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World Bank loan to aid indigenous people

March 20, 2017

THE WORLD BANK has loaned Panama $80 million  to assist the indigenous population which forms 12% of the total inhabitants of the country, while 98.4% are in poverty.

According to documents from the Ministry of Government, 90% of  Indians live on less than a dollar a day, considered extreme poverty.

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