
2007
    9.8       46.1       13.6       27.9       27.5  
2006
    9.6       45.5       13.4       27.6       27.0  
2005
    9.4       44.9       13.2       27.3       26.6  
2004
    9.2       44.3       13.0       26.9       26.1  
2003
    9.0       43.6       12.8       26.6       25.7  
 
                                       
Life expectancy at birth (years) (1)
                                       
2005
    64.7       72.3       74.7       70.7       73.2  
2004
    64.4       72.6       74.5       70.2       73.0  
2003
    64.0       72.0       72.0       70.0       74.0  
2002
    64.0       72.0       71.0       70.0       74.0  
 
                                       
GDP (U.S.$ in millions) (2)
                                       
2007
    13,273       176,634       42,446       109,217       201,280  
2006
    11,241       136,156       41,402       93,108       181,608  
2005
    9,358       122,900       37,187       79,427       143,297  
2004
    8,702       98,059       32,642       69,698       107,253  
2003
    8,082       79,459       28,636       61,494       82,704  
 
                                       
GDP per capita (U.S.$) (2)
                                       
2007
    1,351       3,696       3,120       3,918       7,324  
2006
    1,167       2,911       3,050       3,394       6,719  
2005
    993       2,669       2,761       2,918       5,392  
2004
    943       2,163       2,325       2,591       4,147  
2003
    895       1,782       2,230       2,314       3,267  
 
                                       
Gross reserves (excluding gold)
(U.S.$ in millions)(3)
                                       
2007
    5,308       20,949       3,520       27,689       33,500  
2006
    3,178       15,436       2,203       17,275       36,606  
2005
    1,714       14,947       2,147       14,097       30,368  
2004
    1,123       13,536       1,437       12,631       24,208  
2003
    976       10,916       1,160       10,194       21,366  

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    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela
Consumer price index growth (4)
                                       
2007
    11.7 %     5.7 %     3.3 %     3.9 %     22.5 %
2006
    5.0 %     4.5 %     2.9 %     1.1 %     17.0 %
2005
    4.9 %     4.9 %     3.1 %     1.5 %     14.4 %
2004
    4.6 %     5.5 %     1.9 %     3.5 %     19.2 %
2003
    3.9 %     6.5 %     6.2 %     2.5 %     27.1 %
 
                                       
Exports of Goods (f.o.b.)
(U.S.$ in millions)
                                       
2007
    4,481       28,745       14,283       27,953       69,165  
2006
    3,863       25,181       13,153       23,799       65,210  
2005
    2,791       21,729       10,487       17,368       55,473  
2004
    2,146       17,224       7,528       12,809       39,668  
2003
    1,598       13,812       6,197       9,091       27,230  
 
                                       
Imports of Goods (f.o.b.)
(U.S.$ in millions)
                                       
2007
    3,430       31,399       12,322       19,598       45,463  
2006
    2,809       24,859       11,948       14,866       32,226  
2005
    2,334       20,134       10,286       12,082       23,955  
2004
    1,844       15,878       8,266       9,805       17,318  
2003
    1,616       13,258       6,702       8,205       10,687  
 
*   Sources: Official government sources (including but not limited to the ministries of finance of the regional shareholder countries) and estimates from Business Monitor International.
 
(1)   This information is extracted from the United Nations Human Development Indicators produced by the Human Development Report office of the United Nations.
 
(2)   Expressed in current U.S. dollars.
 
(3)   At December 31.
 
(4)   Average annual growth rates.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
     The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of the debt securities being offered and the extent to which such general provisions may apply will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities.
     The debt securities will be issued pursuant to a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of March 17, 1998, between CAF and The Bank of New York (as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as fiscal agent. The following statements briefly summarize some of the terms of the debt securities and the fiscal agency agreement (a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement). These statements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all provisions of the fiscal agency agreement and such debt securities.
General
     The debt securities will constitute our direct, unconditional, unsecured and general obligations. The debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured Indebtedness. “Indebtedness” means all of our indebtedness in respect of monies borrowed by us and guarantees given by us for monies borrowed by others.
     The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of the debt securities, as applicable:
  (1)   the title;
 
  (2)   the price or prices at which we will issue the debt securities;
 
  (3)   any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities or the series of which they are a part;
 
  (4)   the currency or currency units for which the debt securities may be purchased and in which payments of principal and interest will be made;
 
  (5)   the date or dates on which principal and interest will be payable;
 
  (6)   the rate or rates at which any of the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which any interest will accrue, and the record dates and interest payment dates;
 
  (7)   the place or places where principal and interest payments will be made;
 
  (8)   the time and price limitations on redemption of the debt securities;
 
  (9)   our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the debt securities at the option of the holder;
 
  (10)   the denominations in which any of the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000;
 
  (11)   if the amount of principal or interest on any of the debt securities is determinable according to an index or a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
 
  (12)   whether and under what circumstances we will issue the debt securities as global debt securities; and
 
  (13)   any other specific terms of the debt securities.

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     Certain debt securities will be treated for United States federal income tax purposes as original issue discount notes (“Discount Notes”) if the excess of the debt security’s “stated redemption price at maturity” over its issue price is more than a “de minimis amount” (as defined for United States federal income tax purposes). If applicable, the prospectus supplement will describe the United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership of Discount Notes and any special rules regarding debt securities.
Denominations, Registration and Transfer
     The debt securities of each series will be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
     At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the fiscal agency agreement and the limitations applicable to global debt securities, debt securities of each series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
     Debt securities may be presented for exchange and for registration of transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and as summarized in the prospectus supplement. Such services will be provided without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, but subject to the limitations provided in the terms of the debt securities.
     If any definitive notes are issued and at that time the notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, we will appoint a transfer agent in Luxembourg, which we anticipate being the same entity that serves as our Luxembourg paying agent. In such circumstances, transfers or exchanges of any definitive notes may be made at the office of our Luxembourg transfer agent (in addition to the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent).
Global Debt Securities
     Some or all of the debt securities of any series may be represented, in whole or in part, by one or more global debt securities that will have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the debt securities they represent. If applicable, each global debt security will be:
  (1)   registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee identified in the prospectus supplement;
 
  (2)   deposited with the depositary or nominee or the depositary’s custodian; and
 
  (3)   printed with a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer of the security, and any other matters required by the fiscal agency agreement and the terms of the debt securities and summarized in the prospectus supplement.
Payment and Paying Agent
     Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will make payments of principal and interest on debt securities:
  (1)   through the fiscal agent;
 
  (2)   to the person in whose name the debt securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the payments; and
 
  (3)   at the office of the paying agent or agents designated by us; unless
    at our option, payment is mailed to the registered holder, or
 
    at the request of a registered holder of more than $1,000,000 principal amount of the securities, payment is made by wire transfer.

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     Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, our sole paying agent for payments on the debt securities will be the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent in the City of New York.
     Any monies we pay to our fiscal agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us by such agent. Upon such repayment, all liability of our fiscal agent or any paying agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting in any way our unconditional obligation to pay principal of or any interest on the debt securities when due.
Negative Pledge
     As long as any of the debt securities are outstanding and unpaid, but only up to the time amounts sufficient for payment of all principal and interest have been placed at the disposal of the fiscal agent, we will not cause or permit to be created on any of our property or assets any mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge as security for any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued, assumed or guaranteed by us for money borrowed (other than purchase money mortgages, pledges or liens on property purchased by us as security for all or part of the purchase price thereof), unless the debt securities are secured by such mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge equally and ratably with such other bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness.
Default; Acceleration of Maturity
     Each of the following will constitute an “event of default” with respect to the debt securities of any series:
  (1)   a failure to pay any principal of or interest on any debt securities of that series when due and the continuance of the failure for 30 days;
 
  (2)   a failure to perform or observe any material obligation under or in respect of any debt securities of that series or the fiscal agency agreement and the continuance of the failure for a period of 90 days after written notice of the failure has been delivered to CAF and to the fiscal agent by the holder of any debt security of that series;
 
  (3)   a failure to pay any amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of principal or interest or premium in respect of any indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by CAF as and when such amount becomes due and payable and the continuance of the failure until the expiration of any applicable grace period or 30 days, whichever is longer; or
 
  (4)   the acceleration of any indebtedness incurred or assumed by CAF with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) by any holder or holders thereof.
     If an event of default occurs with respect to the debt securities of any series at the time outstanding, each holder of any debt security of that series may, by written notice to CAF and the fiscal agent, declare the principal of and any accrued interest on all the debt securities of that series held by it to be, and the principal and accrued interest shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, unless prior to receipt of the notice by CAF all events of default in respect of such series of debt securities are cured. If all the events of default are cured following the declaration, the declaration may be rescinded by any such holder with respect to the previously accelerated series of debt securities upon delivery of written notice of the rescission to CAF and the fiscal agent.

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Additional Payments by CAF
     All amounts payable (whether in respect of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of the debt securities will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any of the regional shareholder countries or any political subdivision thereof or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges is required by law. In that event, we will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts receivable by the holder of debt securities of any series after the withholding or deduction will equal the respective amounts that would have been receivable by the holder in the absence of the withholding or deduction, except that no additional amounts will be payable in relation to any payment in respect of any debt security:
  (1)   to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder of a debt security of any series who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such debt security by reason of his having some connection with any of the regional shareholder countries other than the mere holding of the debt security; or
 
  (2)   presented for payment more than 30 days after the “Relevant Date” (as defined in the next paragraph), except to the extent that the relevant holder would have been entitled to the additional amounts on presenting the same for payment on the expiry of the period of 30 days.
     As used in this prospectus, the “Relevant Date” means, in respect of any payment, the date on which such payment first becomes due and payable, but if the full amount of the moneys payable has not been received by the fiscal agent on or prior to the due date, it means the first date on which, the full amount of the moneys having been so received and being available for payment to holders of debt securities of any series, notice to that effect will have been duly published as set forth below under “— Notices”.
Modification and Amendment
     Each and every holder of the debt securities in a series must consent to any amendment of a provision of the debt securities or the fiscal agency agreement that would:
  (1)   change the due date of the principal of or interest on any series of debt securities; or
 
  (2)   reduce the principal amount, interest rate or amount payable upon acceleration of the due date of the debt securities of a series; or
 
  (3)   change the currency or place of payment of principal of or interest on the debt securities of a series; or
 
  (4)   reduce the proportion of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series that must be held by any of the holders to vote to amend or supplement the terms of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or
 
  (5)   change our obligation to pay additional amounts.
     We may, however, with the written consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the other terms or provisions of the debt securities of a series or the fiscal agency agreement (as it applies to that series). Also, we and the fiscal agent may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the terms and conditions of the fiscal agency agreement and the debt securities of that series, for the purpose of:
  (1)   adding to our covenants for the benefit of the holders of the debt securities; or
 
  (2)   surrendering any right or power conferred on CAF; or
 
  (3)   securing the debt securities of that series; or
 
  (4)   curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any defective provision of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or
 
  (5)   for any purpose that we and the fiscal agent may consider necessary or desirable that does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the debt securities of that series in any material respect.

