CENTRAL AMERICA
April 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallCENTRAL American coffee producers are to receive aid worth US$ millions from the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, who have agreed to re-allocate money from rural development budgets worth US$500 million, at the request of local governments, to help coffee-producing areas. The banks made their announcement at a special conference, held in Guatemala, to address the economic crises caused the recent deep falls in coffee process, adding that they would "collaborate with countries in implementing their national strategies to address the ...
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