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What Drives Business Growth in Colombia? Six Key Factors
Initial capital has long been understood as a driver of business growth, but in Colombia, how much capital is needed to grow?
Sustainable Financing for Construction in Mexico: Banco Inmobiliario Mexicano’s Framework
A sustainable financing framework to strengthen Mexico’s construction sector and help reduce the country’s housing deficit.
Building the Market While Building the Network: Tigo Paraguay’s 10 Year Local Currency Bond
IDB Invest acted as an anchor investor, strengthening confidence among local market participants in Paraguay to finance digital infrastructure.
ESG: Due Diligence in the Age of Social Distancing
ESG due diligence must contend with a slew of challenges. However, inadequately fast-tracking of it runs the risk of short-changing clients from much needed value added and risks negative impacts to stakeholders and the environment.
Recovering Economic Productivity During Pandemic Times
To manage the economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic, people must have the financial resources to comply with containment measures and a gradual reopening. The private financial system therefore plays a key role in the survival of economic productivity and employment.
Behind the Scenes: Access to Food in the Time of COVID
The agribusiness sector has proven particularly resilient. How have Latin American food production value chains fared during the crisis and what strategies are they taking to confront new challenges?
Three Ways to Support the Resilience of MSMEs to Overcome COVID-19
For MSMEs, the response to COVID-19 requires not only ensuring their survival in the short term, it also requires evaluating possible scenarios to align recovery efforts. For this, it is essential to strengthen their resilience.
How Can Debt Capital Markets Help Companies Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?
Access to financing is a key factor for companies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in order to minimize the impact of COVID-19 and maximize their resilience against the derived macroeconomic shocks. Well-functioning capital markets allow firms to get through difficult times.
Caribbean Tourism: The Private Sector Cannot Do It Alone
Caribbean economies that heavily depend on tourism require meaningful public stimulus. One key to recovery is to keep businesses solvent.
