A slimmer bottle leads to fatter profits
How a small business in Argentina learned to compete with juice industry giants 

A home-grown solution for Latin America’s water crisis

A smoother road
Thanks to an innovative maintenance program, El Salvador’s roads are now among the best in Central America

How to defuse an explosive reform
Firm leadership, financial incentives and luck all played a part in FOVIAL’s success

IDB expands support for private sector
Coordinator discusses new challenges and responses to region’s needs

The productivity marathon
An expert argues that governments should facilitate the growth of ‘clusters’ of private companies serving a single competitive industry

Jump-starting ecotourism in the Brazilian Amazon
Nine Amazonian states join to prove that natural ecosystems can be good economics

A businesswoman with a mission
She showed there’s plenty for a tourist to do in the middle of the forest

Money, and something more
Firms receiving loans
from the Inter-American Investment Corporation often obtain more than they bargained for

How to cultivate entrepreneurs
An IDB study compares what East Asian and Latin American countries do to encourage the creation of new businesses