Mottley: Why IMF Terms Secrecy?
July 31, 2010 Leave a comment
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley wants to know why the fact that Barbados will not earn a loan from the World Bank unless it enters into an International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement was hidden from the entire population until Thursday night. 
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