The Development Bank of Latin America has provided a loan of $300 million to the Spanish Official Credit Institute for promoting business development between Spain and Latin America.
From a press release issued by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF):
The Guatemalan company Continental Towers will receive funding from the International Finance Corporation to build and maintain cell towers in Central America.
According to an article in Elperiodico.com.gt, "The IFC's investment includes a loan of $40 million and a syndicated loan of $80 million with Banco HSBC Panamá, Banco General de Panamá, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) and the Inter American Corporation for Infrastructure Financing. "
International financial entities will increase the amount of finance available for private businesses and projects in Latin America
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the American Investment Corporation (IIC) have announced their willingness to increase resources for the financing of "eco-friendly projects, infrastructure, agribusiness and even educational projects," developed by private enterprise.
"This year we will maintain our response and commitment to the region," said Alberto Moreno. “The $ 2.000 million” he added, “will be used to address infrastructure priorities, particularly roads, energy, social safety nets, with an emphasis on strengthening health services, education, housing, natural disasters and climate change, finance and public safety.
In 2010, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), will lend $1.038 million for development projects.
$370.8 million are earmarked for Costa Rica, $199.8 million for El Salvador, $173.2 million for Guatemala and $114.9 million for Nicaragua.
As for Honduras, Alfredo Ortuño, CABEI's director, explained that "...disbursements are on hold until the Central American Integration System (SICA) revokes a ruling enacted after the Honduran coup d'état. Nevertheless, the bank has earmarked $123.6 million to finance projects in the country".
As in Panama, there are hundreds of millions of untapped dollars in loans that were obtained to prevent illiquidity in the Costa Rican banking system.
The government of Costa Rica rejected the loan for $500 million that the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) had granted at the end of 2008 and for which the approval by the Legislative Assembly had already been obtained.
In good times, multilateral lending agencies do not have too many customers. In times of crisis, everyone needs them.
To continue to grow and not stagnate, Latin America needs foreign investment in an amount ranging from 5% to 6% of the GDP in the region. It is $200 billion, a figure too large for the current scope of these credit institutions.
The Subsecretary of State from U.S.A. announced that his country would collaborate with the region to minimize the effect of the crisis.
Thomas A. Shannon, Subecretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, said in Honduras yesterday that "in the face of the financial crisis, the United States will focus on ensuring that these nations have access to the credit needed to overcome the crisis and protect their social programs."
During a meeting of Governors, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno announced that the entity will increase its support to countries in the region.
Proceso Digital published on its website: "’At this juncture, we have to lend more and that is our obligation and why we are here,' said the head of the IDB in his opening speech.
Moreno said the IDB is ready to meet this 'obligation' to raise capital to the region but he did not specify the amount.
In times of credit crunch from the usual sources, it is appropriate to remember that there are other alternatives for financing projects.
The Andean Development Corporation (CAF), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) of the IDB, and the Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) are all sources of financing for high impact development projects by the private sector which are highly unused by our bankers and businesses.
Central America has asked international credit organizations and related entities for a loan of one billion dollars to facilitate the development of micro businesses in the tourism sector.
The proposal was made at the First Central AmericanForum on Financing for the Tourism Sector that was inaugurated yesterday in Honduras.
The IDB, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Latin American Reserve Fund announced that they will make $9.3 billion available to governments in the region to deal with the financial crisis.
The amount could double starting next year and is in response to the need for joint international action to deal with the crisis, the IDB, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Latin American Reserve Fund announced.
The IFC, the World Bank's financial arm for private sector support, granted a loan of 50 million dollars to Grupo M Holding S. A.
The credit was provided "for the purpose of introducing the swaps market, that is, the transfer of funds in US dollars and currencies from other Central American countries," according to details of a press release from Grupo M.
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