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He said, “Following the high over-subscription of $1bn Eurobond issuance, we wish to take advantage of favourable market conditions to issue a Eurobond debt instrument of $500m. This will fund the implementation of the 2016 budget, which is ongoing. Given that the implementation of the 2016 budget is still ongoing, we plan to issue the Eurobond between February and March 2017, subject to market conditions.

“The DBN will provide loans to all sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, services and other industries not currently served by the existing development banks, thereby filling an important gap in the provision of finance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.”