At the closing of the IDB´s Annual Meeting in Montevideo, representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries raised the need to arm the Bank with flexible financial instruments to help them hedge against natural disasters and possible economic downturns.

Mapamericas is an easy-to-use, collaborative tool that showcases the Inter-American Development Bank´s work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Según un nuevo informe del BID, América Latina y el Caribe sufriría una recesión relativamente moderada si la crisis de la deuda europea empeora y la economía china se desacelera.