By Masato Okumura and Cesar Buenadicha Every day, around the world, more than 16 billion hours are invested in unpaid care work, the equivalent of 2 billion people working full-time without a salary. This effort is essential for daily life, yet it is rarely acknowledged as a fundamental pillar of...

IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is partnering with 19Labs to pilot the use of drone technology for delivering critical medical supplies to some of Guyana's remote hinterland communities. This initiative enhances the country's expanding...

The commitment was made in Barcelona, Spain, at the first Europe-Latin America and Caribbean Silver Economy Forum, which brought together over 200 global leaders, aging experts and representatives from key sectors. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest and IDB Lab, along with ”la...

The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, have announced the results of their Sargassum Innovation Quest: Building Resilient Coastal Ecosystems...

By Nayam Hanashiro Barrosa and Alejandro Pardo Web3, the third generation of internet services that interconnects web applications while personalizing user experiences, has yet to reach most smallholder farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean. These workers face significant barriers to...