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Beyond the Cash Gap: How Reverse Factoring Is Unlocking Growth for MSMEs
An IDB Invest study in Mexico estimates that the adoption of reverse factoring is associated with a 27% increase in companies’ sales.
Sustainability Week 2026: Choose Your Free Sessions on business innovation and entrepreneurship
Business and knowledge come together at Sustainability Week 2026. Discover our virtual sessions on business innovation and entrepreneurship. Register today.
Corporate Governance: Practical Sessions, from Family Business to AI Oversight
Strong governance is the bridge between business strategy and tangible results. At Sustainability Week 2026 in Barbados, join free training sessions on family governance, AI oversight, and SOE continuity, available online on May 25.
Why Our Region Needs More Gender Bonds
Latin America is not yet late to join the nascent gender bond market. The timing is just right. These bonds also empower women economically and socially without sacrificing profitability.
Memories from The Future: How Latin America and the Caribbean Achieved the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Sanitation
Four takeaways on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 6, as reviewed by an observer from the year 2030.
The Caribbean: A Private Sector’s Challenge to Increasing Productivity and Growth – Part II
The 4th Industrial Revolution brings endless opportunities for the Caribbean. To exploit these opportunities, the private sector can partner with governments to deploy successful initiatives to prepare the current and future workforce for the emerging technologies.
The Caribbean: A Private Sector’s Challenge to Increasing Productivity and Growth – Part I
New technologies and big data are increasing the demand for skills, including digital skills and high-level cognitive skills. Caribbean private sector can influence the types of skills it needs from its workforce and play an active role in increasing productivity and competitiveness in the region - and globally.
How to Train Entrepreneurs? Don’t Overload Their Cognitive Bandwidth
Less is more when it comes to business training for entrepreneurs, especially for women whose cognitive bandwidth is already overtaxed by business and household demands.
How to Make the Sustainable Development Goals More Meaningful for the Private Sector
After IDB Invest’s Sustainability Week 2019 in June, we distilled some key takeaways for the private sector on the Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s what we found.
