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Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 6 (EFE).- Despite recent progress, there remain “challenges” in providing financing programs for women and their businesses that require investments beyond just financial capital, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and UN Women warned in a report unveiled on Wednesday in the Colombian port city of Cartagena. The report, centering on financing programs for …

Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 6 (EFE).- The Finance in Common Summit (FiCS), the world’s largest gathering of development banks, concluded on Wednesday in the Colombian port city of Cartagena with a united commitment to further the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) aimed at protecting the most vulnerable and preserving common global goods. “Participants shared their commitments …

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn yesterday called for collaboration between multilateral and public development banks in the mobilizing of resources to help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and address climate change, the IDB said in a press statement. Goldfajn made the pleas during the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) which began yesterday in

Public development banks pledge to work together for the ocean

The Role of the New Development Bank in Monitoring Project Impacts on CommunitiesThe 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa this month has once again put the spotlight on the Lesotho

Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 5 (EFE).- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the National Corporation of Popular and Solidarity Finance (CONAFIPS) introduced a plan on Tuesday to stimulate bio-business in the Ecuadorian Amazon, aiming to assist microenterprises, producer cooperatives, and medium-sized companies. “We are about to start delivering tangible results: in Ecuador, one of the members(…) …

Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 5 (EFE).- Public development banks play a crucial role in directing private capital towards infrastructure projects, according to a study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Preliminary findings were unveiled Tuesday in Cartagena during the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS). Joan Prats, the leading financial specialist for Connectivity, Markets, and Finance at …

Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 5 (EFE).- A panel of experts in the Colombian port city of Cartagena warned Tuesday about the “significant barriers” small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face in Latin America and the Caribbean when seeking financing and access to capital. Ana María Ibáñez, Vice President of Sectors and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank …

In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and human rights defenders f

The UN’s agricultural development fund chief urges Public Development Banks to direct funding to fight hunger, poverty and climate change