Finance Minister, IDB sign pacts for `transformative’ projects on health, roads

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh signing one of the agreements

The government has signed agreements valued at US$222 million with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as part of its efforts to speed up Guyana’s development efforts.

The Ministry of Finance in a release on Monday announced that Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, and IDB President, Ian Goldfajn, had signed three Agreements for investments in the transport and health sectors as well as to support Guyana’s economic competitiveness. The signing ceremony took place during the XI Annual Consultation of Caribbean Governors at the Hyatt Regency in Trinidad and Tobago.