Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 29

20-Jul-2009

REGIONAL

SFD Lends Tunisia $20Mn

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed an agreement with the Tunisian Ministry of Development and International Cooperation to lend Tunisia SR75mn ($20mn) for a rural development project in the Sidi Bu Zaid area. The project entails the supply of drinking and irrigation water in the province, improvement in agricultural and animal produce and the construction of fisheries. SFD has already financed 18...