VOL. XXXII

NO. 24

20-MARCH-1989

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

FESD Lends $106mn to Morocco and Mauritania

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has agreed to lendMorocco KD17mn ($59mn) to part-finance the al-Maruba' dam project on the Saburiver. AFESD has also agreed to provide around $47.5mn worth of soft loans toMauritania to finance projects concerned with rural electrification andhighways, as well as a local agricultural company.