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Notices
     All notices will be delivered in writing to each holder of the debt securities of any series. If at the time of such notice the debt securities of a series are represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the applicable depositary therefor and shall be deemed to have been given three business days after delivery to such depositary. If at the time of the notice the debt securities of a series are not represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the registered holders of the debt securities of the series and in that case shall be deemed to have been given three business days after the mailing of the notice by first class mail.
Further Issues
     We may from time to time without the consent of holders of the debt securities create and issue further debt securities so as to form a single series with an outstanding series of debt securities.
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity
     The debt securities are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. We will accept the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action arising out of or based on the debt securities that may be instituted by any holder of a debt security. We will appoint CT Corporation System in The City of New York as our authorized agent upon which process in any such action may be served. We will irrevocably waive any immunity to which we might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on the debt securities brought in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. CT Corporation System will not be an agent for service of process for actions brought under the United States securities laws, and our waiver of immunity will not extend to such actions.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES
     From time to time we may issue under this prospectus and applicable prospectus supplement guarantees for the benefit of holders of specified securities of third parties. The issuers of the underlying securities may or may not be affiliated with us. A holder of a primary security will also have the benefit of our guarantee related to the primary security.
     The terms and conditions of any guarantee will vary with the terms and conditions of the underlying securities. A complete description of the terms and conditions of any guarantee issued pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for the issue of the guarantees.
     We may provide guarantees with respect to the certain obligations of an issuer under its securities, including without limitation:
    payment of any accrued and unpaid distributions which are required to be paid under the terms of the securities;
 
    payment of the redemption price of the securities, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date of the redemption;
 
    payment of any accrued and unpaid interest payments, or payment of any premium which are required to be made on the securities; and
 
    any obligation of the issuer pursuant to a warrant, option or other rights.

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     Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, guarantees issued under this prospectus will rank equally with all of our other unsecured general debt obligations, and will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
TAXATION
Regional Shareholder Country Taxation
     Under the terms of the Constitutive Agreement, we are exempt from all types of taxes levied by each of the regional shareholder countries on our income, property and other assets, and on operations we carry out in accordance with that treaty, and we are exempt from all liability related to the payment, retention or collection of any taxes, contributions or tariffs.
     Payments of principal and interest in respect of the debt securities to a non-resident of the regional shareholder countries will therefore not be subject to taxation in any of the regional shareholder countries, nor will any withholding for tax of any of the regional shareholder countries be required on any such payments to any holder of debt securities. In the event of the imposition of withholding taxes by any of the regional shareholder countries, we have undertaken to pay additional amounts in respect of any payments subject to such withholding, subject to certain exceptions, as described under “Description of the Debt Securities — Additional Payments by CAF”.
United States Taxation
     This section describes the material United States federal income tax consequences of owning the debt securities we are offering. It is the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, our counsel. It applies to you only if you acquire debt securities in the offering at the offering price and you hold your debt securities as capital assets for tax purposes. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:
    a dealer in securities or currencies,
 
    a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings,
 
    a bank,
 
    a life insurance company,
 
    a tax-exempt organization,
 
    a person that owns debt securities that are a hedge or that are hedged against interest rate risks,
 
    a person that owns debt securities as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes, or
 
    a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.
     This discussion deals only with debt securities that are due to mature 30 years or less from the date on which they are issued. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning debt securities that are due to mature more than 30 years from their date of issue will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.

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     This discussion assumes that the debt securities will be issued at par and that all principal and interest payments on the debt securities will be denominated in United States dollars. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning Discount Notes (as defined in “Description of the Debt Securities — General” above) and/or debt securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.
     If a partnership holds the debt securities, the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the tax treatment of the partnership. A partner in a partnership holding the debt securities should consult its tax advisor with regard to the United States federal income tax treatment of an investment in the debt securities.
     If you purchase debt securities at a price other than the offering price, the amortizable bond premium or market discount rules may also apply to you. You should consult your tax advisor regarding this possibility.
     This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.
     Please consult your own tax advisor concerning the consequences of owning these debt securities in your particular circumstances under the Internal Revenue Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
     United States Holders
     This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States holder. You are a United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of a debt security and you are:
    a citizen or resident of the United States,
 
    a domestic corporation or an entity treated as a domestic corporation for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code,
 
    an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or
 
    a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
     If you are not a United States holder, this subsection does not apply to you and you should refer to “United States Alien Holders” below.
     Payments of Interest.  You will be taxed on interest on your debt security as ordinary income at the time you receive the interest or when it accrues, depending on your method of accounting for tax purposes.
     Interest paid by us on the debt securities is income from sources outside the United States, subject to the rules regarding the foreign tax credit allowable to a United States holder. Under the foreign tax credit rules, interest will, depending on your circumstances, be either “passive” or “general” income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit.
     Purchase, Sale and Retirement of the Debt Securities.  Your tax basis in your debt security generally will be its cost. You will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or retirement of your debt securities equal to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale or retirement, excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest, and your tax basis in your debt securities. Capital gain of a noncorporate United States holder that is recognized in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011 is generally taxed at a maximum rate of 15% where the holder has a holding period greater than one year.

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     United States Alien Holders
     This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States alien holder. You are a United States alien holder if you are a beneficial owner of a debt security and you are, for United States federal income tax purposes:
    a nonresident alien individual,
 
    a foreign corporation,
 
    a foreign partnership, or
 
    an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from a debt security.
     If you are a United States holder, this subsection does not apply to you.
     Under United States federal income and estate tax law, and subject to the discussion of backup withholding below, if you are a United States alien holder of a debt security, interest on a debt security paid to you is exempt from United States federal income tax, including withholding tax, whether or not you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, unless:
    you are an insurance company carrying on a United States insurance business to which the interest is attributable, within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, or
 
    you both
    have an office or other fixed place of business in the United States to which the interest is attributable and
 
    derive the interest in the active conduct of a banking, financing or similar business within the United States.
     Purchase, Sale, Retirement and Other Disposition of the Debt Securities.  If you are a United States alien holder of a debt security, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a debt security unless:
    the gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States or
 
    you are an individual, you are present in the United States for 183 or more days during the taxable year in which the gain is realized and certain other conditions exist.
     For purposes of the United States federal estate tax, the debt securities will be treated as situated outside the United States and will not be includible in the gross estate of a holder who is neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States at the time of death.
     Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
     If you are a noncorporate United States holder, information reporting requirements, on Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, generally will apply to:
    payments of principal and interest on a debt security within the United States, including payments made by wire transfer from outside the United States to an account you maintain in the United States, and
 
    the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker.

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     Additionally, backup withholding will apply to such payments if you are a noncorporate United States holder that:
    fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number,
 
    is notified by the Internal Revenue Service that you have failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns, or
 
    in certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.
     If you are a United States alien holder, you are generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements with respect to:
    payments of principal and interest made to you outside the United States by us or another non-United States payor and
 
    other payments of principal and interest and the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker, as long as the income associated with such payments is otherwise exempt from United States federal income tax, and:
    the payor or broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and you have furnished to the payor or broker:
    an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or an acceptable substitute form upon which you certify, under penalties of perjury, that you are a non-United States person, or
 
    other documentation upon which it may rely to treat the payments as made to a non-United States person in accordance with U.S. Treasury regulations, or
    you otherwise establish an exemption.
     Payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale of a debt security that is effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding if:
    the proceeds are transferred to an account maintained by you in the United States,
 
    the payment of proceeds or the confirmation of the sale is mailed to you at a United States address, or
 
    the sale has some other specified connection with the United States as provided in U.S. Treasury regulations,
unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and the documentation requirements described above are met or you otherwise establish an exemption.

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     In addition, a sale of a debt security effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting if the broker is:
    a United States person,
 
    a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes,
 
    a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income is effectively connected with the conduct of a United States trade or business for a specified three-year period, or
 
    a foreign partnership, if at any time during its tax year:
    one or more of its partners are “U.S. persons”, as defined in U.S. Treasury regulations, who in the aggregate hold more than 50% of the income or capital interest in the partnership, or
 
    such foreign partnership is engaged in the conduct of a United States trade or business,
unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and the documentation requirements described above are met or you otherwise establish an exemption. Backup withholding will apply if the sale is subject to information reporting and the broker has actual knowledge that you are a United States person.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
     We may sell the securities described in this prospectus to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell the securities to investors directly or through agents, which agents may be affiliated with us. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the securities will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
     We may sell our guarantees separately from our debt securities to guarantee certain obligations associated with the securities of third party issuers. In such cases, we may sell the guarantees in the same transaction as the sale of the underlying security or we may sell the guarantee independently to guarantee the obligations of outstanding securities of third party issuers.
     Sales of securities offered pursuant to any prospectus supplement may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices which may be changed, at prices related to the prevailing market prices at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. We also may, from time to time, authorize underwriters, acting as our agents, to offer and sell securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from us in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent.
     Any underwriting compensation we pay to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts, concessions or commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with CAF, to indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
     Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, each series of securities will be a new issue with no established trading market. We may elect to list any series of securities on any exchange, but we are not obligated to do so.

