Tag: Ilan Goldfajn

• Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Milei tells IDB his government's achievements had to overcome a social justice mentality

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei highlighted Friday during his speech at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) headquarters in Washington DC that his administration's economic “achievements” had been attained despite the concept of “social justice” wielded under previous governments, which - in his view - is an “aberration.”

• Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:15 UTC

  Cost of Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean equivalent to 78% of public budget for education

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study shows. The direct costs of crime and violence in Latin America reached 3.44% of the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, mostly unchanged from a previous IDB study published in 2017. 

• Monday, October 14th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

  IDB announces loans for Argentina

  

  Argentina's administration of President Javier Milei will be receiving loans worth US$ 3.8 billion from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), it was reported during the weekend. These funds will be allocated to various projects, energy subsidies, and social plans, it was explained.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 18:43 UTC

  IMF and IDB to boost Paraguay's sustainable development initiatives

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this week in Asunción an increase in cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean countries regarding environmental initiatives and sustainable development.

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Massive aid promised to Rio Grande do Sul to overcome floods of biblical proportions

  

  The Inter American Development Bank, IDB, has announced a package of emergency measures, plus humanitarian aid and special credits for rebuilding infrastructure in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul currently suffering from the worst floods in a century, with hundreds dead and disappeared, and over a million of the eleven million population forcibly displaced.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Caribbean countries: a big player in many crucial areas, IDB says

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group concluded after its XII Annual Consultation meeting with Governors of IDB Caribbean members on Feb. 23 and 24 in Georgetown that the Caribbean might be small in size but is nonetheless a “big player” in many crucial areas, it was reported from the Guyanese capital.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  IDB will continue to support Argentina

  

  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn said his entity “has supported Argentina for many years and decades and will continue to” do so after President Javier Milei's administration adopted a series of measures he found to be “strong.”

• Monday, March 20th 2023 - 15:50 UTC

  IDB forecasts gloomy 2023 for Latin America, Caribbean

  

  The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has issued a report forecasting growth for the region in 2023 will barely stand at 1%, much lower than similar studies from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

• Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 09:05 UTC

  IMF picks former Chilean Minister to replace Goldfajn

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Tuesday announced that Chilean Economist Minister Rodrigo Valdés had been chosen to succeed the Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn as Regional Director of the global agency. Goldfajn left his post to become President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Goldfajn chosen new IDB boss

  

  Brazil's Ilan Goldfajn was elected Sunday as the new head of the Interamerican Development Bank (BID), it was reported in Washington DC.