Fintech lenders in the region identify financing as one of their major challenges. Securitization can help them in accessing more investors and drive down financing costs. … [Read more...] about Securitization: What Can It Do for Lending Techs in Latin America and the Caribbean?
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Do you speak the universal language of the Sustainable Development Goals?
Aligning to the SDGs does not have to mean colossal change. Firms must recognize that the SDGs provide a framework for communicating progress in a globally-recognized language. … [Read more...] about Do you speak the universal language of the Sustainable Development Goals?
Five considerations for understanding the importance of the manufacturing sector
I landed on Monday, September 3rd, 2018, at the Port-au-Prince international airport in Haiti, completing a milestone that had begun on June 16th, 2004, in my native Costa Rica: visiting each of the 26 borrowing member countries of the IDB Group, promoting the development of Latin America and the Caribbean. … [Read more...] about Five considerations for understanding the importance of the manufacturing sector
How to create green jobs with a gender perspective?
Climate change has transformed economic models and opportunities around the globe, and Latin America and the Caribbean are not immune to this new reality. At IDB Invest, when we talk to our clients in the region about generating green jobs and applying a gender perspective in their projects, we usually find very good reception and positive responses. … [Read more...] about How to create green jobs with a gender perspective?
STEM minus Women = Private Sector Problem
By Kristin Dacey & Sanola Daley* Math and Science are for Men Women are not smart enough to be engineers. Women are not good at math. Isn’t this why globally men earn 70% of doctoral degrees in mathematics and the world rejoiced recently that a woman – Maryam Mirzakhani –won the top prize in mathematics for the first time? … [Read more...] about STEM minus Women = Private Sector Problem