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     One or more underwriters may make a market in a series of securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Neither we nor any underwriter can give assurances as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.
     Certain of the underwriters, agents and their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for CAF in the ordinary course of business.
VALIDITY OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
     In connection with particular offerings of the debt securities in the future, and if stated in the applicable prospectus supplements, the validity of those debt securities will be passed upon for us by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., and for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and counsel to the underwriters or agents may rely as to certain matters on the opinion of our General Legal Counsel.
VALIDITY OF THE GUARANTEES
     The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon on behalf of us by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon on behalf of the underwriters by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
     The balance sheets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2007 included in this prospectus, have been audited by KPMG, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
     Our authorized representative in the United States of America is Puglisi & Associates. The address of the authorized representative in the United States is 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
     This registration statement of which the prospectus forms a part, including its various exhibits, is available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website: http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy these documents at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room, at the following address:
SEC Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
     Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about how to access the documents we have filed with it.

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     The information set forth herein, except the information appearing in the section entitled “The Regional Shareholder Countries”, is stated on the authority of the Acting Executive President of CAF, in his duly authorized capacity as Acting Executive President.
         
  CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
 
 
  By:    /s/  Hugo Sarmiento Kohlenberger  
      Hugo Sarmiento Kohlenberger  
       Acting Executive President   
 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     
Management’s Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
  F-2
 
   
Independent Accountants’ Report on Management’s Assertion on Effectiveness of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
  F-3
 
   
Independent Auditor’s Report
  F-4
 
   
Audited Financial Statements
  F-5
 
   
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
  F-31

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Management’s Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
     The Management of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) (the “Corporation”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting in the Corporation. Management has evaluated the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the criteria for effective internal control determined in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).
     Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. Based on this assessment, Corporation’s Management concluded that the Corporation’s internal process over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.
     There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any internal control system, including the possibility of human error and the deception or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control may vary over time.
     The Corporation’s financial statements as of December 31, 2007, have been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, which has also issued an attestation report on management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. The attestation report, which is included here in this document, expresses an unqualified opinion on management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007.
     
L. Enrique García   Hugo Sarmiento K.
     
Executive President   Chief Financial Officer
Marcos Subía G.
Accounting and Budget Director
January 28, 2008

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Independent Accountants’ Report on Management’s Assertion on
Effectiveness of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF):
     We have examined management’s assertion included in the accompanying Management’s Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting that, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO Report), Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. CAF’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assertion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assertion based on our examination.
     Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and, accordingly, included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, testing, and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements due to errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
     In our opinion, management’s assertion that Corporación Andina de Fomento maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007 is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the criteria established in the COSO Report.
KPMG
January 28, 2008
Caracas, Venezuela

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Independent Auditor’s Report
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF):
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2007 in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG
January 28, 2008
Caracas, Venezuela

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Balance Sheets
December 31, 2007 and 2006
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                         
    Note   2007   2006
Assets
                       
 
                       
Cash and due from banks
            3,735       8,997  
Deposits with banks
    2       325,025       353,442  
Marketable securities
                       
Trading
    3       882,726       1,001,618  
Held-to-maturity
    3       1,099,801       356,128  
Securities purchased under resale agreements
            36,400        
Other investments
    2       109,868       210,430  
Loans
    4       9,547,987       8,097,472  
Less loan commissions, net of origination costs
            46,940       59,982  
Less allowance for losses
    4       168,257       188,608  
 
                       
Loans, net
            9,332,790       7,848,882  
 
                       
Equity investments
    5       74,317       93,426  
Interest and commissions receivable
            231,510       226,530  
Property and equipment
    6       23,816       23,931  
Other assets
    7       477,199       316,109  
 
                       
Total assets
            12,597,187       10,439,493  
 
                       
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
                       
 
                       
Deposits
    8       1,521,047       449,797  
Commercial paper
    9       888,246       773,354  
Advances and short-term borrowings
            398,931       339,256  
Bonds
    10       4,637,140       4,362,161  
Borrowings and other obligations
    11       808,487       559,135  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
            153,938       136,878  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    12       62,089       126,185  
 
                       
Total liabilities
            8,469,878       6,746,766  
 
                       
Subscribed and paid-in capital (authorized capital US$5,000 million)
            2,014,750       1,870,615  
Additional paid-in capital
            234,355       256,707  
Reserves
            1,477,405       1,244,752  
Retained earnings
            400,799       320,653  
 
                       
Total stockholders’ equity
    14       4,127,309       3,692,727  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
            12,597,187       10,439,493  
 
                       
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Statements of Income
Years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                                 
    Note   2007   2006   2005
Interest income
                               
Loans
    1 (f)     700,397       600,784       462,716  
Investments and deposits with banks
    1 (e)     89,588       95,830       59,433  
Loan commissions
    1 (f)     33,428       38,892       25,423  
 
                               
Total interest income
            823,413       735,506       547,572  
 
                               
Interest expense
                               
Deposits
            34,605       20,587       12,319  
Commercial paper
            51,254       28,831       15,789  
Advances and short-term borrowings
            23,469       13,804       12,986  
Bonds
            262,991       264,424       188,551  
Borrowings and other obligations
            36,319       31,077       21,069  
Commissions
            5,291       5,350       4,871  
 
                               
Total interest expense
            413,929       364,073       255,585  
 
                               
Net interest income
            409,484       371,433       291,987  
Provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
    4       (23,133 )     19,000       (14,500 )
 
                               
Net interest income, after provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
            432,617       352,433       306,487  
Non-interest income
                               
Other commissions
            3,960       4,090       5,814  
Dividends and equity in earnings of investees
            16,937       5,126       13,358  
Gain on sale of equity investments
            8,878              
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
                  4,372        
Other income
            1,993       1,399       1,721  
 
                               
Total non-interest income
            31,768       14,987       20,893  
 
                               
Non-interest expenses
                               
Administrative expenses
            51,195       46,414       42,640  
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
            12,278             1,146  
Impairment charge for equity investments
    5       82       190       24  
Other expenses
            31       163       332  
 
                               
Total non-interest expenses
            63,586       46,767       44,142  
 
                               
Net income
            400,799       320,653       283,238  
 
                               
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
Years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                                                                 
                            Reserve pursuant to                
            Subscribed and   Additional           Article No. 42           Retained    
    Note   paid-in capital   paid-in capital   General reserve   of by-laws   Total reserves   earnings   Total stockholders equity
Balances at December 31, 2004
            1,498,675       220,072       660,067       206,074       866,141       207,753       2,792,641  
Capital increase
    14       95,110       107,552                               202,662  
Stock dividends
    14       88,100       (88,100 )                              
Net income
    14                                     283,238       283,238  
 
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   145,573             145,573       (145,573 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         20,800       20,800       (20,800 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (41,380 )     (41,380 )
 
                                                               
Balances at December 31, 2005
            1,681,885       239,524       805,640       226,874       1,032,514       283,238       3,237,161  
Capital increase
    14       95,355       110,558                               205,913  
 
Stock dividends
    14       93,375       (93,375 )                              
Net income
    14                                     320,653       320,653  
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   183,738             183,738       (183,738 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         28,500       28,500       (28,500 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (71,000 )     (71,000 )
 
                                                               
Balances at December 31, 2006
            1,870,615       256,707       989,378       255,374       1,244,752       320,653       3,692,727  
Capital increase
    14       50,650       71,133                               121,783  
 
Stock dividends
    14       93,485       (93,485 )                              
Net income
    14                                     400,799       400,799  
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   200,553             200,553       (200,553 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         32,100       32,100       (32,100 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (88,000 )     (88,000 )
 
                                                               
Balances at December 31, 2007
            2,014,750       234,355       1,189,931       287,474       1,477,405       400,799       4,127,309  
 
                                                               
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                                 
    Note   2007   2006   2005
Cash flows from operating activities
                               
Net income
            400,799       320,653       283,238  
 
                               
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
                               
Loss (gain) on sale of trading securities
    3       1,150       (4 )     (56 )
Amoritization of loan commissions, net of origination costs
            (21,464 )     (13,764 )     (13,655 )
Provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
    4       (23,133 )     19,000       (14,500 )
Impairment charge for equity investments
    5       82       190       24  
Equity in earnings of investees
            (16,110 )     (2,447 )     (8,273 )
Gain on sale of equity investments
            (8,878 )            
Amortization of deferred charges
            2,472       2,971       3,138  
Depreciation of property and equipment
    6       3,477       3,234       3,115  
Loss on sale of property and equipment
                        37  
Provision for employees’ severance indemnities and benefits
            5,928       5,476       4,544  
Provision for employees’ savings plan
            1,465       1,491       1,497  
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities
                               
Severance indemnities paid or advanced
            (2,360 )     (3,055 )     (2,863 )
Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced
            (876 )     (606 )     (1,532 )
Trading securities, net
    3       117,742       103,954       (87,796 )
Interest and commissions receivable
            (4,980 )     (44,591 )     (30,892 )
Other assets
            (64 )     5,987       (11,517 )
Accrued interest and commissions payable
            17,060       25,924       15,097  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
            (5,526 )     (46,261 )     (61,395 )
 
                               
Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities
            65,985       57,499       (205,027 )
 
                               
Net cash provided by operating activities
            466,784       378,152       78,211  
 
                               
 
                               
Cash flows from investing activities
                               
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities
    3       (3,825,725 )     (1,692,804 )     (732,383 )
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities
    3       3,082,052       1,424,561       810,860  
Securities purchased under resale agreements
            (36,400 )            
Purchase of other investments
    2       (368,918 )     (588,132 )     (634,244 )
Maturities of other investments
    2       469,480       636,278       546,189  
Loan origination and principal collections, net
    4       (1,439,338 )     (669,082 )     (175,832 )
Sale of equity investments
    5       44,015       23,477       5,738  
Purchases of property and equipment
    6       (3,362 )     (16,179 )     (1,489 )
 
