A regional initiative of the IDB Group helping countries strengthen their resilience to disasters.
Ready and Resilient Americas is an IDB Group regional impact program designed to enhance and boost resilience to disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It uses a collaborative approach that emphasizes governance for prevention and risk reduction, disaster preparedness, and swift responses. Between 2025 and 2030, the IDB plans to provide $10 million in non-reimbursable financing for the program. The program will run from 2025 to 2030.
Three Action Areas
Strengthen the ability to generate information on risk and improve regional knowledge-sharing on disaster-risk management to support resilience and emergency preparedness.
Strengthen coordination mechanisms between countries, subregional networks, international organizations, and the private sector.
Implement innovative financial strategies to enhance resilience and protect against disasters.
Key Regional Challenges our Program is Solving
Countries in the region share disaster-management challenges:
Disaster-risk data is important for guiding investments in resilience. The Ready and Resilient Americas program aims to create public resources to improve national capabilities in risk modeling and facilitate the exchange of technology and knowledge.
When a disaster occurs, timely coordination between local and international agencies and the private sector to mobilize resources is essential to save lives and reduce economic impacts on vulnerable populations. Centralized information about resources and improved coordination would enable a faster and more effective response.
Countries in the region face financial constraints related to disasters and have limited resources for investing in resilience and disaster recovery. A joint agenda provides the opportunity for regional options for innovative financial solutions to invest in resilience, transfer risks, and secure assets.
The IDB has decades of experience helping Latin America and the Caribbean manage disasters, approving $1.1B in risk programs and $4B in loans, with flexible repayment clauses.
The program will use the IDB’s convening power to unite subregional disaster forums like CEPREDENAC, CDEMA, CAPRADE, RMAGIR, and the South American Working Group.
The private sector drives innovation, partners in disaster response, and develops financial solutions to strengthen countries’ resilience and protection.
Recognizing the growing impact of disasters in LAC, country and institution representatives launched Ready and Resilient Americas on March 29, 2025, at the IDB and IDB Invest Annual Meetings in Santiago, Chile.
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