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IDB Group will meet with the Civil Society representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean in Bolivia
October 10, 2017
Event will be in Santa Cruz from November 8-9 and will examine topics on innovation sustainable development in the region
***The event will be transmitted via Livestream***
Representatives of the civil society organizations from 26 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Bolivia on November 8-9 to host the XVII Annual Meeting of the IDB Group-Civil Society.
Civil society representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean to meet with the IDB Group to discuss sustainable growth
November 03, 2016
Gathering organized by the Inter-American Development Bank in the Dominican Republic Nov. 8-9 will examine climate change, gender and security, road safety and public health, as well as tax policy
***The event will be transmitted live via Livestream ***
Inter-American Development Bank to hold Annual Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas
February 11, 2016
Online media registration is now available for April 7–10 gathering of Latin American and Caribbean leaders
Spotlight on economic challenges, private sector opportunities, urban development, global economic challenges, disaster management
The Inter-American Development Bank Group will hold its Annual Mee
Innovative community participation supports program to fight environmental degradation of Brazil’s Atlantic forest
April 25, 2011
IDB helps promote conservation and provide better housing conditions for more than 8,000 families, many of them living in high-risk hillsides in Serra do Mar
A $470 million project backed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is seeking to protect what is left of the Atlantic forest while ensuring better livelihoods for the local communities. One of the key components of the project is to move residents to safer areas.
The IDB in Brazil at a glance
April 25, 2011
Highlights: support for the World Cup cities, environmental conservation, and infrastructure
Brazil is one of the IDB’s founding member countries. Since 1961, the Bank has approved $40 billion in loans and guarantees for Brazil that have helped fund projects costing more than $110 billion. These projects, in the areas of infrastructure, environment, institutional strengthening, and poverty reduction, have been carried out in close cooperation with all levels of government, civil society, and the private sector.
IDB invites feedback on new project impact mechanism for communities
May 06, 2009
The Inter-American Development Bank today unveiled its new proposed Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM)—the process through which affected communities can voice concerns about an IDB project.
The ICIM is a draft proposal, which is open to public consultation for civil society groups and other actors to express their suggestions and provide feedback. The idea is to enhance and speed up the investigation process of external allegations.
The IDB, a partner of Colombia in development
March 17, 2009
Since the mid-1990s the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has been the leading source of multilateral financing for Colombia. Over the last 50 years, the IDB has approved more than US$14.8 billion in loans and non-refundable technical cooperation projects for Colombia.
Throughout its history, the IDB has supported the Colombian government and private sector in key development areas such as infrastructure, state modernization and reform, small and medium enterprise, agriculture, energy, climate change and environmental protection.
Racial and ethnic disparities in health in Latin America
May 03, 2005
Are Afro-descendants and indigenous peoples in better or worse health than Latin Americans of European descent? Four new studies on race, ethnicity and health in Latin America produced some unexpected and sometimes contradictory results.
In poor rural villages in Mexico, for instance, indigenous groups report being in better health than non-indigenous groups, said Ashu Handa, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He took data from the PROGRESA cash transfer program for the poor and compared it with the National Health Survey findings.
Feedback sought on new IDB Environment and Safeguards Policy
November 22, 2004
The IDB is developing its Environment and Safeguards Compliance Policy. The goal of the new policy is to help advance the Bank's mission for promoting sustainable development and reducing poverty across the Latin American and Caribbean region. The specific objectives of the policy are to maximize development benefits and environmental sustainability outcomes in Bank operations and activities; to manage risks to ensure that all Bank operations and activities are environmentally viable, and to improve and promote corporate environmental responsibility within the Bank.
Profile of the young Latin American entrepreneur
July 26, 2004
They belong to the middle class, have university degrees and on average begin to think about being entrepreneurs at 25, but they do not open their first company until about 5 years later. These are the characteristics that define the young Latin American entrepreneurs, according to a recent study by the Inter-American Development Bank that is the subject of the book Desarrollo Emprendedor (published in Spanish and available in English in the fall).