Don't miss some of the most relevant videos about the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, here you will find news videos about social inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean, the role youth play in the development of their communities, and complete coverage of the inaugural and closing sessions of the meeting.
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Inaugural session
The Inter-American Development Bank, in Guatemala City, opened its 48th annual meeting with a strong emphasis on two crucial issues, social inclusion and global warming.
Some 45 hundred people, including the presidents or prime ministers of five countries, the Banks governors and other dignitaries, gathered in the Central American capital to participate in the event.
IDBs President Luis Alberto Moreno restated the Banks commitment to end poverty, which affects more than 200 million people in the region.
March 20, 2007
Plenary Sessions
Governors presentations during the 48th Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Guatemala City. March 19 -20, 2007
Inter-American Investment Corporation Annual Report
The Inter-American Investment Corporation, an entity affiliated to the Inter-American Development Bank, was created to help small and medium-size companies reach what in almost every instance is a chimera, local credit.
This year, the Corporation has reasons to celebrate after having announced its most successful exercise in Guatemala City, where the IADB is holding its annual meeting.
March 20, 2007
Renewable Energy
Latin American and the Caribbean are changing their energy priorities and paying close attention to energy sources that are clean and renewable. The IADB considers climate change one of the greatest challenges of our era and has already put in place mechanisms to help the region tackle this problem.
March 16, 2007
Youth: partnership and integration
Two new partnerships made by the IDB promote education for Latin Americas youth.
March 16, 2007
Social exclusion
Even though Latin America is passing its macroeconomic aspects of development with flying colors, the region keeps failing its social inclusion grades. Experts from throughout the hemisphere, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Mench, are taking on this challenge with a whole array of suggestions.
March 16, 2007
International Volunteer day in Lim n
International Volunteer day is celebrated in one of the poorest communities in Guatemala, that has done the unthinkable: build a school with its bare hands.
March 17, 2007
IDB Art
Guatemala Past and Future is an exhibit that bridges old and new, showcasing art and architecture from its past and recreating it with an eye on the future.
March 16, 2007
WAL-MART LABRADORES MAYA
The agricultural cooperative Labradores Mayas and the Wal-Mart Corporation turn their necessities and potentials into a symbiotic commercial venture with a brilliant future.
March 16, 2007
Scene setter for the 48th Annual Meeting
Some 4,500 people are converging in Guatemala City to participate in the 48th annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank.
March 16, 2007
Kiej of the Woods
NGO enables indigenous groups to commercialize their products.
March 15, 2007
Partner in progress for Latin America and the Caribbean
A brief piece about the history of the IDB and its relationship with its member countries.
March 14, 2007
About the Meeting
