Goldfajn to Lead IDB
On Sunday, the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) board of governors elected Brazil’s Ilan Goldfajn as the president of the hemisphere’s premier financial institution.
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November 23, 2022
IDB Removes President Mauricio Claver-Carone
On Monday, the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) voted to terminate President Mauricio Claver-Carone, after the IDB’s 14-member executive board unanimously recommended his firing.
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September 30, 2022
B3W and BRI in LAC: Five steps for healthy competition
Earlier this summer, leaders of the G7 launched the Build Back Better World (B3W) partnership, promising to develop high-quality, sustainable, and transparent infrastructure around the world. The U.S. has framed the B3W as a form of “strategic competition with China” and an answer to China’s infamous Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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August 5, 2021
Capitalizing on COVID-19’s digital potential in Latin America
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that the future is digital. As a result, it has highlighted the transformative power of technology for Latin America and the Caribbean, and accelerated its digital transformation, not only in leading start-up markets like Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, but throughout the entire region.
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May 17, 2021
Joe Biden o Donald Trump–Claves e influencias de la contienda electoral
A menos de cien días para las elecciones presidenciales en Estados Unidos, los países latinoamericanos deben prepararse para un posible cambio de gobierno.
Patricio Provitina
August 11, 2020
What way forward for the IDB?
Global Americans and the Canadian Council for the Americas presents a panel on the future of the IDB and its leadership.
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July 29, 2020
Long-term decarbonization strategies can guide Latin America’s sustainable recovery
With the need to confront the short-term COVID-19 pandemic and long-term climate crisis, sustainable recovery strategies can help governments tackle both.
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July 23, 2020
How the U.S. can better balance Chinese investment in infrastructure
The U.S. can both balance Chinese influence and help Latin American governments address environmental and social concerns by investing in the “soft” side of the infrastructure boom.
Max Nathanson
September 10, 2018
Chinese development finance “down but not out” in Latin America
Chinese investment and lending in the region declined last year, in part reflecting skittishness over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela. Despite the drop, Chinese state-to-state finance continues to outstrip the World Bank, IDB and CAF.
Margaret Myers & Kevin P. Gallagher
March 30, 2018