The following operations were approved in recent weeks by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF):
ARGENTINA
A $250 million IDB loan to clean up pollution, improve environmental management and control flooding in the Matanza-Riachuelo watershed.
BRAZIL
A $76.5 million IDB loan to help improve public services, infrastructure and administration in the city of Porto Alegre.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
An $11 million IDB loan to establish an integrated financial management system that will improve the government's handling of assets and liabilities.
ECUADOR
A $1.1 million MIF grant to support improvements in the country's national highway concession program.
A $706,000 MIF grant to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory framework of savings and loan cooperatives.
EL SALVADOR
A $73.2 million IDB loan to expand and improve basic education through the use of new technologies.
A $20.7 million IDB loan to support the modernization of the national health system and finance two pilot projects that will provide integrated health care services to the poor.
COLOMBIA
A $57 million IDB loan to help reduce crime and prevent violence in major urban centers at both the national and municipal levels.
A $24.3 million IDB loan to help finance a project to improve water and sewage systems in Cartagena.
HAITI
A $440,000 grant to help the Ministry of the Environment create a national integrated coastal management program.
MEXICO
A $1.74 million MIF grant to support training for professionals in financial institutions specialized in providing financial services to microentrepreneurs.
A $960,000 grant to help the Department of the Federal District develop a plan to replenish aquifers serving the capital.
PERU
A $330 million IDB loan to finance the rehabilitation and expansion of a power plant owned by Energía del Sur S.A., a private company. The plant, which will supply electricity to Peru's largest mining region, will be the first independent power project to serve the nation's power grid.
A $1.6 million MIF grant to Cáritas Ayacucho to support tourism development in the department of Ayacucho.
A $1.3 million MIF grant to the Peruvian Bank Association to support a variety of training services with a special emphasis on small business issues.
URUGUAY
A $28 million IDB loan to help finance urban restoration and cultural enhancement of Montevideo's historic La Aguada district.
A $17.5 million IDB loan to help finance a citizen safety program based on public, private and community efforts.
REGIONAL
A $1.3 million MIF grant to support training programs for securities markets regulators in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A $3.25 million IDB grant to support a women's leadership and representation program in Latin America and the Caribbean.