At the IDB’s annual meeting, Latin American and Caribbean countries request flexible financial instruments to hedge against natural disasters and potential economic downturns.

Goodbye, Montevideo

At the closing of the IDB´s Annual Meeting in Montevideo, representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries raised the need to arm the Bank with flexible financial instruments to help them hedge against natural disasters and possible economic downturns.

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Citizen Security

How some cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are successfully reducing violent crime.

MapAmericas: a new way to see results

New open-data platform makes it easy to measure impact of IDB projects.

More Than Just Maps

MapAmericas is an easy-to-use, collaborative tool that showcases the Inter-American Development Bank's work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Greater resilience against shocks

IDB report says region would only suffer a relatively mild recession if European debt crisis worsens and Chinese economy decelerates.

Senderos Que Se Bifurcan

Según un nuevo informe del BID, América Latina y el Caribe sufriría una recesión relativamente moderada si la crisis de la deuda europea empeora y la economía china se desacelera.