InterAmerican Development Bank News

Impact investing is a growing field, not only in Washington, DC, but around the globe.A That point was no more clearer than a standing room only crowd where the Inter-American Development Bank and the Global Impact Investing Network joined together to discuss the impact of investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

MORE than $7 million was spent to build the Guapo Beach Facility at Point Fortin which was formally handed over to the Point Fortin Borough Corporation yesterday.

Nicaragua will support cognitive, motor, and social development of children under age six in the country's poorest communities with the help of a $20 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank .

Dr Gene Leon, senior resident representative for the International Monetary Fund in Jamaica, listens attentively to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips' opening presentation in the 2012-2013 Budget Debate yesterday.

Nicaragua Set to Launch Rent-to-Own Housing Program The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $10 million loan to Banco de Finanzas S.A. , a leading commercial bank in Nicaragua, to finance a pilot housing project that will pave the way for low-income families working in the informal sector to get access to mortgage financing.

It is always a pleasure to address these two important institutions, the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Food and Agriculture Trade Policy Council.

Jamaica is barely emerging from its worst economic downturn in the last 30 years.

Fast-growing trade and investment between the Asia-Pacific area and Latin America and the Caribbean have transformed the two regions into powerful motors for the world economy, with two-way trade hitting $442 billion last year.

El Salvador is soon to be the home of a new international geothermal training center for Latin America and the Caribbean.

A study by the Inter American Development Bank has found that home ownership is unaffordable for many people in Latin American and the Caribbean.

Trade Minister Tim Groser will visit Washington DC this week to deliver a keynote address on food security and meet with his American counterparts.

The Ministry of Education has signed a $660 million contract with HDB Construction for the building of the Cedar Grove High School at Gregory Park.

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JAMAICA'S Debt Exchange two years ago may have lowered its interest costs, but the country remains in a debt trap, with payments by far the highest in the world, relative to GDP.

The United States, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, has launched a business plan competition for the Caribbean, aimed at promoting jobs and economic growth.

The 29th Annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project returns to Leogne, Haiti to help families left hit hard by the 2010 earthquake.

The Opposition is charging that Government is preparing to borrowa SUS$183 million as part of a "secret deal" with the Inter-American Development Bank .

A new report released by the Center for Economic and Policy Research is warning Jamaica that its fragile economic recovery will be dangerously hampered by demands by the International Monetary Fund and other donors.

Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou was received in Washington in a very particular way by security holders who are litigating against the Argentine state.

The defence and security company Saab and the Inter-American Development Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.