Costa Rica: Development Banking Loans $22 Million in January

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These easy credits were awarded to 1.593 companies, mostly micro-companies (91%), but also small (8%) and medium (1%).

An article in Prensalibre.cr explains that Agriculture received most of the funds (52%), followed by commerce (27%), services (17%) and industry (4%).

The average loan is $20.000, and corresponds to 62% of the total requested by each company.

Source: prensalibre.co.cr

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