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Providing preinvestment loans

Implementation:
In thirty-three years of operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has made 102 preinvestment loans for US$497 million as part of projects costing a total of $920 million.
Broader:
Providing loans
Providing low-interest loans
Narrower:
Providing loans for planning and reform
Problems:
Bad loans
Bank fraud
Defaults on international loans
Deteriorating terms of international financial loans to vulnerable countries
Discrimination against women in banking
Domination of restrictive project loans by transnational banks
Excessive anxiety on overseas lending
Fraudulent loans
Inadequate diversification of loans to vulnerable countries
Insufficient programme funding
Limited availability of loans
Over-dependency on international financial institutions
Racial discrimination in according financial loans
Restrictive conditions on loans through intergovernmental facilities
Reverse flow of financial aid
Uncertainty of development programmes due to short-term loans
Unethical financial practices
Unpaid debts
Organizations:
Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:
Commerce → Investment
Commerce → Credit
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies

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