Uruguay

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• IDB to co-host Geotourism Summit along with National Geographic and Ashoka

  FOMIN, the investment fund of the Inter-American Development Bank, in partnership with National Geographic Society (NGS) and Ashoka’s Changemakers, will host an event to promote new business ideas for tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on public-private partnerships.

• The IDB and Microsoft Research invest US$250,000 on five Latin American scientific research proposals

  The Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research (LACCIR) Virtual Institute announced the five winning research proposals, presented by academic researchers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay, chosen to receive funds from a US$250,000 grant provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Microsoft Research.

• Uruguay to expand laptop availability for students with IDB assistance

  The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $6 million loan to support the consolidation at primary level and expansion into secondary education of Uruguay's Plan CEIBAL, which has provided students and teachers at all grammar schools with 380,000 portable computers.

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