WHAT'S NEW
NEWS RELEASES
- IDB’s Moreno calls on Latin America and the Caribbean to boost financing for SMEs
- 7 innovative ideas to provide greater access to financial services in Latin America and the Caribbean
- IDB approves $9 million to Uruguay to complete sanitation and drainage works in Ciudad de la Costa
IDB IN THE NEWS
- Caribbean Journal: IDB’s Moreno, in Barbados, Calls on Caribbean to Promote SMEs
- Financial Times: Making business out of a drama
- Good.is: Branchless Banks: Financial Innovation that Actually Helps the Poor
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IMPACT
NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADING
Bolivia
New drainage works in La Paz
Construction or repairs of more than 5,400 meters of drainage works being carried out in the Bolivian city of La Paz with IDB support are helping to prevent landslides, erosion, and material and human losses.
SOCIAL PROTECTION
Uruguay
Better health and education
Disadvantaged children and youths are improving their prospects for a better life with the support of an IDB-financed program that is helping to expand access to health, education, and social safety services for low-income families.
AGRICULTURE
Haiti
Improved irrigation boosts crop yields
Farmers in Haiti’s principal agricultural region have increased yields of some staple crops through better irrigation, improved seeds, fertilizers, pest control, and other technologies as the result of the IDB-financed Agricultural Intensification Program.
ANNUAL MEETING
FEATURED EVENTS
- Global Green Growth Forum
Copenhagen, Denmark, October 8–9 - TEDxPanama: ‘1,000 Days for the Future of a Child’
Panama City, Panama, October 10 - VI China-LAC Business Summit
Hangzhou, China, October 17–18