News & Opportunities
The latest in current development affairs in the region.
Mexico: main concerns in Latin America about COVID-19 (Spanish)
During social distancing, it was more noticeable women's conversation topics about hygiene, isolation, and gender violence. [...]
Excelsior: What worried people the most during the first 120 days of COVID-19? (Spanish)
CivicLytics detected rough spikes in anxiety in the moment quarantine measures were announced. [...]
Forbes: What worried people the most in Latin America and the Caribbean during the first 120 days of the pandemic? (Spanish)
Mentioning the IDB report based on Artificial Intelligence for analyzing citizen trends in millions of online comments. [...]
Atlantic Council: CivicLytics is using artificial intelligence to further the understanding of citizens’ needs and concerns in the pandemic
Learn more about how technology helps understand dignity, trust, security, visibility—and to inform public and private sector solutions at a local a[...]
Georgetown University: IDB provides data visualization for informing citizens on COVID-19 response
CivicLytics and many of these scans stimulate citizen participation to ensure that governments know the opinions and suggestions of all people. [...]
Virtual consultation: Civil Society and indigenous peoples on Traditional Knowledge
This public consultation looks for the voices of indigenous peoples or local communities on conservation of biodiversity, mitigation and adaptation to[...]
How to export during the Coronavirus crisis with ConnectAmericas
The international business platform created by the IDB allows companies to continue doing business despite international fair cancellations and high d[...]
Winners: Juscelino Kubitschek Visionaries Awards
Almost three hundred applications for the prestigious award were received from 24 IDB member countries [...]
