IDB removes Amaila hydro-project financing info from website

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) has removed information from its website about financing for the US$840 million Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, to which developers hoped it would commit about US$200 million.

However, Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh when asked about the status of the project, said things were “moving ahead.” He would give no further details to this newspaper.

Up to April 2012, the IDB had listed Guyana’s Amaila Falls Hydro Project as being “in preparation” on the ‘projects’ page of its Guyana web page. However, when one now searches the page all that can be