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IDB drafts two-year Venezuela plan, says electricity and social needs are key

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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn announced that the bank is creating a two-year engagement plan for Venezuela, emphasizing areas such as electricity and social protection. The IDB stopped new loans to Venezuela in May 2018 due to unpaid debts totaling about $2 billion but has missions in the country assessing its current situation and developing strategies for future involvement. Goldfajn did not provide details on addressing Venezuela’s arrears or resuming financing, stating that the focus remains on planning and engagement with Venezuelan officials.

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is developing a two-year engagement plan for Venezuela that focuses on electricity and social protection needs. This initiative comes after the IDB halted new loans to Venezuela in May 2018 due to payment arrears, and it currently has about $2 billion in outstanding Venezuelan loans. During an interview with Reuters, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn stated that they are reengaging by sending missions to assess the country's situation and devise a plan for future engagement without specifying how Venezuela’s debt will be addressed or when new financing might resume. The IDB is the largest development lender in Latin America and the Caribbean with 48 member countries, including 26 borrowing members in the region.

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IDB drafts two-year Venezuela plan, says electricity and social needs are key NEW YORK, Sept 21 - The Inter-American Development Bank is drawing up a two-year engagement plan for Venezuela focused partly on electricity and social protection, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn said on Monday.

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🔮 It stopped making new loans to Venezuela in May 2018 after the country fell behind on payments, and still has about $2 billion in outstanding Venezuelan loans.

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IDB drafts two-year Venezuela plan, says electricity and social needs are key · mixed framing

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Goldfajn → draft → Monday

“We are, of course, reengaging,” Goldfajn told Reuters in an interview. asserted

Goldfajn → reengage → interview

“We have missions to Venezuela, looking at the situation, dealing with the macroeconomic framework, looking at the data and devising an engagement note, a document where we can say this is what we plan to do in the next two years. asserted

we → have → years

The IDB is the largest development lender in Latin America and the Caribbean and has 48 member countries, including 26 borrowing members in the region. asserted

IDB → have → region

It stopped making new loans to Venezuela in May 2018 after the country fell behind on payments, and still has about $2 billion in outstanding Venezuelan loans. uncertain

country → stop → loans

Goldfajn did not say how Venezuela’s arrears would be addressed or when financing could resume. uncertain

financing → say → ?

“We are still in the moment of planning and working with Venezuelans, engaging and going to the missions, and seeing how we can work with them,” he said. asserted

he → plan → them

Asked whether the IDB was preparing its own debt-sustainability analysis for Venezuela, Goldfajn said it was instead concentrating on the country’s macroeconomic framework and requirements across individual sectors. asserted

it → ask → sectors