Kyrgyz Republic, April 18 -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved $121 million in financing for the first phase of the Kyrgyz Republic Water Supply and Sanitation Universal Access Program. This project is cofinanced by a $50 million credit from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); a $20 million credit from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund; a $9 million grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); and a $3.75 million grant from AIIB. The project is part of a broader, multi-phase programmatic approach, with a $400 million financing envelope over the next decade, enabling the Kyrgyz government to provide universal access to and improve the sustainability...