According to the latest available report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Paraguay has a portfolio of US$1,627.7 million in external financing for infrastructure, sanitation, energy and productive development. The funds are at different stages of processing and administration: they do not represent money already disbursed and should not be interpreted as entirely available for immediate implementation.
Of the total, US$683.7 million corresponds to three operations undergoing legislative approval procedures. A US$300 million contingent liquidity facility from CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, was under review in the Senate. The facility serves as a liquidity reserve, not as a loan tied to a specific project.
Also awaiting Senate review was US$154 million in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for sanitation in the Lake Ypacaraí basin, overseen by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC). A US$229.7 million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Ñeembucú and Misiones integration corridor had been approved by Congress and was awaiting submission to the Executive Branch for enactment. The project includes 154 kilometers of highway and 25.37 kilometers of urban crossings.
Other operations total US$944 million and are at earlier stages of administration. Of that amount, US$340 million is covered by signed contracts: two US$70 million loans, one from the IDB and the other from the European Investment Bank (EIB), to expand high-voltage transmission and strengthen ANDE, Paraguay’s state electricity utility; and US$200 million from the IDB for connectivity and integration in the Western Region as part of the Bioceanic Corridor.
The remaining US$604 million is spread across eight operations whose administration was authorized by decree. These include US$280 million from the World Bank for multimodal logistics in Itapúa; US$100 million from CAF for the second phase of sanitation in four cities in the Eastern Region; and US$100 million from the World Bank, channeled through the Development Finance Agency, for the agroforestry sector.
The other amounts include US$19 million for international integration and trade facilitation programs, US$10 million for business innovation, US$25 million for rehabilitation and modernization of the Acaray Hydroelectric Plant, US$30 million for improving housing for low-income families, and US$40 million for strengthening human capital management. Combined, the identified highway and logistics projects amount to about US$709.7 million — approximately 53.5% of the US$1,327.7 million in operations, excluding the liquidity facility.
In practice, approval of each operation and completion of administrative steps determine when the funds can finance projects. The figures represent operations at different stages, not spending already carried out: the total portfolio should therefore not be mistaken for investment already under way.