The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – through its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab – and Latimpacto have signed an agreement to support solutions with social and environmental impact that contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
By Marcelo Cabrol
By Carolina Carrasco, Cesar Rosales y Eva Turiso
Some see its popularization as a powerful tool to improve results and enhance talents; others see it as a threat that looms beyond the potential loss of traditional jobs. We are talking about artificial intelligence (AI), a tool that is being used exponentially in practically all industries and sectors, drastically changing the way we work and relate to each other.
Today the IDB Group opened a public consultation process to gather inputs from stakeholders for the preparation of its new Institutional Strategy. This document sets the basic strategic direction of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and IDB Lab as they work to support the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The key players in financing and developing entrepreneurial ecosystems came together for the IDB Group's second flagship event to promote innovation and technology that improves lives in our region
IDB Lab Forum, the event led by IDB Lab, the IDB Group's innovation laboratory, concluded after two days of intense activities highlighting the importance of early-stage financing and the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems in promoting innovative solutions to significant economic and social challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The forum will be the first of its kind, LAC Women Founders Accelerator program, to highlight Women entrepreneurs and was developed by IDB Lab, WeXchange and Google, with the collaboration of the Mexican entrepreneurship hub, Centraal.
THE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT RECEIVE THEM.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $2.4 million for nine new BetterTogether/JuntosEsMejor Challenge awards to benefit Venezuelans in Argentina, Chile, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
PROPOSALS SHOULD FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
GOOGLE INVESTS $8 MILLION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY IDB LAB TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION
IDB Lab joins SoftBank in supporting “Data Science for All/Empowerment” (DS4A/Empowerment), a new effort designed to upskill and prepare jobseekers from underprivileged populations for data science careers. Developed by Correlation One, DS4A/Empowerment aims to provide new pathways to economic opportunity in the world’s fastest-growing industries.