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CAF Lends $20 Million To BBVA Panama

The Panamanian bank will in turn lend the funds to companies in need of expanding.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Enrique García, executive president of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), stated that “operations such as this show the role that CAF plays in Latin America, strengthening those institutions which foster external trade, working capital and investment in low risk, high value-added sectors”.

García also expressed that “Latin America’s financial sector faces challenges and opportunities. This is why it is assuming and integrating sustainable development principles in all its activities, and why we are interested in strengthening it”.

Source: CAF

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