                               
Net cash used in investing activities
            (2,078,196 )     (881,881 )     (181,161 )
 
                               
Carried forward
            (1,611,412 )     (503,729 )     (102,950 )
 
                               
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
Years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                                 
    Note   2007   2006   2005
Brought forward
            (1,611,412 )     (503,729 )     (102,950 )
 
                               
Cash flows from financing activities
                               
Net increase in deposits
            1,071,250       63,378       181,073  
Net increase in commercial paper
            115,490       60,182       3,213  
Proceeds from advances and short-term borrowings
            1,262,019       864,993       997,624  
Repayments of advances and short-term borrowings
            (1,201,502 )     (969,444 )     (1,056,878 )
Proceeds from issuance of bonds
    10       718,428       810,228       584,332  
Repayment of bonds
    10       (671,396 )     (504,678 )     (724,624 )
Proceeds from borrowings and other obligations
    11       374,043       154,227       20,000  
Repayment of borrowings and other obligations
    11       (124,382 )     (83,942 )     (99,504 )
Distributions to stockholders’ funds
    15       (88,000 )     (71,000 )     (41,380 )
Proceeds from issuance of shares
    14       121,783       205,913       202,662  
 
                               
Net cash provided by financing activities
            1,577,733       529,857       66,518  
 
                               
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
            (33,679 )     26,128       (36,432 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
            362,439       336,311       372,743  
 
                               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
            328,760       362,439       336,311  
 
                               
Consisting of:
                               
Cash and due from banks
            3,735       8,997       1,740  
Deposits with banks
            325,025       353,442       334,571  
 
                               
 
            328,760       362,439       336,311  
 
                               
Supplemental disclosure:
                               
Interest paid during the year
            386,469       327,725       235,717  
 
                               
Non-cash financing activities:
                               
Change in other assets due to fair value hedging relationships
            151,221       70,044       (410,761 )
Change in other liabilities due to fair value hedging relationships
            (62,727 )     68,077       2,781  
 
                               
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
(1)   Significant Accounting Policies
  (a)   Description of Business
 
      Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF” or the “Corporation”) commenced operations on June 8, 1970 and is a multilateral financial institution established under public international law which abides by the provisions of its by-laws. Series “A” and “B” Shareholder countries are: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Series “C” Shareholder countries are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay. In addition, there are 15 banks which are Series “B” shareholders. The Corporation has its headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela.
 
      The Corporation’s principal activity is to provide short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and to undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities in its member countries.
  (b)   Financial Statements Presentation
 
      The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and the functional currency is the U.S. dollar.
 
      In preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
  (c)   Foreign Currency Transactions
 
      Transactions in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated at exchange rates prevailing on the international market at the dates of the transactions. Foreign currency balances are translated at year-end exchange rates. Any gains or losses on foreign exchange including related hedge effects are included the statement of income and are not significant.
 
  (d)   Cash Equivalents
 
      Cash equivalents are defined as cash due from banks and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.
 
  (e)   Marketable Securities
 
      The Corporation classifies its debt securities in one of two categories: trading or held-to-maturity. Trading securities are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term. Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Corporation has the ability and intent to hold until maturity.
 
      Trading securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on trading securities are included in earnings.
 
      Held-to-maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts. A decline in the market value of any held-to-maturity security below cost that is deemed to be other than temporary results in a reduction in carrying amount. The impairment is charged to income and a new cost basis for the security is established. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related held-to-maturity security as an adjustment to yield using the effective interest method.
 
      Dividend and interest income are recognized when received and earned, respectively.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
  (f)   Loans
 
      The Corporation grants short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities in its member countries. Loans are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances adjusted for charge-offs, less the allowance for loan losses and loan commissions net of origination costs. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Loan commission fees, net of certain direct origination costs, are deferred and recognized as an adjustment of the related loan yield using the interest method and are presented as loan commissions in the statement of income.
 
      The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued at the time a private sector loan is 90 days (180 days for public sector loans) delinquent unless the credit is well-secured and in process of collection.
 
      All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual or charged off is reversed against interest income. The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.
 
      The nonaccrual loans are considered impaired. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payments status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.
 
  (g)   Equity Investments
 
      CAF participates with equity investments in companies and investment funds in strategic sectors, with a view to promoting the development of such companies and their participation in the securities markets and to serve as a catalytic agent in attracting resources into the Shareholder countries.
 
      Equity investments are accounted for using the equity method or at cost. If the Corporation has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee, which is generally presumed to exist at a 20% of equity ownership level, the equity investments are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method, the carrying value of the equity investment is adjusted for its proportionate share of earnings or losses, dividends received and certain other transactions of the investee company.
 
      A decline in the market value of any equity investment accounted for at cost, that is deemed to be other than temporary, results in a reduction in carrying amount to fair value. The impairment is charged to income and a new cost basis for the investment is established.
 
  (h)   Allowance for Loan Losses
 
      The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level the Corporation believes is adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the date of the financial statements. The general allowance for loan losses is established by the Corporation based on the individual risk rating for the long term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of the financial statements preparation. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of sovereign loan portfolio a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
      A specific allowance is established by the Corporation for those loans that are considered impaired. A loan is considered as impaired when based on currently available information and events, there exists the probability that CAF will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. The impairment of loans is determined on a loan by loan basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loans effective interest rate.
 
      Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
  (i)   Property and Equipment
 
      Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation, calculated on the straight-line method, is charged to operations over the estimated useful lives of assets.
 
  (j)   Employees’ Severance Indemnities
 
      The Corporation accrues for employees’ severance indemnities in accordance with the Corporation’s personnel regulations and the Partial Reform of the Organic Labor Law of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which establish that employees are entitled to an indemnity upon the termination of employment, equivalent to five days remuneration for each month of service, plus two days for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days, commencing from the second year. Under certain circumstances the reformed law also provides for the payment for unjustified dismissal. The accrual is presented net of advances and interest is paid annually on the outstanding balance.
 
  (k)   Pension Plan
 
      The Corporation established in March 2005 a defined benefit pension plan (the Plan). The Plan is contributory and the benefits are based on years of service and the average employee’s salary for the three consecutive years of service with the highest salary.
 
  (l)   Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
      All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value. On the date the derivative contract is entered into, the Corporation designates the derivative as either a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value” hedge), a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow” hedge), or a foreign-currency fair-value or cash-flow hedge (“foreign currency” hedge). The Corporation formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as fair-value, cash-flow, or foreign-currency hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions. The Corporation also formally assesses, both at the hedge’s inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items. When it is determined that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge or that it has ceased to be a highly effective hedge, the Corporation discontinues hedge accounting prospectively.
 
      Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective and that is designated and qualifies as a fair-value hedge, along with the loss or gain on the hedged asset or liability or unrecognized firm commitment of the hedged item that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in income. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective and that is designated and qualifies as a cash-flow hedge are recorded in other comprehensive income, until income is affected by the variability in cash flows of the designated hedged item. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are highly effective as hedges and that are designated and qualify as foreign-currency hedges are recorded in either income or other comprehensive income, depending on whether the hedge transaction is a fair-value hedge or a cash-flow hedge.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
      The Corporation discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item, the derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, the derivative is de-designated as a hedging instrument, because it is unlikely that a forecasted transaction will occur, a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or management determines that designation of the derivative as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate.
 
      When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is determined that the derivative no longer qualifies as an effective fair-value hedge, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, and no longer adjusts the hedged asset or liability for changes in fair value. The adjustment of the carrying amount of the hedged asset or liability is accounted for in the same manner as other components of the carrying amount of that asset or liability. When hedge accounting is discontinued because the hedged item no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, removes any asset or liability that was recorded pursuant to recognition of the firm commitment from the balance sheet and recognizes any gain or loss in income. When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is probable that a forecasted transaction will not occur, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, and gains and losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income are recognized immediately in income. In all situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative at its fair value on the balance sheet, and recognizes any changes in its fair value in income.
 
  (m)   Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
      In September, 2006 the FASB issued SFAS N° 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS N° 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for the measurement of fair value, and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS N° 157 applies when other accounting pronouncements require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS N° 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The application of SFAS N° 157 is not expected to have any material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.
 
      In February, 2007 the FASB issued SFAS N° 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, including an amendment of FASB Statement N° 115.” SFAS N° 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain warranty and insurance contracts at fair value on a contract-by-contract basis. SFAS N°159 contains financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements for assets and liabilities reported at fair value as a consequence of the election. SFAS N° 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. The Corporation is evaluating the impact of the possible adoption of SFAS N° 159 on the Corporation’s financial statements.
(2)   Deposits with Banks and Other Investments
 
    Deposits with banks mature in three months or less and include the following:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
U.S. dollars
    324,549       350,820  
Other currencies
    476       2,622  
 
               
 
    325,025       353,442  
 
               
Deposits with maturities over 90 days are reported in the balance sheets as other investments.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
(3)   Marketable Securities
 
    Trading Securities
 
    A summary of trading securities follows:
                         
            Average    
            maturity   Average
    Amount   (years)   yield (%)
At December 31, 2007 -
                       
U. S. Treasury Notes
    61,965       0.04       4.38  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    191,449       0.25       6.33  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    629,312       1.29       2.00  
 
                       
 
    882,726       0.97       4.98  
 
                       
At December 31, 2006 -
                       
U. S. Treasury Notes
    49,904       0.42       3.24  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    149,648       1.61       6.07  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    802,066       1.53       5.47  
 
                       
 
    1,001,618       1.49       5.45  
 
                       
Trading securities include net unrealized losses of US$6,803, gains of US$167, gains of US$332 and US$391 at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Held-to-Maturity Securities
A summary of held-to-maturity securities follows:
                                 
            Gross   Gross    
            unrealized   unrealized    
    Amortized   holding   holding    
    cost   gains   losses   Fair value
At December 31, 2007 -
                               
