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The latest in current development affairs in the region.

Have you ever been discriminated against?

The IDB wants to know how to reduce discrimination and maximize development opportunities for the region's most disadvantaged population. [...]

The Great Tech Revolution: Artificial General Intelligence & Multilateral Development Banks

Multilateral development banks can help ensure that artificial general intelligence is developed and used in a way that benefits everyone and minimize[...]

Four benefits of developing listening skills and the steps to achieve it

Active listening brings enormous benefits. Although it is difficult to achieve listening skills, they can be taught. [...]

“Sello Empresa Mujer”: An Effective Tool to Promote Women’s Participation in Public Procurement

Encouraging the participation of women-led small and medium-sized enterprise in public procurement processes can help promote gender equality and wome[...]

Governors embrace vision, priorities and plans for the IDB Group

Governors expressed support for the new President’s proposed vision and priorities - presented in the Annual Meeting - for the Latin American and Ca[...]

How to prevent child abuse to eradicate violence in Latin America and the Caribbean?

According to the most recent statistics, two out of every three children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are victims of child abuse[...]

WHAT, HOW, WHEN and WHERE to include stakeholders in development projects

At the IDB, we create tools to plan the timely and meaningful inclusion of civil society that contribute to reduce the gap of social inclusion and ine[...]

Climate change: when governments’ climate agendas move forward also thanks to the inclusion of stakeholders.

The effects of climate change represent an urgent challenge to address: civil society is an important part of promoting government agendas in this dir[...]

Women and Urban Mobility: An Unfinished Agenda

Many factors lie behind observed gender gaps in labor market outcomes in Latin American and the Caribbean. But one remains largely invisible: transport and urban mobility. [...]

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