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Sudan welcomes US move to clear $1 bln in arrears to World Bank

  • Many Sudanese are unhappy with what they see as the slow or even negligible pace of change under the transitional government that has struggled to fix an economy in crisis.
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Sudan’s finance ministry said on Wednesday that it welcomed the US Treasury’s move to clear $1billion in Sudanese arrears to the World Bank after its removal from Washington’s list of terrorism sponsors. 
 
The move allows Sudan to access $1.5 billion annually in funds from the International Development Association (IDA), which is an arm of the World Bank. 
 
Sudan’s presence on the list had cut it off from much-needed financial assistance and foreign investment in the midst of an economic crisis marked by shortages in wheat and fuel. 
 
Acting finance minister Heba Ahmed said on Monday that the US Export-Import Bank would also provide guarantees to American investors from the private sector that could initially total $1 billion, after Washington removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. 
 
Ahmed also said US support would extend to the provision of wheat and other commodities over four years. 

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