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Empowering Local Governments

A new initiative will enable cities, states, and regions to directly tap into a $1 billion financing line for development projects.

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Advancing Strategic Reforms

The IDB and OECD are deepening their collaboration to support Latin American and Caribbean countries on their path to OECD membership and drive forward essential economic and institutional reforms.

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Ecuador Tackles Organized Crime

New IDB loan will strengthen the country’s institutional capacity to prevent and tackle criminal violence and illicit financial flows.

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IDB and Education Above All Foundation Renew Partnership to Advance Education, Economic Growth
SEVILLE – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Education Above All (EAA) Foundation signed a new agreement to strengthen collaboration and explore new areas of joint work in education, skills development, and economic empowerment, including employment and self-employment initiatives. The...
IDB and CEB Sign First-Ever Non-U.S.-Dollar Exposure Exchange Agreement for €500 million to Scale Development Financing
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) signed today in Paris, in the margins of the meeting of the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group, a landmark €500 million Exposure Exchange Agreement (EEA). This is the first transaction...
Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Commit to Strong Joint Action on Development Priorities
Joint Statement PARIS – The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) met today in Paris, hosted by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), which currently chairs the Heads of MDBs Group. The meeting focused on advancing their joint efforts to address  development priorities.Amid rising...
IDB Approves $2 Billion Credit Line to Strengthen Fiscal Management in Brazil
WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a conditional credit line of $2 billion to support the third phase of the Fiscal Management Modernization Program in Brazil, known as PROFISCO III. This initiative seeks to facilitate and strengthen tax compliance and enhance fiscal...
IDB and OECD Join Forces to Support Latin America and Caribbean Countries on Path to OECD Membership
PARIS — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) signed an agreement to strengthen support for countries seeking OECD membership and help other nations align with OECD standards as they pursue key economic and institutional...
IDB Approves $400 million Loan to Strengthen the State's Prevention and Response to Organized Crime in Ecuador
WASHINGTON—The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $400 million loan to Ecuador to strengthen the country’s institutional capacity to prevent and tackle criminal violence and illicit financial flows. This programmatic policy-based loan addresses growing insecurity in a country where...
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Presidente del BID visita Panamá y expresa respaldo en financiamiento para la inversión público-privada

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