
Moldova in 9 months of 2021, received external state loans totaling $ 187.5 million (equivalent to 3 billion 328.9 million lei), which is $ 180 million (49%) less than the same indicator in 2020.
As noted in the materials of the Ministry of Finance, in the structure of the inflow of external government loans in the form of funds by type of creditors, the largest share belongs to multilateral creditors. In particular, the largest amounts of loans to Moldova in January-September 2021 were transferred by: the International Development Association (IDA) - $ 61.1 million (32.6% of the total), the Council of Europe Development Bank - $ 44.4 million (23.7%), EIB - $ 42.1 million (22.4%), EBRD - $ 22.9 million (12.2%), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - $ 12.8 million (6.9%), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - $ 4.1 million (2.2%), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - $ 0.1 million (0.04%). As for the structure of external loans by directions, out of the total volume for the implementation of projects financed from external sources, $ 145.8 million was received (equivalent to 2 billion 587.3 million lei), or 77.8% of the total amount, and for support state budget - $ 41.7 million (equivalent to 741.6 million lei), which is 22.2% of the total inflow of new external loans.// 24.12.2021 — InfoMarket