Santos meets with IDB to discuss post-conflict Colombia
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos met with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)...
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$400M ‘Marshall Plan’ for Colombia’s impoverished Pacific region
Colombia’s government has created a four-year plan to develop the impoverished Pacific region,...
Colombia govt reveals how it spends mining royalties
In a gesture of transparency, Colombia’s government has created a webpage called...
Colombia’s economic performance praised by regional neighbors
Colombia’s handling of the global financial crisis has been praised by regional neighbors at the annual Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) forum in Panama City on Sunday. “Colombia has a record of achievement...
Development bank donates $120M for Colombia disaster relief
The Inter American Development Bank has granted $120 million to Colombia for disaster relief, in order to reduce its vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change. According to the Inter American Development Bank,...
Colombia accepts international security aid
The Colombian government accepted aid from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to improve its security situation, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Newly appointed Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon explained that the IDB...
‘Colombia among most dynamic economies in the hemisphere’
The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Wednesday stressed Colombia’s dynamic economy and potential as an offset market for U.S. products and services. In a column in The Huffington Post, IDB...
IDB loans Colombia $1 billion
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced a $1 billion loan to finance Colombian infrastructure, reported W Radio Thursday. The medium-term loan will pay for national roadwork projects, IDB President Luis Alberto...
IADB to invest $2.6B in Colombian business projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is seeking to invest $2.6 billion in projects with Colombian businesses in five cities throughout the country, Caracol Radio reported Monday. The bank will be looking for projects in...
Colombian sculptures to be displayed in US capital
The work of Colombian sculptor Gabriel Beltran has been selected for display at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington D.C, El Espectador reported. Beltran is the only Latin American artist who has been selected...
Shakira and IDB to reconstruct school in Haiti
Shakira and the Inter-American Development Bank have teamed up to rebuild a 98-year-old girls school destroyed in the Haitian earthquake last year, reported Haiti Libre on Friday. During a ceremony in the courtyard of the ruined...
Colombia receives $350M loan to rebuild after rainy season
After meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos in New York, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loaned $350 million to Colombia to rebuild housing damaged by this year’s rainy season,reports a press release. IDB...
