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WASHINGTON – The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved $750 million in financing to expand the coverage of social programs for vulnerable Uruguayan households with children and adolescents and improve their access to benefits. The project is expected to benefit more than 410,000 children and adolescents up to age 17, aims to increase social program coverage among economically vulnerable children and adolescents from 82.4% to 85.6%, and reduce the time to process a benefit application from 67 to 30 days. The operation will also strengthen

WASHINGTON – The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $900 million operation to strengthen Argentina’s social protection system through the Human Capital Strengthening Support Program, which aims to help students stay in school and expand access to employment opportunities in Argentina. The program will benefit households representing 3.8 million children and adolescents who receive the Universal Child Allowance (AUH) while financing up to 500,000 job training opportunities for unemployed adults, informal workers, and low-income individuals. The

IDB guarantee to support Barbados' efforts to strengthen the resilience of its health system under Multi-Guarantor Debt for Resilience Initiative.

WASHINGTON — Latin America and the Caribbean needs approximately $170 billion annually to conserve its biodiversity and restore its ecosystems, according to a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). At current financing flows, the estimated annual financing gap is nearly $153 billion, equivalent to approximately 2.1% of regional GDP. The new joint report, The Biodiversity Financing Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean: Needs, Flows, and Mobilization Strategies Toward 2030, provides the first comprehensive

Pernambuco will strengthen its capacity to plan, manage, and oversee public resources under Profisco III.

The IDB’s Better Jobs Index 2026 shows gains in labor income, while informality and gaps affecting young people in particular continue to limit access to better jobs.

WASHINGTON – The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $128.48 million financing package to improve water security in Ecuador and strengthen the capacity of Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador B.P. (BDE B.P.) to mobilize capital. The package consists of a $120 million multiple works investment loan, as well as a $4.76 million loan and a $3.72 million grant from the Green Climate Fund to strengthen water resilience in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The program is aligned with Amazonia Forever, the IDB Group initiative that promotes sustainable development and

WASHINGTON — The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $200 million investment guarantee to increase electricity transmission capacity in Argentina and improve the country’s power supply. The operation will support the AMBA I and Puerto Madryn-Choele, Choele-Bahía Blanca projects, two strategic infrastructure projects aimed at expanding transmission capacity and strengthening Argentina’s Interconnected System (SADI). The IDB guarantee will help reduce risks for investors and mobilize private capital toward long-term investments in strategic

PANAMA CITY – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the Latin America and the Caribbean Investment Promotion and Facilitation Network, a new platform aimed at facilitating the exchange of information and experiences among countries and strengthening cooperation and promotion efforts to attract more foreign investment to the region.

IDB approves $31.9 million in financing to help Ecuador expand and modernize legal defense services, benefiting approximately 2.3 million people.