World Bank Allocated $ 892 Million for Projects for Five Years
From July 1, 2015 until June 30, 2016, the World Bank (WB) provided the Azerbaijani government about $ 207 million of loans (minus $ 93 million to the past financial cycle).
As stated in the report of the international structures, the main projects are the completion of the expansion of the road Baku-Shamakhi ($ 140 million) and promotion of better living conditions and an increase in IDPs’ income ($ 66.7 million).
In general, over the past 5 years the World Bank has allocated $ 892 million for various projects.
Azerbaijan has been a member of the World Bank since 1992. During this period 55 projects were implemented, 44 of which were completed with more than $3 billion provided under the government guarantee. --17D-
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- Economics
- 30 June 2016 14:59
Economics
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