03-17-2005, 02:31 AM
Interesting funding source..
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&...d=1&m=12&y=2004
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->IDB Board Approves 5-Year Strategic Plan
Habib Shaikh ⢠Arab News
JEDDAH, 1 December 2004 â The 227th session of the Board of Executive Directors (BED) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) that concluded at the bank headquarters here on Monday approved the five-year strategic plan of the IDB Group and the implementation of nearly $1.3 billion toward project financing and trade operations.
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The highest amount â $285,000 â under the IDB Waqf Fund goes to Alberta in Canada, followed by Ukraine ($275,000), Bangkok City, Thailand ($245,000), Kaduna, in Nigeria and Massawa in Eritrea ($235,000 each), Cape Town, South Africa ($220,000), Orenburg Province in the Russian Federation ($210,000), Mandera, North Eastern Province of Kenya ($195,000), and <b>Uttar Pradesh state in India ($150,000)</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&...d=1&m=12&y=2004
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->IDB Board Approves 5-Year Strategic Plan
Habib Shaikh ⢠Arab News
JEDDAH, 1 December 2004 â The 227th session of the Board of Executive Directors (BED) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) that concluded at the bank headquarters here on Monday approved the five-year strategic plan of the IDB Group and the implementation of nearly $1.3 billion toward project financing and trade operations.
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The highest amount â $285,000 â under the IDB Waqf Fund goes to Alberta in Canada, followed by Ukraine ($275,000), Bangkok City, Thailand ($245,000), Kaduna, in Nigeria and Massawa in Eritrea ($235,000 each), Cape Town, South Africa ($220,000), Orenburg Province in the Russian Federation ($210,000), Mandera, North Eastern Province of Kenya ($195,000), and <b>Uttar Pradesh state in India ($150,000)</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->