Disbursement of foreign capital given boost

The Ministry of Finance has sent an official dispatch to ministries, branches, and localities on accelerating the disbursement of foreign capital in 2022. The Ministry said disbursement of ODA and foreign concessional loan capital averaged only 15.48 per cent of the plan in the first eight months of this year, which is rather low. Average disbursement among localities was 11.5 per cent of the plan and among ministries and branches 22.94 per cent. Remarkably, six ministries and eight localities posted distribution rates of 0 per cent of the plan.