COVID-19 impact: AIIB approves $250 million loan to Pakistan

Islamabad (HRNW) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Wednesday approved $250 million loan to Pakistan to help the country deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a statement released by AIIB, the project will be co-financed by the World Bank and will bolster a Pakistan government program to strengthen health infrastructure, social safety nets, investment in human capital and economic growth.

“The pandemic has rapidly evolved in Pakistan and now threatens to undo many of the hard-won gains made in reducing poverty over the past two decades,” AIIB Vice President of Investment Operations Konstantin Limitovskiy said

The AIIB has previously approved a loan of $500 million for Pakistan’s response to COVID-19.

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