Through this exhibition, the Inter-American Development Bank pays tribute to the relationship between Japan and Latin America, and to the contribution of Japanese citizens to the region, as represented symbolically through the arts. This event serves as a kick-off for many others that will take...

This publication brings together a selection of recent work from the Inter-American Development Bank on development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through publications, seminars, events, policy dialogues, blogs and databases, IDB provides research and insight into some of the most...

En esta edición de IDEA se analizan los escenarios más probables que tiene por delante América Latina, junto con recomendaciones de políticas y los programas multilaterales de apoyo disponibles para hacer frente a la crisis mundial. Dada una crisis financiera en la que la liquidez fue un...

Since 2001, the Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch (LMW) has been a key source of independent macroeconomic analysis for regional monitoring and forecasts. Data is organized at the global, sub-regional, and country level, the latter typically divided into economic activity and employment,...

The Bank has put more emphasis both on ensuring the quality of its economic analysis and on optimizing its performance in terms of results. In keeping with this shift, OVE took on the task of evaluating the quality of economic analysis. To do so, it developed an instrument that established a...

During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The...