Providing loans to public health authorities

In thirty-three years of operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has made 285 loans for US$7,400 million to finance environmental and public health projects costing a total of $15,300 million. Large loans in 1993 include among others, $42 million for a health care reform programme in Panama, and $68 million to strengthen Peruvian health services.

1. Resourcing public health
2. Providing public health services
3. Providing loans

1. Reducing uncertainty of development programmes due to short-term loans

1. Freeing up availability of loans
2. Assessing cost and benefits of different development policies for human and environmental health

1. Health