Guyana may have to immediately repay US$5m to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for a once-vaunted nutrition programme which the new government says has thrown up conflicting data and accountability problems.
Junior Minister of Finance Jaipaul Sharma yesterday told Stabroek News that the government will be asked to repay the entire IDB loan for the Basic Nutrition Programme.
The ongoing programme, first introduced in 2003 with several extensions including one in 2010, revolved