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IDB America
July 2001
Roger Hamilton |
The search for a new kind of government On Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast, local communities embrace the burdens and rewards of autonomy...   |
IDB America
July 2002
Claudia Neira |
Tinki-Pali Pilar Pilar Oporta Rodriguez, community coordinator for Accion Medica Cristiana (Christian Medical Action), is one of the best known and widely appreciated persons in Waspam, a district in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. |
IDB America
October 2005
Charo Quesada |
Languages Saved From Oblivion An IDB Cultural Center program supports efforts to revive the languages and traditions of tiny indigenous groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
IDB America
July 2001
Roger Hamilton |
Simple lives, complex politics Local leaders set aside old rivalries in an effort to get down to solve long-standing problems... |
IDB America
January 2005 |
IDB Supports Maternal and Child Health in Nicaragua's Poorest Municipalities The IDB approved a $30 million soft loan for a program that seeks to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in Nicaragua by expanding access to services such as preventive checkups during pregnancies. |
IDB America
November 2004
Moises Martinez |
A Village Comes Out of the Dark Nicaragua's National Energy Commission's rural electrification plan has begun to give off its first glow, especially in the Miskito indigenous communities near the Rio Coco on the Atlantic Coast. |
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
December 1, 2005
Hall & Patrinos |
Latin America's Indigenous Peoples Despite greater political power, Latin America's indigenous peoples still lag behind in economic and social development. |
IDB America
August 2001
Charo Quesada |
Invisible citizens? Censuses in many Latin American countries omit questions about race, rendering minority groups statistically invisible... |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 19, 2005
Pankaj Ghemawat |
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy The Harvard Business School professor argues that the best international strategy also includes recognition of differences in local markets. This excerpt describes the challenges of designating a meaningful definition of region for your company. |
IDB America
August 2003
Charo Quesada |
From protesters to legislators Once at the margins of Latin America society, indigenous groups are taking their place on the political stage |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000
Roger Hamilton |
Fighter for land and rights It was something unheard of in the town of Dipilto, perhaps the entire department of Nueva Segovia, maybe even in all of Nicaragua. Filomena Gradys was demanding of her husband that they divide their land 50-50... |
CRM
July 2006
Larry Luxner |
A Nearshore Niche in Nicaragua Two new call centers offer bilingual agents, lower operating costs, and closer-to-home comfort to U.S. companies. |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2012
Carmelo Polino |
A warning for Iberoamerican science Very few students consider science as a potential career and even fewer are interested in studying the exact and natural sciences. |
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
March 2003 |
Accountability first A senior IDB manager argues that strong institutions and greater transparency in the management of public resources are the best means of combating corruption |
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. |
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... |
