Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 50

13-Dec-2010

syria

EIB Backs Syrian Healthcare Program

The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a 130mn ($172mn) loan agreement with Syria on 6 December, for the funding and development of the countrys healthcare system. The Syrian Healthcare II project follows a similar program in 2009 and will involve the construction and provision, with medical equipment, of eight hospitals located across six of the countrys governorates, as well as the...