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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2016 Call for Proposals of the Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects aimed at resolving shared challenges and seizing opportunities for...

Colombia ‘s mining and energy sector will strengthen the way it makes policy decisions and its administration of information for efficient services, as well as its controls and audit methods, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). An IDB loan of $30...

Colombia will strengthen the quality, efficiency and citizen participation of fiscal controls with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The IDB’s $30 million loan is designed to strengthen the Contraloría General de la Republica, the government...

Colombia will reduce the gap in access to potable water, basic sanitation and electricity services along its Pacific coast with the assistance of a $231.4 loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Pacific coastal region has a population of 1.6 million people, about...

The global law firm Dentons has announced that it will be establishing its first physical presence in Latin America and the Caribbean, with its intent to combine with Colombia’s Cárdenas & Cárdenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS). The announcement follows...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has unveiled the initial results of a new methodology to measure the costs of traffic congestion and improve understanding of how poor traffic mobility affects the economy and productivity of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean....

The Interamerican Development Bank has launched a call to participate in the fifth edition of Demand Solutions: Ideas for Improving Lives, a series of innovation events hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The call for entries will remain open until February 1,...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $500 million loan that will support reforms of Colombia’s financial system and contribute to the economic growth of the country. The reforms are designed to promote an increase in financing for productive development,...

Online learning and workforce development firm Kuepa.com has grown its Colombian presence by taking a majority stake in Colombian language school First Class English, which provides educational programs, test preparation, and exams for the corporate market in Colombia. First...

This week, the city of Medellin held the pre-event kickoff for the upcoming Cities For Life Global Meeting 2015, to take place this August 31 to September 1st in Plaza Mayor, the city’s flagship convention center. Cities for Life will bring more than 40 experts from around the...