Jamaica and the IDB

	Basic Data

	Prime Minister Bruce Golding

	Population 2.7 million (2007)**

	Total area 4,242 sq miles*

	Currency Dollar (US$ 1 = 72.73)

	Source: World Bank and CIA Factbook**

10 Years of Lending and Disbursements
US$ million

Projects Approved (as of 09/30/2008)
	Current Year		Cumulative
	Number	Amount	Number	Amount
Loans	2	$40.0	97	$1,732.8
Grants	6	$2.3	192	$58.0
Investments	0	$0.0	0	$0.0
Guarantees	0	$0.0	0	$0.0
Amounts in US$ million. Social Entrepreneurship Program not included

Highlights
Press Release	Andean countries boast best business climate for microfinance, according to index Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador top a table of 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean ranked by their conditions for the development of microfinance.
	Jamaica will modernize its Road Transportation System Jamaica will restore its road transportation system damaged by storms with support from a US$50 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. The...
Announcements	IDB issues first TFFP guarantees in Jamaica for First Global Bank, Ltd. The Structured and Corporate Finance Department of the IDB announced the closing of its first transactions in Jamaica with First Global Bank, Ltd. under the IDB’s Trade Finance Facilitation Program...
Press Release	IDB Cultural Center supports cultural development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank’s Cultural Center will award grants of US$3,000 and US$7,000 to 45 small-scale cultural development projects in 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean....