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IDB America
September 2003
Marcelo Antinori |
Plan Puebla-Panama: myths and reality Plan Puebla-Panama is a regional integration initiative that promotes cooperation among the eight Mesoamerican countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. It's the subject of many outlandish stories that should be debunked.   |
IDB America
December 2001 |
IDB funds Central American regional electricity system At an estimated total cost of $320.3 million, the SIEPAC project will develop Central America's first regional power grid and establish a regional wholesale electricity market including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Alfred Schipke |
Building on CAFTA How the free trade pact can help foster Central America's economic integration. |
IDB America
August 2001
Peter Bate |
A new vision for Mesoamerica From Mexico to Panama, seven countries embark on an effort to integrate their infrastructures under the Puebla-Panama Plan. |
IDB America
August 2005 |
"A Bigger, More Creative, More Efficient Bank..." After 17 years as IDB president, Enrique V. Iglesias offers an assessment of the Bank's performance and reflects on Latin America's uneven economic progress. |
IDB America
October 2006 |
Optimism on Energy IDB president envisions a future in which Latin America provides energy security and stability to the Western Hemisphere. |
IDB America
March 2002
Charo Quesada |
Not-so-natural disasters Instead of simply waiting for the next catastrophe, several Latin American governments are focusing on prevention and education... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Leonardo Cardemil, Juan Carlos Di Tata, & Florencia Frantischek |
Central America: Adjustment and Reforms in the 1990s Following a weak performance in the 1980s, the Central American economies experienced a turnaround in the 1990s as they adopted improved policies within a more stable political environment. Now, how can they best maintain macroeconomic stability, continue structural reforms, and strengthen social policies to maximize rates of economic growth and reduce the incidence of poverty? |
IDB America
October 2001
Charo Quesada |
Chronicle of a drought foretold The social and economic costs of the drought that ravaged Central America could have been diminished with proper policies... |
IDB America
March 2003 |
Support in a time of crisis A senior IDB manager calls for greater equity in development |
IDB America
July 2005 |
Luis Alberto Moreno elected president of the IDB Colombian diplomat and former minister of economic development Luis Alberto Moreno was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank on July 27, 2005. |
IDB America
August 2003 |
IDB reactivates Haiti program, honors hero The Board of Directors of the IDB in July announced agreements with the Government of Haiti that cleared the way for reactivating four investment loans totaling $145.9 million. |
IDB America
December 2001
Peter Bate |
The productivity puzzle A new IDB study examines why Latin America's companies find it so hard to compete with those from other regions |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Alicia Barcena |
Spreading the Wealth Poverty and inequality have declined in Latin America in recent years, but there is a lot more to do. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Saavedra & Arias |
Stuck in a Rut Avenues for combating persistent poverty and inequality in Latin America. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Roger Hamilton |
Donors debate debt relief proposals Capital increase for Investment Corporation also finalized at Bank's New Orleans annual meeting |
IDB America
January 2004 |
IDB finances road improvements in Nicaragua The IDB has approved a $40 million soft loan to support a roads project in northwestern Nicaragua that includes key corridors for Plan Puebla-Panama. |
IDB America
May 2005 |
IDB President Enrique V. Iglesias Announces His Resignation After working at the Bank for more than 17 years, Iglesias said that it was time to pass its leadership to new hands, thus enabling a new generation to continue contributing fresh ideas to the Bank's goals. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Nicolas Eyzaguirre |
Sustaining Latin America's Transformation Building on recent successes, Latin America now has a chance to raise its profile in the global marketplace. |
IDB America
April 2008
Paul Constance |
Private Capital Drives a Green Energy Boom Inter-American Development Bank funds leverage investments in ethanol, biodiesel, wind, solar, hydroelectric and tidal energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000 |
Latest Approvals The following operations were approved in recent weeks by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)... |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Anoop Singh |
Asia Leading the Way Asia is moving into a leadership role in the world economy. |
IDB America
June 2001
Charo Quesada |
From rhetoric to results A senior IDB official explains how the Bank will help carry out the goals of the Quebec Summit... |
IDB America
March 2002 |
Leadership in disaster prevention Between 1996 and 2000 the IDB invested more than $1.5 billion in reconstruction programs to repair the damages caused by natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean... |
IDB America
January 2006 |
The Elusive Quest for Equality Growth indices in Latin America are on the rise, education and health are improving, exports are climbing, institutions are becoming more democratic -- but poverty and inequality indicators refuse to budge. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Singh & Collyns |
Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth. |
IDB America
October 2004
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Solving the Competitiveness Conundrum The IDB is proud of the role it has played in promoting administrative, financial and judicial reform in its Latin American member countries, both through the Bank's lending programs and in the many innovative initiatives taken by its Multilateral Investment Fund. |
CRM
August 1, 2005
Coreen Bailor |
A Glimpse at DR-CAFTA The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) is a heavily debated topic, but some CRM industry pundits contend that it could have little effect on outsourcing. |
IDB America
April 2003
Daniel Drosdoff |
A region's rising prospects The Central American Bank for Economic Integration is growing apace with its members' economies |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005 |
CAFTA-DR: A Who's Who An overview of six countries involved in the Central American Free Trade Agreement. |
IDB America
May 2005
Charo Quesada |
Every Reform Has Winners---and Losers An expert on modernization of the state reflects on the challenge of improving Latin America's political systems. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000 |
Economic growth and social equity Mexican finance secretary Jose Angel Gurria shows that economic efficiency and social efficiency can be achieved simultaneously... |
IDB America
June 2001
Peter Bate |
IDB to help countries get set for trade pact At Summit of the Americas, Bank reaffirmed support for efforts to combat poverty and strengthen democracy... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Zeti Akhtar Aziz |
Asia's Decade of Transformation The Asian crisis 10 years ago marked not a halt, but the start of a greater role for Asia in the global economy. Since the 1997 crisis, Asian countries have seized the opportunity to undertake significant restructuring and reforms and to strengthen the dynamism and resilience of their economies. |
IDB America
December 2002 |
IDB supports sustainable development in Panama The IDB has approved financing of $15.2 million for the first of two phases of a $46.9 million program to promote sustainable development in the Bocas del Toro region of Panama. |
IDB America
June 2007
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
"Guatemala: Past and Future" Mayan traditions meet computer technology in art exhibit at the IDB Cultural Center. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Arminio Fraga |
A Fork in the Road Latin America faces a choice between populism and deeper reform. |
IDB America
May 2002 |
Healing with Hope Pamphlet series highlights strategies to fight domestic violence |
IDB America
October 2002
Paul Constance |
The integration imperative The IDB's new report on social and economic progress in Latin America argues that regional integration is more relevant -- and more urgent -- than ever. |
IDB America
March 2003 |
The challenge of unity Ciro de Falco is manager of Regional Operations Department 3, which includes the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean, Suriname, and the Andean nations of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. He discussed with IDB in Action his ideas on development. |
IDB America
February 2004
Peter Bate |
A bigger development bang How a small training and technical assistance fund helps poor communities in Central America to multiply the impact of IDB projects |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Gazette Environmental Group Honors IDB... Italy Considers MIF Support Fund... |
IDB America
August 2001
Charo Quesada |
Invisible citizens? Censuses in many Latin American countries omit questions about race, rendering minority groups statistically invisible... |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Paul Constance |
From black box to glass house Seminar on transparency and development reveals strategies for combating corruption |
IDB America
September 2001
K. Burke Dillon |
Social exclusion: Is there a role for the IDB? IDB executive vice president K. Burke Dillon recently spoke about the IDB's commitment to social equity and inclusion... |
IDB America
April 2008
Paul Constance |
Latin America's Choice Brazil proves that voluntary changes in behavior, combined with modest investments in energy-saving equipment, can produce huge savings without compromising human welfare or economic growth. |
IDB America
March 2002 |
IDB supports modernization of Chilean Comptroller General The IDB has approved a $15 million loan to Chile to support the modernization of the office of the Comptroller General, a body with critical state auditing and accounting functions... |
Inc.
July 2005
Darren Dahl |
It's Son of Nafta! If it is ratified, the Central America Free Trade Agreement will eliminate duties on trade between the U.S. and six Central American nations. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Conny Lotze |
Economics with a Social Face An interview with development economist Nora Lustig, long-time advocate of employing social policies in the battle against poverty, on the need to focus on systemic problems that keep the poor and disadvantaged from advancing economically and the economies from realizing their full potential. |
Sports Central
June 14, 2007
Kevin Beane |
The Gold Cup is Golden There is plenty of meaningful, enjoyable soccer played in-between World Cups at the international level |
