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IDB Backs Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative / BID respalda Iniciativa para la Transparencia en las Industrias Extractivas / BID endossa Iniciativa pela Transparência nas Indústrias Extrativistas
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB Backs Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The Inter-American Development Bank has endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which encourages governments and companies to disclose revenues and payments generated by oil, gas, and mining industries.
The endorsement was approved today by the IDB’s Board of Executive Directors.
EITI is a global initiative to [...]
IDB Finances Venezuelan Hydroelectric Project
Friday, July 31st, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB approves financing for hydropower project in Venezuela
Credit will enable completion of facility that will supply up to eight percent of the country’s electricity in a sustainable manner
The Inter-American Development Bank today approved an $800 million supplementary loan to Venezuela for the completion of the Manuel Pilar (also known as [...]
$10 Mn. to Protect Three Critical Peruvian Watersheds / US$10 miliones para proteger tres cuencas peruanas
Friday, July 24th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Peru will protect three critical watersheds with IDB financing
$10 million loan will finance integrated strategies for reducing water waste and conserving ecosystems in the Chira-Piura, Santa and Tacna watersheds
Peru will implement an integrated approach to protecting water resources and related ecosystems in three critical watersheds with a $10 million loan [...]
Financing Peru’s Integrated Water Resources Management Reforms / Financiar reformas de la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos en Perú
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Peru embraces integrated water resources management with help from IDB
IDB loan will support a set of reforms in the water sector
Peru seeks to increase the efficiency, equity and sustainability of water use by implementing a water resources management reform program with help from a $10 million loan from the Inter-American [...]
A Loan to Improve Colombia’s Water and Sanitation Services
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Colombia will improve its water and sanitation services with assistance from the IDB
Program will help to reduce costs and expand service in poor areas
The Inter-American Development Bank will support Colombian government efforts to improve water and sanitation services, reduce costs and rates, and expanding coverage, particularly to poor, underserved districts.
These [...]
$22 Mil. Loan to Help Guatemala’s Protected Areas / Prestamo de US$22 milliones para fortalecer las áreas protegidas de Guatemala
Friday, June 19th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Guatemala strengthens protections for sensitive areas through investments in land registration
A $22 million IDB loan will finance the implementation of a physical cadastral registry for protected areas
Guatemala will bolster its national network of protected areas by improving its land registration system with a $22 million loan from the Inter-American Development [...]
IDB Supports LAC Efforts to Combat A(H1N1) / BID apoya esfuerzas de ALC combatir el gripe A(H1N1) / BID apoia ALC combatir a influenza A(H1N1)
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB provides support for prevention and control of the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic in Latin America, Caribbean
Japan top donor in Bank’s contribution to project aimed at strengthening disease surveillance and improving response to public health emergencies, to focus initially in Central America
The Inter-American Development Bank approved today a $5 million grant [...]
The Tourism Sustainability Scorecard / La Ficha de Evaluación de Sostenibilidad Turística
Thursday, May 28th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB releases sustainability scorecard for private sector tourism projects
Interactive online tool enables assessment of sustainability dimensions of proposed projects
The Inter-American Development Bank today released a new Tourism Sustainability Scorecard, an interactive tool developed to ensure that the IDB’s investments in private sector tourism projects maximize social, economic, cultural and environmental [...]
$77 mil. to Improve Specialized Healthcare in Ceará / US$77 milhões para melhorar o atendimento especializado de saúde no Ceará
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Brazil’s state of Ceará to improve specialized health care with IDB support
A $77 million loan will improve health services for 3 million people
Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará will expand health care services and promote better integration among the different levels of care with help from a $77 million loan from [...]
IDB and Korea Partner on Green Growth / IDB y Corea apoyarán crecimiento verde
Monday, March 30th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Korea and IDB strengthen partnership on Green Growth
During the 50th Annual Meeting of the IDB’s Board of Governors the IDB and the Korean government, one of the Bank’s 48 member-countries, will also sign a cooperation agreement on Green Growth to develop and promote the use of renewable energy, efficient energy [...]