News & Opportunities
The latest in current development affairs in the region.
How to encourage girls and women to be interested, study and work in science, technology and engineering?
The STEM labor market will face a worker deficit in 10 years. Greater participation from women could cover the demand and generate economic growth. [...]
Collaboration and partnerships for innovation: the approach of #MovidosxChile against COVID-19
The virtual platform has published 62 causes from 40 civil society organizations in Chile, impacting over 25 thousand people and channeling more than [...]
Registrations open: Certificate – How does citizen participation contribute to government climate agendas?
Enhance climate actions establishing effective links between development stakeholders with criteria of accessibility, sustainability, relevance, gende[...]
Executive search: Director of the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM)
Applications are open until July 7, 2020. [...]
He was a Covid-19 patient. She cleaned his hospital room. Their unexpected bond saved his life
Though hospital housekeepers are often measured by standards of productivity -- how many rooms they clean -- hospital executives are beginning to real[...]
Weathering the Coronavirus Storm in the Caribbean
A newly published report sheds light on potential economic implications for the Bank’s Caribbean member countries. [...]
IDB report proposes economic policies to help countries overcome sharp contraction
Latin America and the Caribbean will see sharp growth reductions of between 1.8 percent and 5.5 percent of GDP in 2020 due to the impact of the corona[...]
IDB and Esri Offer Solutions to Combat COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Governments in the region will be able to implement dashboards and control centers to monitor the spread of the virus and identify where intervention [...]