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    36,205       2       (6 )     36,201  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    1,063,596             (309 )     1,063,287  
 
                               
 
    1,099,801       2       (315 )     1,099,488  
 
                               
At December 31, 2006 -
                               
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    60,483       17             60,500  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    295,645                   295,645  
 
                               
 
    356,128       17             356,145  
 
                               

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
Held-to-maturity securities mature as follows:
                 
    December 31  
    2007     2006  
Remaining Maturities -
               
Less than one year
    1,099,801       316,644  
Between one and two years
          14,996  
Between two and three years
          10,496  
Between three and four years
          13,992  
 
           
 
    1,099,801       356,128  
 
           
(4)   Loans
 
    Loans include short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital and trade activities. The majority of the loan contracts have been subscribed with the Series “A” and “B” Shareholder countries, or with private institutions or companies of these countries.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
Loans by country are summarized as follows:
                                                         
    Bolivia     Colombia     Ecuador     Peru     Venezuela     Other     Total  
At December 31, 2007 -
                                                       
Loans
    1,040,036       1,633,002       2,149,450       1,804,853       1,469,836       1,450,810       9,547,987  
 
                                         
At December 31, 2006 -
                                                       
Loans
    1,024,293       1,619,530       1,370,785       1,801,741       1,723,523       557,573       8,097,445  
 
                                           
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
                                                    27  
 
                                                     
Carrying value of loans
                                                    8,097,472  
 
                                                     
Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of loans represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, loans in other currencies were granted for an equivalent of US$2,337 and US$4,066, respectively, principally in Peruvian nuevos soles. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, loans include fixed interest rate loans of US$54,282 and US$78,987, respectively.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
The loan portfolio composition and average yield of loans disbursed and outstanding are summarized below:
                                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
            Average           Average
    Amount   yield (%)   Amount   yield (%)
Loans
    9,547,987       7.22       8,097,445       8.19  
Loans by industry segments are as follows:
                                 
    2007   %   2006   %
Agriculture, hunting and forestry
    113,399       1       142,056       2  
Exploitation of mines and quarries
    70,000       1       60,000       1  
Manufacturing industry
    278,644       3       193,379       2  
Supply of electricity, gas and water
    1,079,173       11       908,160       11  
Transport, warehousing and communications
    3,053,811       32       3,189,947       39  
Commercial banks
    1,636,937       17       460,089       6  
Development banks
    106,260       1       266,468       3  
Social and other infrastructure programs
    3,196,974       33       2,850,809       35  
Other activities
    12,789       1       26,537       1  
 
                               
 
    9,547,987       100       8,097,445       100  
 
                               
Loans mature as follows:
                 
    December 31  
    2007     2006  
Remaining maturities -
               
Less than one year
    2,290,503       1,438,002  
Between one and two years
    964,836       997,762  
Between two and three years
    827,646       991,247  
Between three and four years
    884,622       848,419  
Between four and five years
    868,709       839,428  
Over five years
    3,711,671       2,982,587  
 
           
 
    9,547,987       8,097,445  
 
           
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, all loans were performing except for certain loans that were classified as impaired and were in nonaccrual status. The average recorded investment in impaired loans during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was approximately US$30 and US$199, respectively.
Had these loans not been in impairment status, income for the year ended December 31, 2006 would have increased by US$16. In 2007 the results would not have been materially impacted.
Loan Participations and A/B Loans
The Corporation administers loan participations provided to clients, and assumes the credit risk only for that portion of the loan owned by the Corporation. During 2006, the Corporation administered loans of this nature whereby other financial institutions provided funds amounting to US$69,833.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
Allowance for Loan Losses
Movements of the allowance for loan losses follow:
                         
    December 31
    2007   2006   2005
Balances at beginning of year
    188,608       161,629       181,801  
Provision for (credit to) results of operations
    (23,133 )     19,000       (14,500 )
Recoveries
    2,970       9,043       4,696  
Loans charged-off
    (188 )     (1,064 )     (10,368 )
 
                       
Balances at end of year
    168,257       188,608       161,629  
 
                       
(5)   Equity Investments
 
    A summary of equity investments follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Direct investments in companies (including investments accounted for using the equity method of US$5,727 and US$5,668, at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
    14,389       10,371  
Investment funds (including investments accounted for using the equity method of US$47,458 and US$62,197, at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
    59,928       83,055  
 
               
 
    74,317       93,426  
 
               
The Corporation recorded an impairment charge of US$82, US$190 and US$24 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to equity investments accounted for at cost.
(6)   Property and Equipment
 
    A summary of property and equipment follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Land
    14,069       14,069  
Buildings
    19,353       19,353  
Buildings improvements
    13,686       10,939  
Furniture and equipment
    8,996       8,298  
Vehicles
    334       328  
 
               
 
    56,438       52,987  
Less accumulated depreciation
    32,622       29,056  
 
               
 
    23,816       23,931  
 
               
Depreciation is provided for property and equipment on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective classes of assets, as follows:
         
Buildings
  15 years
Buildings improvements
  5 years
Furniture and equipment
  2 to 5 years
Vehicles
  5 years
 
     

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
(7)   Other Assets
 
    A summary of other assets follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Deferred charges
    31,859       27,170  
Derivative assets (see Note 17)
    436,585       285,364  
Other assets
    8,755       3,575  
 
               
 
    477,199       316,109  
 
               
(8)   Deposits
 
    The Corporation’s deposits of US$1,521,047 at December 31, 2007 mature in 2008 (US$449,797 at December 31, 2006 — matures in 2007). At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the interest rates on deposits ranged from 4.33% to 5.33% and from 5.18% to 5.44%, respectively.
 
(9)   Commercial Paper
 
    The Corporation’s commercial paper of US$888,246 at December 31, 2007 matures in 2008 (US$773,354 at December 31, 2006 — matures in 2007). At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the interest rates on commercial paper ranged from 4.49% to 7.02% and from 3.62% to 5.43%, respectively.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
(10)   Bonds
 
    An analysis of bonds follows:
                                                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
    Principal outstanding   Weighted   Principal outstanding   Weighted
                    average                   average
    At original   At spot   cost, after   At original   At spot   cost, after
    exchange   exchange   swaps (%)   exchange   exchange   swaps (%)
    rate   rate   (Year-end)   rate   rate   (Year-end)
U.S. dollars
    2,496,144       2,496,144       6.20       2,630,340       2,630,340       6.34  
Yen
    474,651       486,941       5.66       184,332       168,011       5.96  
Colombian Pesos
    100,000       135,298       4.96       100,000       121,500       5.43  
Pounds Sterling
    63,375       81,447       7.98       63,405       79,783       7.97  
Euros
    711,489       956,485       5.83       998,659       1,187,727       6.25  
Mexican Pesos
    68,807       68,897       5.33                    
Peruvian Nuevos Soles
    75,748       82,938       5.80       75,748       77,698       5.87  
Venezuelan Bolivars
    209,302       209,302       4.94       100,000       100,000       5.28  
 
                                               
 
    4,199,516       4,517,452               4,152,484       4,365,059          
 
                                               
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            119,688                       (2,898 )        
 
                                               
Carrying value of bonds
            4,637,140                       4,362,161          
 
                                               

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of bonds represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
A summary of the bonds issued, by remaining maturities, follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Remaining maturities -
               
Less than one year
    137,131       499,593  
Between one and two years
    576,348       137,646  
Between two and three years
    371,305       734,703  
Between three and four years
    783,722       162,709  
Between four and five years
    761,539       783,869  
Over five years
    1,569,471       1,833,964  
 
               
 
    4,199,516       4,152,484  
 
               
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, fixed interest rate bonds amounted to US$3,193,182 and US$2,894,621, respectively, of which US$941,182 and US$758,896, respectively, are denominated in yen, pounds sterling, euros, Colombian pesos and Peruvian nuevos soles.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
(11)   Borrowings and Other Obligations
 
    An analysis of borrowings and other obligations and their weighted average cost, follows:
                                                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
    Principal outstanding           Principal outstanding    
                    Weighted average                   Weighted average
    At original   At spot exchange   cost, after swaps   At original exchange   At spot exchange   cost, after swaps
    exchange rate   rate   (%) (Year-end)   rate   rate   (%) (Year-end)
U.S. dollars
    799,352       799,352       5.39       539,092       539,092       5.84  
Yen
    3,922       4,427       6.56       11,766       12,601       4.18  
Euros (at spot rate)
    654       654       4.80       1,899       1,899       5.41  
Peruvian Nuevos Soles
    2,337       2,337       5.90       4,066       4,066       5.99  
Other currencies (at spot rate)
    2,042       2,042             1,823       1,823        
 
                                               
 
    808,307       808,812               558,646       559,481          
 
                                               
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            (325 )                     (346 )        
 
                                               
Carrying value of borrowings and other obligations
            808,487                       559,135          
 
                                               

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of borrowings and other obligations represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
 
    At December 31, 2007 and 2006, there are fixed interest-bearing borrowings and other obligations amounting to US$14,514 and US$20,322, respectively.
 
    At December 31, 2007, borrowing and other obligations include advances for US$120,000 with maturities over one year. Those advances cause interest between 4.61% and 5.13%.
 
    Borrowings and other obligations, by remaining maturities, are summarized below:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Remaining maturities -
               
Less than one year
    191,285       104,880  
Between one and two years
    144,244       57,072  
Between two and three years
    114,516       144,703  
Between three and four years
    120,910       28,996  
Between four and five years
    42,424       105,889  
Over five years
    194,928       117,106  
 
               
 
    808,307       558,646  
 
               
    Some borrowing agreements contain covenants conditioning the use of the funds for specific purposes or projects.
 
