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Standard & Poor’s affirms IDB’s AAA/A-1+ ratings and upgrades SACP to ‘aaa’ from ‘aa+”

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 17:51
Standard & Poor’s has affirmed the Inter-American Development Bank’s ‘AAA’ long-term and ‘A-1+’ short-term issuer credit rating with a stable outlook. Also, following a review under the revised criteria for multilateral lending institutions, the IDB’s stand-alone credit profile was upgraded from ‘aa+’ to ‘aaa’, due to its extremely strong enterprise risk profile and very strong financial risk profile.

The IDB and Mastercard launch a new Resource Center for Digital Transport in Cities

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 11:10
The IDB and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth launch a new Resource Center for Digital Transport  WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new Resource Center for Digital Urban Transport in Latin America has been founded, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

Colombia issues first energy savings insurance policies

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 17:08
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES ACCESS TO POLICIES TO GUARANTEE ENERGY SAVING IN INVESTMENT PROJECTS FOR MORE EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, and in collaboration with BANCOLDEX, Colombia has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to issue energy saving policies under the Energy Savings Insurance Program (ESI) in benefit of five small and medium-si

Eric Parrado appointed as new chief economist for the IDB

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 16:01
The Inter-American Development Bank announced today that starting March 1 Eric Parrado Herrera will take over as the new chief economist and general manager of the IDB’s Research Department. A Chilean national, Parrado is Professor of Economics and Finance at the ESE Business School of Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile, and visiting professor at the University of Oxford and the Central European University. 

The IDB and Microsoft strengthen collaboration to expand transparency through technology

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 19:32
The partnership will extend the MapaInversiones platform throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. MapaInversiones allows citizens to access information regarding public spending as a means of encouraging transparency. In a new phase of collaboration that seeks to promote trust among citizens, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Microsoft have strengthened their partnership to accelerate the expansion of MapaInversiones

Fintech activity in Latin America spreads to 18 countries

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 09:12
1,166 FINTECH VENTURES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AN INCREASE OF 66 PERCENT COMPARED TO 2017 The report Fintech en América Latina 2018: crecimiento y consolidación (Fintech in Latin America 2018: Growth and Consolidation), published today by the Inter-American Development Bank and Finnovista, identified 1,166 financial technology startups (Fintech), a rise of 66% since the first study published by the two organizations in 2017.

Latin American and Caribbean exports rise but at a slower rate

Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 12:13
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean hit their highest level in six years thanks to a 9.9 percent increase in 2018, albeit amid growing downside risks in the future, according to a new report by the Inter-American Development Bank. The region exported $1.08 trillion last year. While this is the highest level since record exports in 2012, the rise fell short of the 12.2 percent growth rate for 2017. The region’s performance also lagged a worldwide trade increase of 11.6 percent for the Jan-Sept period (compared to the same period the previous year).

IDB and CDB to expand the Sustainable Energy Facility (SEF) for the Eastern Caribbean

Monday, December 17, 2018 - 11:21
US$ 85.6 million programme will fund geothermal power and institutional capacity projects in five Eastern Caribbean nations The Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean (SEF-Expanded) is designed to reduce the financial, technical, and institutional barriers to geothermal energy development in five Eastern Caribbean nations.  It will also aid in institutional strengthening and capacity building for those five governments and in partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

Internet of things to improve productivity and sustainability of trout aquaculture in Peru

Friday, December 14, 2018 - 12:58
A US$2 MILLION PROJECT WILL IMPROVE AQUACULTURE PRODUCERS' PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME IN LAKE TITICACA IN PERU WHILE IMPROVING ITS SUSTAINABILITY IDB Lab, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group’s innovation laboratory, approved over US$2 million funding to support a project that will allow local small and medium-scale aquaculture producers in Lake Titicaca (Peru) to incorporate the benefits of Internet of Things (IoT) in trout farming.

IDB supports program in Paraguay to modernize the Acaray hydroelectric power plant

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 16:44
Plan will extend the working life of the only wholly state-owned dam in Paraguay and boost its availability, reliability and generating capacity   The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved $125 million in financing requested by Paraguay in support of a program to upgrade and modernize Acaray, the country's only 100 percent state-owned hydroelectric power plant, which was built with IDB support and is almost 50 years old.