The International Development Association (IDA), a unit of the World Bank, recently agreed to lend USD 15 million to Djibouti for a project intended to: (1) scale up an existing partial guarantee fund to boost mortgage lending to women as well as men; and (2) help residents access loans to buy out their rent-to-own housing contracts. The guarantee portion of the project has a budget of USD 7 million that is scheduled to raise USD 70…
