Americas News

New US Ex-Im head sworn in

Philip Merrill has been sworn in as president and chairman of US Ex-Im Bank. Merrill, a publisher and diplomat with broad experience in both …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

Tubes for Brazil’s Camisea

Brazil’s national development bank BNDES has approved a US$109mn loan to Peruvian natural gas transport company TGP to finance the export of steel tubes …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

IFC’s Peru telecoms connection

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) is arranging a loan to provide Telecom Italia’s mobile subsidiary TIM Peru with up to US$120mn in …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

New monetary unit proposed

Two prominent economists have proposed a new monetary unit for bond issues by multilateral financial institutions to ease the debt burden of developing countries. …

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