§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the projects for which loans were sought from the Inter-American Development Bank by El Salvador and Nicaragua during the last five years; what was the outcome; and how the Government instructed its representative at the preliminary European Caucus to vote on each of these loan applications.
§ Mr. WhitneyDuring the period in question the following projects were submitted to the Bank's executive board for consideration:
El Salvador
- 1979
- Livestock Production
- Second Stage Health Care Programme
- Preinvestment Investigation: Economic and Social Development
- 1980
- Agricultural Credit
- Agrarian Reform Programme: Inputs for Co-operatives
- Export Financing
- 1981
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- Rural Roads
- Farm Marketing Programme
- 1982
- Industrial Credits
- Credit for Short Term Export Finance
- San Lorenzo Hydro-Electric Project
- Farm Research and Extension
- 1983 to date
- Angro-industrial Development
- Preinvestment Programme Second Stage
- River Lempa Bridge
Nicaragua
- 1979
- Credits for Farmers and Livestock Producers
- Rio Blanco-Siuna Road
- 1980
- Farm Credits Programme
- Credits for Craft Workers
- Finance for Shoe Co-operative
- Export Financing
- 1981
- Forestry Development
- 1982
- Asuries Hydro-Electric Project
- 1983 to date
- Fishery Rehabilitation Programme
All the projects were approved.
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