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AfDB expands local currency offering

01 September 2006

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a policy framework for providing loans denominated in the currencies of its regional member countries. The framework provides the basis on which decisions will be made from time to time to designate any particular currencies as lending currencies.

The main rationale for the provision of financing in local currency is to reduce the exposure of borrowers to foreign exchange risk, particularly as many...


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