$73.3 million in external loans to be raised in 2018.

Last updated: 5 Feb 2018 | 5:40 AM | AST

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Published: 5 Feb 2018 | 5:40 AM | AST

A total of $73.3 million in external loans is expected to be raised in 2018. Of this amount $64.1 million will come from multilateral creditors, while $9.3 million will be raised from bilateral sources. The main multilateral creditors in 2018 are:

The Caribbean Development Bank with – $23.2 million
International Development Agency – $24.8 million
Climate Investment Fund – $8.0 million
OFID – $5.1 million

Also, bilateral loans will be raised from the Governments of the Republic of China on Taiwan $ 1.0 million and Kuwait $8.2 million.