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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), is launching a call for research proposals by individual researchers and scholars in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The deadline to submit...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Banca Nacional de Desarrollo, has announced the approval of a loan for $9.3 million to promote private investment in the generation of renewable energy in areas of Colombia that are isolated or not interconnected to the...

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,...

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...

Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are the main driving force behind the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean, their main barrier to growth is a lack of access to resources. The financing gap for SMEs in the region is estimated at between $210 billion and...

According to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Set a New Record High in 2014, the recordbreaking increase in remittances (money transfers) to Latin America reflects...