    At December 31, 2007 and 2006 there were unused term credit facilities amounting to US$223,700 and US$227,700, respectively.
(12)   Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
 
    A summary of accrued expenses and other liabilities follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Employees’ severance indemnities, benefits and savings plan
    48,964       42,157  
Derivative liabilities (see Note 17)
    8,131       70,858  
Deferred income
    2,942       2,442  
Other liabilities
    2,052       10,728  
 
               
 
    62,089       126,185  
 
               
(13)   Pension Plan
 
    The Corporation established in March 2005 a defined benefit pension plan (the Plan) which is mandatory for all new employees as of the date of implementation of the Plan and voluntary for all other employees. The Plan is contributory and the benefits are based on years of service and the average employee’s salary for the three consecutive years of service with the highest salary. The employees make monthly contributions to the Plan equal to 7% of their salary. Voluntary participants must contribute to the Plan certain withheld benefits. The Plan has 109 participants.
 
    The measurement date used to determine pension benefit measures for the Plan is December 31.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    The Plan’s benefit obligation (PBO) and assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 follow:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Plan’s benefit obligation (PBO)
    577       189  
Assets
    577       189  
 
               
    Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost from the origination of the Plan to December 31, 2007 and 2006 follow:
         
Discount rate
    4 %
Expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets
    4 %
Rate of salary increase
    3 %
 
       
(14)   Stockholders’ Equity
 
    Authorized Capital
 
    The authorized capital of the Corporation at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 amounts to US$5,000,000, distributed among Series “A”, “B” and “C” shares.
 
    Subscribed Callable Capital
 
    The payment of subscribed callable capital will be as required, with prior approval of the Board of Directors, in order to meet financial obligations of the Corporation, when internal resources are inadequate.
 
    Shares
 
    The Corporation’s shares are classified as follows:
 
    Series “A” shares: Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities with social or public objectives of: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. These shares grant the right of representation on the Corporation’s board of one principal director and one alternate director per share. Series “A” shares have a par value of US$1,200.
 
    Series “B” shares: Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities and commercial banks of: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. These shares grant the right of representation on the Corporation’s board of one principal director and one alternate director. Also, the commercial banks are entitled to one principal director and one alternate director on the board. Series “B” shares have a par value of US$5.
 
    Series “C” shares: Subscribed by legal entities or individuals belonging to countries other than Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. These shares provide for representation on the board of directors of the Corporation of two principal directors and their respective alternates, who are elected by the holders of these shares. Series “C” shares have a par value of US$5.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    A summary of the movement in subscribed and paid-in capital for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, follows:
                                                         
    Number of Shares   Amounts
    Series   Series   Series   Series   Series   Series    
    “A”   “B”   “C”   “A”   “B”   “C”   Total
At December 31, 2004
    5       269,722       28,813       6,000       1,348,610       144,065       1,498,675  
Dividends in shares
          15,931       1,689             79,655       8,445       88,100  
Issued for cash
          14,926       4,096             74,630       20,480       95,110  
 
                                                     
At December 31, 2005
    5       300,579       34,598       6,000       1,502,895       172,990       1,681,885  
Dividends in shares
          16,747       1,928             83,735       9,640       93,375  
Issued for cash
          15,061       4,010             75,305       20,050       95,355  
 
                                                     
At December 31, 2006
    5       332,387       40,536       6,000       1,661,935       202,680       1,870,615  
Dividends in shares
          16,675       2,022             83,375       10,110       93,485  
Issued for cash
          2,484       7,646             12,420       38,230       50,650  
 
                                                     
At December 31, 2007
    5       351,546       50,204       6,000       1,757,730       251,020       2,014,750  
 
                                                     
    Subscribed and paid-in capital is held as follows at December 31, 2007:
                                                         
    Number of Shares   Amounts
Stockholder   Series “A”   Series “B”   Series “C”   Series “A”   Series “B”   Series “C”   Total
Bolivia
    1       27,149             1,200       135,745             136,945  
Colombia
    1       98,473             1,200       492,365             493,565  
Ecuador
    1       27,975             1,200       139,875             141,075  
Peru
    1       98,839             1,200       494,195             495,395  
Venezuela
    1       98,837             1,200       494,185             495,385  
Argentina
                7,187                   35,935       35,935  
Brazil
                12,520                   62,600       62,600  
Chile
                4,112                   20,560       20,560  
Costa Rica
                2,442                   12,210       12,210  
Dominican Republic
                2,257                   11,285       11,285  
Jamaica
                136                   680       680  
Mexico
                3,499                   17,495       17,495  
Panama
                1,746                   8,730       8,730  
Paraguay
                1,356                   6,780       6,780  
Spain
                11,586                   57,930       57,930  
Trinidad & Tobago
                  154                   770       770  
Uruguay
                3,209                   16,045       16,045  
Commercial banks
          273                   1,365             1,365  
 
                                                     
 
    5       351,546       50,204       6,000       1,757,730       251,020       2,014,750  
 
                                                     

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    At December 31, 2007, the distribution of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:
                                                                 
    Unpaid Subscribed Capital   Subscribed Callable Capital
    Series “B”   Series “C”   Series “B”   Series “C”
Stockholder   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount
Bolivia
    622       3,110                       14,400       72,000                  
Colombia
                                    50,400       252,000                  
Ecuador
                                    14,400       72,000                  
Peru
                                    50,400       252,000                  
Venezuela
                                    50,400       252,000                  
Argentina
                    2,054       10,270                                  
Chile
                                                    800       4,000  
Dominican Republic
                    2,203       11,015                                  
Mexico
                                                    1,600       8,000  
Panama
                    506       2,530                                  
Spain
                                                    40,000       200,000  
Uruguay
                    705       3,525                                  
 
                                                               
 
    622       3,110       5,468       27,340       180,000       900,000       42,400       212,000  
 
                                                               
    Subscribed and paid-in capital is held as follows at December 31, 2006:
                                                         
    Number of Shares   Amounts
            Series                   Series        
Stockholder   Series “A”   “B”   Series “C”   Series “A”   “B”   Series “C”   Total
Bolivia
    1       25,055             1,200       125,275             126,475  
Colombia
    1       92,198             1,200       460,990             462,190  
Ecuador
    1       26,632             1,200       133,160             134,360  
Peru
    1       94,121             1,200       470,605             471,805  
Venezuela
    1       94,120             1,200       470,600             471,800  
Argentina
                4,890                   24,450       24,450  
Brazil
                11,924                   59,620       59,620  
Chile
                310                   1,550       1,550  
Costa Rica
                2,326                   11,630       11,630  
Dominican Republic
                1,101                   5,505       5,505  
Jamaica
                130                   650       650  
Mexico
                3,333                   16,665       16,665  
Panama
                1,663                   8,315       8,315  
Paraguay
                1,292                   6,460       6,460  
Spain
                11,035                   55,175       55,175  
Trinidad & Tobago
                147                   735       735  
Uruguay
                2,385                   11,925       11,925  
Commercial banks
          261                   1,305             1,305  
 
                                                       
 
    5       332,387       40,536       6,000       1,661,935       202,680       1,870,615  
 
                                                       
    At December 31, 2006, the distribution of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:
                                                                 
    Unpaid Subscribed Capital   Subscribed Callable Capital
    Series “B”   Series “C”   Series “B”   Series “C”
Stockholder   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount   Number of Shares   Amount
Bolivia
    1,452       7,260                       14,400       72,000                  
Colombia
    1,654       8,270                       50,400       252,000                  
Ecuador
                                    14,400       72,000                  
Peru
                                    50,400       252,000                  
Venezuela
                                    50,400       252,000                  
Argentina
                    4,107       20,535                                  
Chile
                                                    800       4,000  
Dominican Republic
                    3,304       16,520                                  
Mexico
                                                    1,600       8,000  
Panama
                    506       2,530                                  
Spain
                                                    40,000       200,000  
Uruguay
                    1,410       7,050                                  
 
                                                               
 
    3,106       15,530       9,327       46,635       180,000       900,000       42,400       212,000  
 
                                                               

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    General Reserve
 
    The general reserve was set-up to cover possible contingencies. The stockholders decided to increase the reserve by US200,553, US$183,738 and US$145,573 during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, by appropriations from net income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
 
    Reserve Pursuant to Article No. 42 of the By-laws
 
    The Corporation’s by-laws establish that at least 10% of annual net income is to be allocated to a reserve fund until that fund amounts to 50% of the subscribed capital. Additional allocations may be approved by the stockholders. At the stockholders meetings in March 2007, 2006 and 2005, it was authorized to increase the reserve by US$32,100, US$28,500 and US$20,800, from net income for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
(15)   Distributions to Stockholders’ Funds
 
    The Corporation’s board distributes a portion of retained earnings to special funds, created to promote technical cooperation, sustainable human development and management of poverty relief funds.
 
    In March 2007, 2006 and 2005, the stockholders agreed to allocate US$88,000, US$71,000 and US$41,380, from retained earnings at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, to the stockholders’ funds.
 
(16)   Tax Exemptions
 
    The Corporation is exempt from all taxes on income, properties and other assets. It is also exempt from liability related to the payment, withholding or collection of any tax or other levy.
 
(17)   Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
    The Corporation seeks to match the maturities of its liabilities to the maturities of its loan portfolio. The Corporation utilizes derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. The Corporation does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
 
    By using derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rate and foreign exchange rates, the Corporation exposes itself to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Corporation, which creates credit risk for the Corporation. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Corporation owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not possess credit risk. The Corporation minimizes the credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with high-quality counterparties whose credit rating is “A” or higher.
 
