El Salvador to receive $150 million from development bank for education
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador will obtain a $150 million mortgage from Latin American improvement financial institution CAF to strengthen its training system, the lender stated in a Wednesday assertion.
The board of CAF authorized the mortgage – the nation’s first from the financial institution – which can be used on tools, coaching and shutting the digital hole in Salvadoran faculties, the financial institution stated in a press release.
“We’re a strategic ally for the event of nations with complete packages like this,” stated CAF Government President Sergio Diaz-Granados within the assertion, including the coronavirus pandemic had created an “instructional emergency” within the nation.
El Salvador, which made Bitcoin official tender final 12 months, turned a full member of CAF in March looking for increasing its financing sources.
In September, CAF consultant to the nation Oscar Avalle stated in a tv interview that the lender was working with the Salvadoran authorities on acquiring the mortgage.
The federal government expects the Central American nation’s financial system to develop 2.8% in 2022 after rebounding from the impression of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 with 10.3% development.
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Kylie Madry; Enhancing by Aurora Ellis)
