Tag: IDB

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  IDB US$ 1,7bn loan for Uruguay to address the Covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister Azucena Arbeleche confirmed that the Inter American Development Bank had awarded the country a 1,7bn dollars soft loan to address the sanitary, social and economic emergency as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina disputing the presidency of the Inter American Development Bank

  

  Brazil plans to push for its own candidate to lead the Inter-American Development Bank, vying with Argentina for the regional lender’s top job, as President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to capitalize on the political alliance with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  IDB US$ 130m loan to modernize Argentine-Uruguayan bi-national Salto Grande dam and power plant

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved two financing packages worth a total of US$ 130 million in support of a program to modernize the Argentine-Uruguayan bi-national hydroelectric power plant in Salto Grande and a program to boost the competitiveness of the productive and tourism sectors of that region, made up of the departments of Concordia and Federacion in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos and Salto department in Uruguay.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 08:02 UTC

  China will provide 2bn dollars for Latam development projects through IDB

  

  China will provide up top 2 billion dollars for an Inter American Development Bank (IDB) fund, in support of projects for the public and private sector that promoted sustainable growth in the region.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 03:20 UTC

  Latin American investment in China

  

  By R. Viswanathan (*) - During the sixth China - Latin America Business summit in Hangzhou in October 17-18, the Inter American Development Bank (BID) brought out a report on Latin American investment in China.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:52 UTC

  Struggle for education reform in Chile: police arrest 70 students occupying schools

  

  Chilean police stormed on Thursday three schools in the centre of Santiago, overtaken by students for the past week, and arrested 70 young people who were involved in the protests demanding education reform.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 01:12 UTC

  European crisis could reduce Latin America’s growth prospects by 40%

  

  An aggravation of the European crisis could reduce growth prospects in Latin America up to 40%, said the Inter American Development bank president Luis Alberto Moreno, particularly because of the influence of European financial institutions in the influx of capital to the region.

• Monday, May 14th 2012 - 03:49 UTC

  Latam and Asia-Pacific plan closer; bilateral trade expanding 20% annually

  

  Fast-growing trade and investment between the Asia-Pacific area and Latin America and the Caribbean have transformed the two regions into powerful motors for the world economy, with two-way trade hitting 442 billion dollars last year. The time is right to deepen cooperation so as to ensure future growth and prosperity, according to a new study.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 05:43 UTC

  Latam-Asia trade expanding at an annual rateo f 20.5%, reaching 442bn in2011

  

  Trade between Asia and Latin America reached 442 billion dollars in 2011 growing at an annual rate of 20.5% in the last twelve years according to a joint report from the Inter American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:29 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean with the highest rate of homicides in the world, says IDB

  

  President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno urged Latin America and Caribbean governments to learn from and replicate successful experiences in the prevention of crime and violence in the region.