Article: US$150 MLN ADB MICROFINANCE LOAN FOR PAKISTAN'S KHUSHHALI BANK.

KARACHI, Feb 10 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US150 million loan agreement to support Pakistan's poor by providing them small credits, officials said.

Pakistan will get the loan to run Khushhali Bank (Prosperity Bank) under ADB's micro-finance sector development programme. The ADB has immediately released $50 million.

"The Micro-finance Sector Development Programme loan of 150 million dollars is a reflection of international development community' s trust in the anti-poverty measures adopted by ...

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