    The market risk associated with interest rate and currency risk is managed by swapping loans and borrowings subject to fixed interest rates and denominated in foreign currency into floating interest rate instruments denominated in U.S. dollars. The Corporation enters into derivative instruments with market risk characteristics that are expected to change in a manner that will offset the economic change in value of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings and other obligations. Derivative contracts held by the Corporation consist of interest rate and cross-currency swaps and are designated as fair value hedges of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings and other obligations with fixed interest rates or non U.S. currency exposure.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    The following table presents the notional amount and fair values of interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps and the underlying hedged items at December 31, 2007 and 2006:
                                 
    Notional amount   Fair value
            Cross-currency           Derivative
    Interest rate swap   swap   Derivative assets   liabilities
At December 31, 2007 -
                               
Bonds
    2,117,000             53,527        
Bonds
          1,703,770       381,247       6,284  
Borrowings and other obligations
          3,923       369       213  
Commercial paper
          149,981       1,442       871  
Advances and short-term borrowings
          74,417             763  
 
                               
 
    2,117,000       1,932,091       436,585       8,131  
 
                               
 
                               
At December 31, 2006 -
                               
Loans
    15,000                   32  
Bonds
    2,200,725                   45,902  
Bonds
          1,521,876       282,809       23,877  
Borrowings and other obligations
          11,766       641       309  
Commercial paper
          192,263       1,914       738  
 
                               
 
    2,215,725       1,725,905       285,364       70,858  
 
                               
    For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 all of the Corporation’s derivatives which have been designated in hedging relationships were considered fair value hedges. The change in fair value of such derivative instruments and the change in fair value of hedged items attributable to risk being hedged is included in the statements of income.
(18)   Fair Value
    The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Corporation’s financial instruments at December 31, 2007 and 2006. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties:
                                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
    Carrying
amount
  Estimated fair
value
  Carrying
amount
  Estimated fair
value
Financial assets:
                               
Cash and due from banks
    3,735       3,735       8,997       8,997  
Deposits with banks
    325,025       325,025       353,442       353,442  
Trading securities
    882,726       882,726       1,001,618       1,001,618  
Held-to-maturity securities
    1,099,801       1,099,488       356,128       356,145  
Securities purchased under resale agreements
    36,400       36,400              
Other investments
    109,868       109,868       210,430       210,430  
Loans, net
    9,332,790       9,337,914       7,848,882       7,853,270  
Equity investments
    74,317       74,317       93,426       93,426  
Interest and commissions receivable
    231,510       231,510       226,530       226,530  
Derivative contracts (included in other assets)
    436,585       436,585       285,364       285,364  
 
                               
Financial liabilities:
                               
Deposits
    1,521,047       1,521,047       449,797       449,797  
Commercial paper
    888,246       888,246       773,354       773,354  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    398,931       398,931       339,256       339,256  
Bonds
    4,637,140       4,640,000       4,362,161       4,366,054  
Borrowings and other obligations
    808,487       807,933       559,135       558,280  
Derivative contracts (included in accrued expenses and other liabilities)
    8,131       8,131       70,858       70,858  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    153,938       153,938       136,878       136,878  
 
                               

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
  The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
 
  Cash and due from banks, deposits with banks, other assets, deposits, commercial paper, advances and short-term borrowings, accrued interest and commissions, accrued expenses: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
 
  Marketable securities: The fair values of held-to-maturity securities are based on quoted market prices at the reporting date for those or similar securities. Trading securities are carried at fair value based on quoted market prices.
 
  Loans: The Corporation is one of the few institutions that offer loans for development in the stockholder countries. A secondary market does not exist for the type of loans granted by the Corporation. As rates on variable rate loans and loan commitments are reset on a semiannual basis, the carrying value, adjusted for credit risk, was determined to be the best estimate of fair value. The fair value of fixed rate loans is determined using the current variable interest rate for similar loans.
 
  Equity investments: The fair value of equity investments is determined based on a financial analysis of the investees.
 
  Derivative assets and liabilities: Current market prices obtained from third party banks were used to estimate fair values of interest rate and foreign currency swap agreements.
 
  Bonds, borrowings and other obligations: The fair value of bonds, borrowings and other obligations is determined using either broker quotes or current rates offered to the Corporation for similar debt of the same remaining maturities.
 
(19)    Commitments and Contingencies
 
  Commitments and contingencies include the following:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Credit agreements subscribed
    1,668,981       2,133,410  
Lines of credit
    2,248,424       1,232,221  
Letters of credit
    24,654       20,065  
Guarantees
    242,888       544,630  
 
               
    These commitments and contingencies result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and are related principally to loans and loan equivalents that have been approved or committed for disbursement.
 
    In the ordinary course of business the Corporation has entered into commitments to extend credit. Such financial instruments are recorded as commitments upon signing the corresponding contract and are reported in the financial statements when disbursements are made.
 
    The contracts to extend credit have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without making disbursements. Also based on experience, parts of the disbursements are made up to two years after the signing of the contract. Therefore, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
 
    In the event the credit lines are not utilized, no additional cost is incurred by the Corporation.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
    Guarantees mature as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Less than one year
    88,233       273,480  
Between one and two years
           
Between two and three years
          109,540  
Over five years
    154,655       161,610  
 
               
 
    242,888       544,630  
 
               
    Guarantees result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and usually take the form of partial guarantees to CAF’s clients, as a credit enhancement for their liabilities, as well as guarantees to third parties on behalf of the Corporation’s clients. CAF’s responsibility is usually limited to payment up to the amount of the guarantee upon default by the client. The carrying value of the guarantees at December 31, 2007 and 2006 was nil.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
Balance Sheets
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                 
    March 31,   December 31,
    2008   2007
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS
               
Cash and due from banks
    1,241       3,735  
Deposits with banks
    597,425       325,025  
Marketable securities
               
Trading
    1,625,944       882,726  
Held-to-maturity
    696,312       1,099,801  
Securities purchased under resale agreements
    26,400       36,400  
Other investments
    202,615       109,868  
Loans
    9,262,684       9,547,987  
Less loan commissions, net of origination costs
    49,989       46,940  
Less allowance for losses
    115,730       168,257  
 
               
Loans, net of allowance for losses
    9,096,965       9,332,790  
 
               
Equity investments
    73,531       74,317  
Interest and commissions receivable
    249,977       231,510  
Property and equipment
    24,074       23,816  
Other assets
    744,572       477,199  
 
               
Total assets
    13,339,056       12,597,187  
 
               
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Deposits
    1,782,912       1,521,047  
Commercial paper
    896,901       888,246  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    301,665       398,931  
Bonds
    5,138,463       4,637,140  
Borrowings and other obligations
    798,571       808,487  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    152,054       153,938  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    57,290       62,089  
 
               
Total liabilities
    9,127,856       8,469,878  
 
               
Subscribed and paid-in capital (authorized capital US$5,000 million)
    2,106,385       2,014,750  
Additional paid-in capital
    169,053       234,355  
Reserves
    1,785,754       1,477,405  
Retained earnings
    150,008       400,799  
 
               
Total stockholders’ equity
    4,211,200       4,127,309  
 
               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
    13,339,056       12,597,187  
 
               

F-31


 

CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Income
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2008   2007
Interest income
               
Loans
    162,237       168,863  
Investments and deposits with banks
    25,405       24,238  
Loan commissions
    12,556       9,390  
     
Total interest income
    200,198       202,491  
     
Interest expense
               
Deposits
    17,393       5,768  
Commercial paper
    9,897       11,069  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    5,059       4,976  
Bonds
    53,125       64,917  
Borrowings and other obligations
    9,444       8,481  
Commissions
    1,442       1,110  
     
Total interest expense
    96,360       96,321  
     
Net interest income
    103,838       106,170  
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    -54,373       13,000  
     
Net interest income, after provision (credit) for loan losses
    158,211       93,170  
Non-interest income
               
Other commissions
    1,168       980  
Dividends and equity in earnings of investees
    660       294  
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
    383       0  
Other income
    428       605  
     
Total non-interest income
    2,639       1,879  
     
Non-interest expenses
               
Administrative expenses
    10,782       11,288  
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
    0       9,572  
Other expenses
    60       77  
     
Total non-interest expenses
    10,842       20,937  
     
Net income
    150,008       74,112  

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2008   2007
Cash flows from operating activities
               
Net income
    150,008       74,112  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
               
Net gain of trading securities
    61       -59  
Amortization of loan commissions, net of origination costs
    -3,375       -5,875  
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    -54,373       13,000  
Depreciation of property and equipment
    718       901  
Amortization of deferred charges
    434       739  
Provision for employees’ severance indemnities and benefits
    1,413       1,251  
Provisions for employees’ savings plan
    354       370  
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities
               
Severance indemnities paid or advanced
    -722       -516  
Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced
    10       -220  
Trading securities, net
    -743,279       148,126  
Interest and commissions receivable
    -18,467       -35,003  
Other assets
    1,938       -790  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    -1,884       9,023  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    1,308       -7,442  
     
Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities
    -815,864       123,505  
     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    -665,856       197,617  
     
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities
    -3,562,906       -368,582  
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities
    3,966,395       398,858  
Securities purchased under resale agreements
    10,000       -35,000  
Purchases of other investments
    -221,867       -127,803  
Maturities of other investments
    129,120       111,001  
Loan origination and principal collections, net
    294,630       -470,646  
Equity investments
    786       1,769  
Purchases of property and equipment
    -976       -241  
     
Net cash provided by investing activities
    615,182       -490,644  
     
Carried forward
    -50,674       -293,027  

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2008   2007
Brought forward
    -50,674       -293,027  
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Net increase (decrease) in deposits
    261,865       -27,211  
Net increase (decrease) in commercial paper
    -2,133       143,215  
Net increase in advances and short-term borrowings
    150,643       406,057  
Repayment of advances and short-term borrowings
    -259,309       -183,035  
Proceeds from issuance of bonds
    250,000       359,302  
Repayment of bonds
    -4,633       -322,817  
Proceeds from borrowings and other obligations
    0       90,000  
Repayment of borrowings and other obligations
    -9,736       -33,602  
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    -92,450       -88,000  
Proceeds from issuance of shares
    26,333       0  
     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    320,580       343,909  
     
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    269,906       50,882  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    328,760       362,439  
     
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    598,666       413,321  
     
 
               
Consisting of:
               
Cash and due from banks
    1,241       2,621  
Deposits with banks
    597,425       410,700  
     
 
    598,666       413,321  
     
 
               
Supplemental disclosure
               
Interest paid during the period
    93,127       79,378  
     
 
               
Non-cash financing activities
               
Change in other assets due to fair value hedging relationships
    270,128       29,514  
Change in other liabilities due to fair value hedging relationships
    -7,162       -11,977  
     

