Thursday, July 23, 2015

Bisri Dam funding deadline extended. This exceptional measure is also

Lebanon’s last chance for this funding


The World Bank has extended Lebanon's deadline for parliamentary approval of a $474 million loan for the construction of Bisri Dam to December 31.

World Bank Middle East Director, Ferid Belhaj, said that he received a request for the extension from Finance Minister, Ali Hassan Khalil, a few days before the original deadline of July 20 had expired.

"This would be the first and last extension granted to Lebanon," said Belhaj. The loan needs to be ratified by Parliament, which has...

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