Thursday, October 11, 2012

Japan to provide Myanmar loans to pay off ADB, World Bank Debt

Japan will provide loans to Myanmar to help it repay debt to the Asian Development Bank and World Bank starting early next year.

“Japan welcomes that the World Bank and Asian Development Bank will be in a position to clear” their loans, Jojima said today at a meeting between Myanmar and its creditors in Tokyo as part of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s annual meeting. The bridge loans will come from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, a state-backed lender.

The settlement deal follows an April debt forgiveness plan as Japan, Myanmar’s biggest creditor, re-engages with the Southeast Asian nation that is shifting toward democracy after five decades of military dictatorship. Japan will start implementing the plan in January, paving the way to provide infrastructure loans to the country next year.

The ADB and the World Bank are in talks with the Myanmar government about debt settlement, a move that would bring them closer to resuming lending, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said in a group interview this week. Myanmar owes about $500 million to the ADB and $400 million to the World Bank.

Source gulfnews.com



 

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