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Information
March 31, 2008 and 2007
(1) Basis of Presentation
     The interim financial information as of March 31, 2008 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 is unaudited and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, such interim financial information includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 are not necessarily an indication of the results to be expected for the full year 2008.
     This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s financial statements as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007 and the notes thereto presented in the prospectus.
(2) Allowance for Loan Losses
     For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008, CAF had a credit for loan losses of $54.4 million, compared to a provision for loan losses of $13.0 million for the same period in 2007. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of the loan portfolio was 1.3% for the first three months of 2008, compared to 2.4% for the same period in 2007.
     The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level the Corporation believes is adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the date of the financial statements. The general allowance for loan losses is established by the Corporation based on the individual risk rating for the long term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of the financial statements preparation. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of sovereign loan portfolio a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.
     A specific allowance is established by the Corporation for those loans that are considered impaired. A loan is considered as impaired when based on currently available information and events, there exists the probability that CAF will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. The impairment of loans is determined on a loan by loan basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate.
     Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
(3) Commitments and Contingencies
     Commitments and contingencies include the following:
                 
    March 31,
    2008   2007
Credit agreements subscribed
    2,602,927       2,262,820  
Lines of credit for foreign trade
    2,537,392       1,543,305  
Letters of credit for foreign trade
    20,215       17,190  
Guarantees
    154,655       551,175  
     
     These commitments and contingencies result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and are related principally to loans and loan equivalents that have been approved or committed for disbursement.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Information
March 31, 2008 and 2007
     In the ordinary course of business the Corporation has entered into commitments to extend credit. Such financial instruments are recorded as commitments upon signing the corresponding contract and are reported in the financial statements when disbursements are made.
     The contracts to extend credit have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without making disbursements. Also based on experience, part of the disbursements are made up to two years after the signing of the contract. Therefore, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
     In the event the credit lines are not utilized, no additional cost is incurred by the Corporation.
     Guarantees primarily consist of partial credit guarantees given to the Republics of Bolivia and Peru for the payment of principal and interest up to the following amounts (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
                 
    March 31,
    2008   2007
2007
    0       280,248  
2009
    0       109,540  
2018
    126,655       133,387  
2025
    28,000       28,000  
     
 
    154,655       551,175  
     

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
BONDS
                                         
                                    Principal Amount
            Date of                   Outstanding at
    Interest   Agreement of   Year of Final           March 31, 2008
Title   Rate   Issue   Maturity   Currency   (in millions)
7.79% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     1997       2017     US     50.0  
7 3/8% Yankee Global Bonds
  Fixed     2001       2011     US     300.0  
6 7/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2002       2012     US     350.0  
6 3/8% Euro Bonds
  Fixed     2002       2009     EUR (1)     250.9  
7 5/8% Euro GBP Bonds
  Fixed     2002       2010     GBP (2)     40.7  
7 7/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2002       2022     US     85.0  
6 7/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2003       2012     US     200.0  
6 3/8% Euro Bonds
  Fixed     2003       2009     EUR     100.0  
5 1/5% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2003       2013     US     500.0  
Extendible Notes
       Floating     2004       2008     US     100.0  
5.8175% Euro Bonds
  Fixed     2004       2014     US     29.0  
Colombian Peso Bonds
       Floating     2004       2010     COP (3)     272,220.0  
0.58% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed     2005       2008     JPY (4)     15,000.0  
Euro Dollar Bonds
       Floating     2005       2009     USD     150.0  
1.31% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed     2005       2012     JPY     5,000.0  
5 1/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2005       2015     USD     250.0  
7.53125% Peruvian Soles Bonds
  Fixed     2006       2018     PEN (5)     248.4  
Venezuelan Bolivares Bonds
       Floating     2006       2011     VEB (6)     215,000.0  
5.75% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2006       2017     USD     250.0  
Euro Dollar Bonds
       Floating     2006       2011     EUR     300.0  
5.75% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2007       2017     USD     250.0  
Venezuelan Bolivares Bonds
       Floating     2007       2012     VEB     107,500.0  
Venezuelan Bolivares Bonds
       Floating     2007       2012     VEB     127,500.0  
1.67% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed     2007       2010     JPY     20,000.0  
2.32% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed     2007       2014     JPY     10,000.0  
1.47% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed     2007       2010     JPY     5,000.0  
Mexican Pesos Bonds
       Floating     2007       2012     MXN (7)     750.0  
5.75% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed     2008       2017     USD     250.0  
 
(1)   Euro.
 
(2)   Sterling Pounds.
 
(3)   Colombian Pesos.
 
(4)   Yen.
 
(5)   Peruvian Soles.
 
(6)   Venezuelan Bolivares.
 
(7)   Mexican Pesos.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
LOANS FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS, ADVANCES, DEPOSITS,
COMMERCIAL PAPER AND REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
                                         
                                    Principal Amount  
            Date of     Year of             Outstanding at  
    Interest     Agreement of     Final             March 31, 2008  
Title   Rate     Issue     Maturity     Currency     (in US$ millions)  
Medium and Long-term Loans
  Various   Various   Various   Various     798.6  
Advances and Short-term Loans
  Floating   Various   Various   US     301.7  
Deposits
  Floating   Various   Various   US     1,782.9  
Commercial Paper
  Floating   Various   Various   Various     896.9  
LOANS FROM MULTILATERALS AND BILATERALS, EXIMS AND EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES
                                         
                                    Principal Amount  
                                    Outstanding at  
            Date of Agreement of   Year of Final             March 31, 2008  
Title   Interest Rate     Issue   Maturity     Currency     (in millions)  
IADB
  Variable   Various   Various   US     46.3  
ACDI (Canada)
    0 %     3/29/1974       9/30/2023     CAN (1)     2.0  
KfW (Germany)
  Variable     3/22/2003       12/28/2012     US     71.4  
AID (U.S.A.)
    3 %     10/10/1972       11/27/2014     US     3.1  
Nordic Investment Bank
  Variable   Various     7/17/2021     US     38.0  
European Investment Bank
  Various     10/16/1997       12/15/2013     US     18.6  
China Development Bank — CDB
  Variable     11/20/2007       11/29/2019     US     150.0  
Instituto de Crédito Oficial — ICO
  Variable     5/31/2004       9/15/2014     US     14.0  
 
(1)   Canadian dollars.

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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
GUARANTEED DEBT
                 
            Principal Amount
    Date of   Year of Final   Outstanding at
Borrower   Issue   Maturity   March 31, 2008
            (in U.S. $ millions)
Republic of Bolivia
  10/3/2001     4/3/2018     44.9  
Republic of Bolivia
  5/22/2004   5/22/2018     81.8  
Republic of Peru
  4/17/2006   2/13/2025     28.0  

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$1,000,000,000
(CAF LOGO)
Corporación Andina de Fomento
       , 2008

 


 

PART II
OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
     The following is an estimate of the Registrant’s expenses in connection with the issuance of the Securities that are the subject of this registration statement:
         
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee
  $ 9,825  
Fiscal and Paying Agent Fees
  $ 10,000  
Fees of rating agencies
  $ 400,000  
Legal fees
  $ 150,000  
Printing of registration statement, prospectus and other documents
  $ 75,000  
Blue Sky expenses (including counsel fees)
  $ 15,000  
Other
  $ 25,000  
Total
  $ 684,825  
 
     
UNDERTAKINGS
          The Registrant hereby undertakes:
          (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
     (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
     (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
     (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
          provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
     (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     (d) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

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          If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to the purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
     (e) That, for purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
     (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
     (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
     (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
     (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

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CONTENTS
The registration statement comprises:
  (1)   The facing sheet.
 
  (2)   The prospectus.
 
  (3)   Part II consisting of pages II-1 to II-6.
 
  (4)   The following exhibits:
  1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-11970)
 
  1.2   Form of Underwriting Agreement Pertaining to Guarantees(1)
 
  4.1   Form of Fiscal Agency Agreement, including form of certain Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-11970)
 
  4.2   Form of Guarantee Agreement, including the form of Guarantee(1)
 
  5.1   Opinion and consent of Ricardo Sigwald, General Legal Counsel to CAF
 
  8.1   Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 
  23.1   Consent of KPMG
 
  23.2   Consent of CAF’s General Legal Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
  23.3   Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
 
  99.1   List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (v) to our registration statement No. 333-88404)
 
  99.2   List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Guarantees(1)
 
(1)   To be filed by post-effective amendment.

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SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Corporación Andina de Fomento, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 27th day of June 2008.
         
  CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
 
 
  By:          /s/ Hugo Sarmiento Kohlenberger  
    Name:   Hugo Sarmiento Kohlenberger  
    Title:   Acting Executive President   

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, appearing below is the signature of the Corporación Andina de Fomento’s authorized agent in the United States, thereunto duly authorized, in Newark, Delaware, on the 27th day of June 2008.
         
  PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
 
 
  By:          /s/  Donald J. Puglisi  
    Name:    Donald J. Puglisi  
    Title:    Managing Director  

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EXHIBITS
         
        Sequentially
Exhibit       Numbered
Number   Exhibits   Page
 
       
1.1
  Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-11970)    
 
       
1.2
  Form of Underwriting Agreement pertaining to Guarantees   *
 
       
4.1
  Form of Fiscal Agency Agreement, including form of certain Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to our registration statement No. 333-11970)    
 
       
4.2
  Form of Guarantee Agreement, including the form of Guarantee   *
 
       
5.1
  Opinion and consent of Ricardo Sigwald, General Legal Counsel to CAF    
 
       
8.1
  Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP    
 
       
23.1
  Consent of KPMG    
 
       
23.2
  Consent of CAF’s General Legal Counsel   **
 
       
23.3
  Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP   ***  
 
       
99.1
  List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (v) to our registration statement No. 333-88404)    
 
       
99.2
  List of names and addresses of the underwriters for Guarantees   *
 
*   To be filed by post-effective amendment.
 
**   Included in Exhibit 5.1
 
***   Included in Exhibit 8.1

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