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How to Create Jobs in the Caribbean: From Payment Delays to Payroll Growth
Discover a pathway that speeds up payments, unlocks cash flow, and empowers Caribbean entrepreneurs to take more orders and hire.
Facing the Storm: How IDB Invest Supports Caribbean Private Sector Resilience
IDB Invest is partnering with the Green Climate Fund to help Caribbean businesses better withstand future climate shocks through blended finance and technical assistance.
Digital Innovation Expands Financing for Women-Led SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Loans and disbursements approved in less than 24 hours, enabled by artificial intelligence, and early invoice payments powered by fintech solutions are transforming access to credit for MSMEs, especially those led by women.
Impact Investments: Building a Better World Makes Business Sense
In recent years, this concept has gained significant relevance in the markets. In addition to the financial return, they are instruments that also seek to generate positive and measurable results in society and the environment.
Seven Factors that Make Inclusion a Winning Strategy for Business
The participation of stakeholders and vulnerable communities in the design of projects and in the value chain, accompanied by a commitment to diversity and a robust sustainability policy, are an ethical imperative, but also the best way to achieve business objectives.
Bioeconomy: Business with a Focus on the Planet
Replacing chemicals and unsustainable materials with bioproducts, extracting forest products like seeds and fruits, or generating bioenergy from agricultural waste are just some practices creating economic opportunities for local communities while protecting ecosystems and improving resident’s lives.
Climate Change and Amazonia: A Crucial Crossroad for a Sustainable Future
IDB Invest Sustainability Week 2024, at the heart of Amazonia, convenes diverse sectors, institutions and countries across Latin America and the Caribbean to explore creative ways of grappling with this global challenge.
Respect the Environment, Protect People, and Improve Quality of Life: How To Build Green Houses
Developing sustainable and affordable housing for the most vulnerable populations is a major challenge in a changing global context that requires buildings and infrastructure to incorporate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.
Is Digital Transformation Improving Financial Inclusion? Here Is What We Found Out
Institutions of all types and sizes have embraced the new technologies to update their business and reach marginalized groups. Progress is uneven, but the opportunities are enormous.
