World Bank earmarks $2 bln for Argentina

World Bank earmarks $2 bln for Argentina

World Bank Loans Argentina Railroads Project & Infrastructure Finance

Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán said late Wednesday that the World Bank has approved $2 billion in loans to the country this year for infrastructure and social projects as well as for fighting poverty. It is the same amount that the Washington DC-based multilateral lender offered Argentina last year, Guzmán said in a statement after meeting in Buenos Aires with Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, the World Bank's vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean. The funds will go to projects for

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