Water, sanitation, and hygiene: World leaders call for action on COVID-19 Water, sanitation, and hand hygiene, together with physical distancing, are central to preventing the spread of COVID-19, and a first line of defense against this serious threat to lives and health systems.
ADB provides $100 million to support Mongolia’s COVID-19 response The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to the Government of Mongolia to mitigate the severe health and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
EBRD supports Georgia Healthcare Group during the crisis The EBRD is supporting the healthcare sector in Georgia with a $25 million loan to Georgia Healthcare Group to fund working capital and operational expenditure requirements for the group’s critical role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
ADB President, Afghanistan President discuss COVID-19 support; $40 million grant Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani discussed how ADB can support the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, including through a new $40 million grant.
ADB provides $30 million extra to Mongolia health project to fight COVID-19 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $30 million in extra financing for a health sector project in Mongolia to strengthen the country’s preparedness and response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
COVID-19 support to Europe and Central Asia from World Bank tops $1.4 billion Anna Bjerde, a Swedish national, became the new World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia on 1 May 2020 and will lead the World Bank’s strategic, analytical, operational and knowledge work in the region.
EBRD continues to deliver record levels of trade finance to emerging markets Financing under its Trade Facilitation Programme topped half a billion euros in April for the first time in the EBRD’s history.
ADB $50 million package to help Kyrgyz Republic mitigate health, social, economic impacts of COVID-19 Delivered under ADB’s COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support program, the funds will support the government’s immediate priorities to contain the spread of the pandemic, ensure social protection for vulnerable segments of society, and deliver a pro-poor fiscal stimulus to safeguard small and medium-sized enterprises and the economy’s productive sectors.
EBRD increases trade support in Uzbekistan with new limit for NBU More businesses in Uzbekistan, including small and medium-sized enterprises, will benefit from export and import opportunities available through a trade finance agreement signed between the EBRD and the country’s leading lender, the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NBU).
Uzbekistan’s COVID-19 response gets additional financial boost from World Bank The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $200 million in additional development policy financing to support Uzbekistan’s ongoing health, social, and economic policy responses to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
