Latin America and the Caribbean is crying out for infrastructure improvements. An investment estimated at 5 percent of the region’s GDP—or $250 billion per year—is required to develop projects that are fundamental for economic development, not only by improving highways and bridges, but also by building hospitals and creating mobility solutions for smarter cities. Every other … [Read more...] about Towards a new generation of public-private partnerships for Infrastructure
Social Media in Latin America and the Caribbean Private Sector
*By Eric Schwartzman If you’re curious if and how the Latin America and the Caribbean private sector uses social media, this post is for you. … [Read more...] about Social Media in Latin America and the Caribbean Private Sector
Three Things You Should Know About Broadband
By Mónica Fernández Alvarez de Lugo, Opportunities for the Majority at IDB; and Lucie Klarsfeld, Hystra. In the past year, MIT and NASA have been working hard to make broadband connectivity available on the moon. The results have been so positive that your connectivity on the moon is actually better than in many countries on Earth, including the United States. And this same … [Read more...] about Three Things You Should Know About Broadband
The importance of being Robert
*By Andrew Morrison My middle name is Robert, but I am sure my parents would have thought more about making it my first name if they had known what a recent study has revealed: for large U.S. companies, more board seats are held by men named Robert, John, James and William than by all women combined. In fact, women hold only 16% of board seats in the U.S. While this is an … [Read more...] about The importance of being Robert
How Sustainable Tourism in Jamaica Opened Doors for Youth
A Jamaican-born IDB investment officer shares his experience filming the story of youth at risk in his hometown of Kingston * By Stefan Wright If you had told me two years ago that my tourism project would lead me to be part of a team filming a video in a music studio, I wouldn’t have believed you. But that is precisely what happened, together with Jamoi, one of several young … [Read more...] about How Sustainable Tourism in Jamaica Opened Doors for Youth
