Finance Ministers of more than 30 countries and high officials of multilateral organizations to meet Oct. 11 at the IDB

October 04, 2017
Finance ministers from 34 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean are expected to attend a high-level meeting on October 11 with executives of the Inter-American Development (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to discuss policy options for financial inclusion and regional trade integration. Argentine Finance Minister Luis Andrés Caputo will chair the Ninth Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, which will be held at the IDB’s headquarters.

Paraguay to finance construction and access to housing with IDB support

December 07, 2016
Plan will broaden housing loans for the emerging middle class and finance developers of multi-family projects Paraguay will facilitate financing for construction and access to housing with the help of a $30 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Advances in financial inclusion will be the focus of Foromic in Chile

October 02, 2015
Region´s largest event on microfinance and entrepreneurship to be held October 26-28 with 1,200 participants from more than 40 countries The Inter-American Microenterprise Forum (Foromic), the largest annual event related to microfinance and entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean, will be held in Santiago, Chile, from October 26 to 28.

Fiscal adjustments for productivity and social inclusion foreseen for Latin America and the Caribbean

March 29, 2015
BUSAN, Korea – Many Latin American and Caribbean countries need to make budget adjustments in the face of rising fiscal imbalances and higher financial risks, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s annual macroeconomic report issued today.

IDB and European Investment Bank establish facilities to support internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises

October 27, 2014
Loans will support trade and investment of SMEs in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today announced the creation of two facilities that will finance the international expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. EIB President Werner Hoyer and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno signed a document in Cologne to formalize the agreement.

Brazilian state of Alagoas to develop tourism and encourage fiscal sustainability and investment with support from IDB

November 14, 2013
Loan of $250 million will also contribute to increasing access to water, sanitation and tourism routes Alagoas, a state in the northeast of Brazil, will receive a $250 loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to increase tourism's contribution as a source of economic development and enhance fiscal sustainability. 

IDB approves $153 million in loans to set up IDB-China Eximbank Equity Investment Platform

November 29, 2012
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved as much as $153 million in loans for the establishment of a new equity investment platform for Latin America and the Caribbean in partnership with the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim).

Guatemala to strengthen fiscal management with IDB financing

August 31, 2012
The program will support reforms to generate more tax revenues and regulate national and municipal debt Guatemala will receive $237.2 million in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to consolidate fiscal management and sustainability by supporting reforms that will help increase tax revenues, strengthen tax administration, and regulate national and municipal debt.

Costa Rica’s Banco BAC San José to expand mortgage lending and credit to SMEs with IDB support

June 28, 2012
Banco BAC San José S.A., Costa Rica’s largest private bank, will get a loan of as much as $40 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to expand mortgage financing and lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

IDB supports innovative rent-to-own pilot housing program in Nicaragua

May 17, 2012
The loan will finance a pilot program to expand mortgage lending for low-income, informally employed Nicaraguans The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today approved a $10 million loan to Banco de Finanzas S.A. (BDF), a leading commercial bank in Nicaragua, to finance a pilot housing project that will pave the way for low-income families working in the informal sector to get access to mortgage financing.