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Luque (Paraguay), Mar 14 (EFE). The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group<\/a> concluded the plenary sessions of its Board of Governors annual meetings on Saturday in Paraguay, consolidating the progress made by the institution since 2024 toward implementing a strategic shift that increases its impact and involves the private sector more actively.<\/p>\n

At the opening plenary session held on Friday, Paraguay\u2019s Minister of Economy and Finance, Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Valdovinos,<\/strong> was elected the new chair of the Board of Governors. He assumed the role to address the major economic challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Fern\u00e1ndez Valdovinos said the key challenge is \u201cto translate the potential we have today into realities, that is, into sustained growth, productive investment, and real well-being for all our citizens.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his remarks, IDB Group President Ilan Goldfajn<\/strong> welcomed the successful capitalization of IDB Invest, announced during the meetings in Paraguay, as well as the ongoing process to create a new Civil Society Engagement Strategy<\/strong>, which will further improve the impact of the institution\u2019s financing.<\/p>\n

Three areas for progress<\/h2>\n

The Israeli-Brazilian economist also highlighted three areas where the region can make progress.<\/p>\n

The first is increasing the role of the private sector in investing in development projects<\/strong>, since entrepreneurs and investors have greater resources than public administrations.<\/p>\n

The second<\/a> is promoting the critical minerals industry<\/strong> while simultaneously creating a complete value chain that makes the resulting growth more equitable and structural. The third is strengthening regional integration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During this year\u2019s annual meetings in Paraguay, the group implemented significant new progress within IDBImpact+<\/strong>, the initiative launched in 2024 that consolidates the work of the institution\u2019s three branches, IDB, IDB Invest, which is focused on the private sector, and IDB Lab, its innovation arm.<\/p>\n

One such step is the completion of the $3.5 billion capitalization process of IDB Invest<\/strong>, which means the group now expects to have a financing capacity of $500 billion over the next decade, double that of the previous ten years. EFE<\/p>\n

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Annual meetings of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group in Paraguay. EFE\/Juan Pablo Pino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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