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Sustainability Week 2026: Turning Sustainability Commitments into Bankable Investments
A globally recognized platform connecting investors with high-impact projects across Latin America and the Caribbean. Register and join online on May 26-28.
IDB Invest Structures the Largest Blue Bond in History: $1.35 Billion
The transaction supports the expansion of wastewater collection and treatment in the State of São Paulo and improves living conditions for 2.5 million people through an innovative financing solution.
Governance and Succession: Securing the Future of Mexico’s Nonbank Financial Institutions
IDB Invest study: key findings and a roadmap to strengthen governance and CEO and senior management succession planning in nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs).
Dissecting the Confidence Crisis: Mexico’s Alternative Lenders
As some of Mexico’s alternative credit providers have fallen from grace, others have emerged and lessons have been learned by new and existing players in the non-bank financial sector, creating opportunities for growth in multiple segments.
Digital Connectivity: Oil for the 21st Century
High-capacity data connections may be the oil of the 21st century: a potential source of great wealth for countries that best exploit this resource. A great example of this potential is Paraguay, a landlocked country equidistant from the large economies of South America.
Is Sustainable Finance Closing Gaps in Latin America & the Caribbean?
The question of how impact investors can be persuaded to allocate resources to Latin America & the Caribbean is key to the region’s future.
IDB World: Good Jobs, Universal Health Coverage, Fighting Poverty With Remittances
We present three blog posts from the IDB Group on the creation of quality jobs in the region, the search for universal health coverage, and the use of international remittances against poverty.
The New Gender Gaps Brought about by Technological Innovation and How to Avoid Them
New technology applications have a great potential to help us achieve equity over the next decade. To that end, it is essential to invest in innovations that do not replicate gender biases, are developed by women and promote women’s technology investments.
The Great Tech Revolution: Artificial General Intelligence & Multilateral Development Banks
By prioritizing ethics and sustainable development, providing technical assistance, and coordinating responses to potential risks, multilateral development banks can help ensure that artificial general intelligence is developed and used in a way that benefits everyone and minimizes potential harms.
