The Honduras Board of Private Enterprise has 150,000 dollars available for lending at an annual rate of 4.5 percent.
The funds come from the Government of Taiwan. They are part of a program that began in 2003 and which, up to June 30, 2008 has provided small business loans totalling 1,110,625 dollars.
"If credit requests increase, the funds could increase," said Israel Castañeda, an official with the private enterprise board.