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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
March 2002
Charo Quesada |
Planting cultural seeds Small projects stemming from great ideas get support from the IDB Cultural Center... |
IDB America
January 2005
Charo Quesada |
Rediscovering Their Home Town Underprivileged children in Bucaramanga, Colombia, learn about their city's cultural riches. |
IDB America
September 2007
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Outstanding Works by Caribbean Artists The Art Museum of the Americas of the OAS houses the most comprehensive twentieth-century art collection from Latin America and the Caribbean on public display in Washington, D.C. |
IDB America
January 2003 |
Indigenous Peoples: Equal Rights, Equal Respect Indigenous peoples in the Americas are beginning to receive new respect for claims to their rights, their land, and their identity. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Peter Bate |
A college for real life With an annual budget of merely $2 million, the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua is training potential leaders for one of the most disadvantaged regions in one of the most impoverished countries in Central America. |
IDB America
November 2004
Charo Quesada |
An Old Master Inspires New Enthusiasm Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato goes on tour to support the cultural heritage of his country's poorest, most isolated communities. |
Search Engine Watch
June 23, 2010
Michael Bonfils |
Dialects, Diversity and Keyword Research Great tips for improving your ad groups and utilizing linguistic diversity and dialects to expand your list of non-English keywords. |
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
November 2007
Anne Vena |
Art and Culture at the IDB Highlights of events organized by the IDB Cultural Center during the latter half of 2007. |
D-Lib
May 2002
Robert Sullivan |
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights: A Digital Library Context A discussion about the digitization of the creative works of our ancestors... |
IDB America
November 2003
Roger Hamilton |
A century of art and nationhood IDB stages a 100-year retrospective of some of Panama's most celebrated artists |
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
August 2002
Roger Hamilton |
The art of Belize: then and now A new exhibit at the IDB Cultural Center celebrates the country's cultural emergence. |
IDB America
April 2008 |
Government and Business Leaders to Attend IDB Group Annual Meeting Finance ministers, business leaders, civil society representatives and top artists from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate in the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, taking place in Miami, Florida, April 4-8. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2014
Christian Camerota |
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy Organizations that effectively marry language strategy with their global talent management process gain a leg up on the competition, says Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan. |
D-Lib
March 2002
Maurita Peterson Holland |
We Come from around the World and Share Similar Visions Digital technology offers enormous opportunity to encompass global information systems. Should digital library models be applied in venues that have little or no tradition of compiling and sharing knowledge? This article deals with this question by discussing three broad themes... |
D-Lib
March 2002
Karen Worcman |
Digital Division is Cultural Exclusion. But Is Digital Inclusion Cultural Inclusion? This article examines some of issues surrounding digitization of cultural resources and calls attention to certain points that need to be considered when preparing collaborations that will result in projects that effectively serve as forms of social and digital inclusion... |
Search Engine Watch
July 28, 2010
Christian Arno |
Localizing Websites: Why it Pays to Target Countries and Not Languages For your foreign language sites to be effective, they absolutely have to be localized for individual countries. Here's why. |
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
June 2005
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Paradox and Coexistence II Works by leading Latin American artists from the last two decades of the 20 th century are featured in a new exhibition at the IDB Cultural Center Art Gallery. |
IDB America
February 2003
Charo Quesada |
Bearing witness through video A video art competition surveys Latin America's social and economic reality |
IDB America
May 2002
Roger Hamilton |
Faces of Northeastern Brazil Three cultural currents join to produce distinctive folk art |
IDB America
July 2002
Roger Hamilton |
A challenging endeavor An exhibit of Trinidadian art finds meaning in eclecticism. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
Ruth Reynard |
Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction. |
IDB America
June 2007
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
"Guatemala: Past and Future" Mayan traditions meet computer technology in art exhibit at the IDB Cultural Center. |
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. |
IDB America
August 2003
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
`A steaming cup of cultural amalgamation' IDB Cultural Center joins D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to celebrate the Hispanic American Experience |
IDB America
February 2005 |
Latin American Art with Japanese Roots A new exhibit at the IDB celebrates the cultural contribution of Latin American artists of Japanese descent. |
IDB America
July 2005
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
"Guiana 1838" Premieres at IDB Cultural Center In his film "Guiana 1838," first-time Guyanese filmmaker Rohit Jagessar tells the story of Asian Indians who were taken to Guyana after slavery was officially abolished in Britain in 1838. |
IDB America
November 2005
Anne Vena |
Art and Culture at the IDB Highlights of events organized by the IDB Cultural Center during the latter half of 2005: Alieksey Vianna, the prize-winning Brazilian classical guitarist, performed... the Washington Latin American Film Festival... etc. |
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
March 2003
Peter Bate |
More than a loan Community organizations in Mexico's poorest states prove they can prosper with access to credit and technical advice. |
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. |
IDB America
September 2001
Charo Quesada |
The nuances of exclusion Once nearly inaudible, the public debate over the poverty and marginalization of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean is now hard to ignore. It is time for governments to act to eliminate ethnic and racial discrimination... |
IDB America
October 2003
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Stopping the cultural steamroller Brazilian Culture Minister Gilberto Gil celebrates the 'polyphonic planet' |
D-Lib
March 2002
Daniel E. Atkins |
Issues Regarding the Application of Information Technology in Indigenous Communities Only indigenous people can consider their cultural values and decide what is appropriately instantiated in digital media. Only they can determine the degree to which they will participate in information technologies... |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Peter Bate |
Who gains in the Internet age? As it eagerly embraces new technologies, Latin America also worries about competition and a growing digital divide |
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
September 2007
Moreno & Lomborg |
Latin America's Unexamined Priorities Before spending limited resources, Latin American governments should take a hard look at the real costs and benefits of public programs. |
IDB America
August 2001
Charo Quesada |
A tool for development The manager of the IDB's Sustainable Development Department explains the crucial link between census and public policy... |
IDB America
January 2006
Charo Quesada |
How to Professionalize Art In Brazil, the Ze Pereira business incubator has succeeded in bringing local artisans together around a common project, as well as reviving crafts that help preserve Mato Grosso's culture and improve the local quality of life. |
IDB America
January 2004
Roger Hamilton |
Heaven and earth Two surrealistic images of heaven and earth took the top prizes in the First Inter-American Competition and Exhibition of Digital Photography, awarded in January 2004. |
Scientific American
May 2007
Claudio Angelo |
Prime Directive for the Last Americans Saving Amazonia's indigenous peoples means not meeting them, insists Sydney Possuelo -- a policy of noninterference he hopes to extend, even if others hate it. |
IDB America
July 2004
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Intel Was Once a Start-up Latin America's microentrepreneurs deserve more attention---and assistance. These kinds of investments can yield big payoffs for society. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 20, 2014
Kim Girard |
Language Wars Divide Global Companies An increasing number of global firms adopt a primary language for business operations -- usually English. The problem: The practice can surface dormant hostilities around culture and geography, reports Tsedal Neeley. |
IDB America
April 2004
Anne Vena |
From Guitars to Ghost Towns Following is a selection of recent events organized by the IDB Cultural Center at the Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C. |
IDB America
March 2003
Roger Hamilton |
`Pictures that look like us' How an education reform program increases coverage while promoting cultural diversity |
