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Nicaragua Using Nearly $40 Million Loan to Improve Transportation System
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nicaragua will improve the efficiency and safety of its transportation system and advance regional integration with a $39.2 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
IDB to Support Medium-size Companies in Latin America
November 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, announced that the Bank will provide financing and technical advice to medium-size enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean seeking to establish or expand international operations. continue reading »
IDB Loan Will Support the Productive Community Secondary Education Model in Bolivia
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan for $40 million to finance the 2010 “Avelino Siñani-Elizardo Pérez” Education Law in Bolivia, which requires that secondary education be obligatory and that it follow a humanistic and technical model, among other things. continue reading »
Costa Rica to Improve Education Infrastructure with $167M Loan
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Costa Rica will improve the physical conditions of educational infrastructure, the learning environment, and the efficiency in elmentary and secondary schools with a $167 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
IDB Loan To Improve the Quality of Human Resource Training in Colombia
November 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $100 million loan to the government of Colombia to reform its human capital formation system. The program aims to improve the quality and relevance of human resource training as a means of raising productivity and labor qualifications in the country. continue reading »
IDB Loan Will Improve 1.7 Million Nicaraguans’ Quality of Life
November 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $35 million loan to improve electricity service in Nicaragua, the third part for the National Sustainable Electrification and Renewable Energy Program (PNESER, the Spanish acronym). continue reading »
STUDY: LatAm Women are Better Educated but Lower Paid
October 21, 2012 | by Inter-American Development Bank | Latino Daily News
Despite recent gains, the wage gap between men and women in Latin America still prevails, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study entitled “New Century, Old Disparities,” which compares surveys of representative households in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries. continue reading »
Ecuador Receives $100M Credit to Improve Housing in Poor Communities
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A $100 million credit from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help more than 16,000 poor households build better and more secure houses in Ecuador. continue reading »
IDB Finances Program to Improve Labor Force Productivity in El Salvador
October 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan for $20 million to El Salvador to fund a training project that will improve the labor force productivity, particularly for young people between 16 and 29 years and workers in micro- and small-scale enterprises. continue reading »
Nicaragua Using $45M Loan to Improve Health Services For Most Vulnerable Groups
October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a second loan for $45 million to Nicaragua to improve spending priorities and efficiency on health and social protection for the country’s most vulnerable groups. The reforms carried out by the program will meet the needs of pregnant women and children in the poorest fifth of the nation’s population. continue reading »
Indigenous, Afro-Hondurans Receive $4.4M Aid To Cope with Climate Change
October 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $4.4 million grant to boost indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples’ ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to reduce their vulnerability to extreme weather events. continue reading »
Argentina Combats Chronic Diseases with IDB Assistance
September 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today approved a $150 million loan to help Argentina reduce the number of deaths caused by cardiovascular events and other chronic ailments, with a special focus on people without health insurance. continue reading »
Peru to Spend $30 Million to Fight Generational Poverty
September 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $30 million loan to the government of Peru to support social sector reform. continue reading »
Slum Upgrading: Lessons Learned From Brazil
September 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews
12,000 Nicaraguan Families to Benefit From Improved Housing Conditions
September 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of up to $5 million to Nicaragua’s Foundation for the Promotion of Local Development (Prodel), paving the way for the non-profit organization serving the base of the pyramid to expand financing for basic community infrastructure and incremental home improvement projects. continue reading »
IDB Loan Will Provide 500,000 With Cleaner Drinking Water in Argentina
September 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A $500 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help finance a program to provide 516,000 people in northern Argentina access to improved wastewater treatment services. continue reading »
Uruguay to Combat Violent Crime with $5 Million IDB Loan
September 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A $5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help Uruguay deploy a program based on a comprehensive approach to reduce violent crime in its capital city, Montevideo. continue reading »
Oaxaca Obtain $76 Million in Loans to Finance Wind Farm
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of up to $76 million to Impulsora Nacional de Electricidad S. de R. L. de C.V., a subsidiary of Enel Green Power SpA, to support its investment in a 74-megawatt (MW) wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Mexican State of Oaxaca. continue reading »
INFOGRAPHIC: Housing Quality in Latin America
August 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
How many families are homeless or live in poor quality houses? Despite the strong economic performance Latin America and the Caribbean has enjoyed in the past decade, the lack of adequate housing for low income people remains a serious development problem for the region. continue reading »
Peru Receives $15M Loan to Develop Waste Management System
July 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan for $15 million to support the development of a sustainable and efficient system for managing solid waste in priority areas in Peru. continue reading »
