Suriname to improve social protection system with IDB US$15 million loan

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) has approved a US$15 million loan for the Social Protection Support Programme in Suriname  which will boost the government’s efforts to enhance the effectiveness of spending on social protection programmes.

The IDB said in a news release on Wednesday that a key goal is to target low-income households more efficiently in order to break the intergenerational transmission