Puerto Rico Government Development Bank

Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
EstablishedSeptember 23, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-09-23)
CurrencyUSD
Preceded byDevelopment Bank
Websitewww.gdb-pur.com

The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB) —Spanish: Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico (BGF)— is the government bond issuer, intragovernmental bank, fiscal agent, and financial advisor of the government of Puerto Rico.[1][2] The bank, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, serves as the principal entity through which Puerto Rico channels its issuance of bonds. As an overview, the different executive agencies of the government of Puerto Rico and its government-owned corporations either issue bonds with the bank as a proxy, or owe debt to the bank itself (as the bank is a government-owned corporation as well).

Entity Common name Type Responsibility
Authority for the Financing of the Infrastructure of Puerto Rico AFI affiliate infrastructure
Children's Trust Frund CTF affiliate childhood improvements
Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical, and Environmental Control Facilities Authority AFICA affiliate multiple sectors
Housing Finance Authority PRHFA subsidiary housing subsidies and incentives
José M. Berrocal Institute for Economics and Finance Berrocal Institute subsidiary internships
Municipal Financing Agency MFA affiliate municipalities
Municipal Financing Corporation COFIM affiliate municipal tax
Public Financing Corporation PFC subsidiary general obligation bonds (executive agencies/central government)
Public-Private Partnerships Authority PPPA affiliate public-private partnerships
Sales Tax Financing Corporation COFINA affiliate sales tax (IVU/SUT)
Tourism Development Fund TDF affiliate tourism and hotel industry
  1. ^ "Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico" (PDF). Government of Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Banco Gubernamental de Fomento (BGF)". Government of Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 1, 2014.