IDB hydro loan okay unlikely until June 2016

Despite optimistic pronouncements by government officials, progress on the implementation of the Amaila Falls Hydroelec-tricity Project (AFHP) is likely to take some time with the Board of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) expected to approve a loan for the project by June of next year.

In his New Year’s address, President Donald Ramotar said that “within months” the government expects to achieve