http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.4.aspx The latest news on the Inter-American Development Bank from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.4.aspx Severe doubts have been raised by some of the IDB's own members regarding Luis Alberto Moreno's management. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11814.aspx Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:35:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11814.aspx A coalition comprised of more than 100 civil society groups from 20 countries are attending the IDB's Annual Meetings in Cancun, Mexico this week seeking answers from Bank Governors and Executives on crucial reforms that must be discussed before a Board vote on a multi-billion dollar capital increase. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11812.aspx Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:58:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11812.aspx Brazilian Minister of Finance, Guido Mantega: "we will propose at the meeting that the IDB elect a new administration that is more efficient and beneficial to the region". "Our joint evaluation is that his performance has been unsatisfactory". http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11811.aspx Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:10:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11811.aspx While Moreno prays for "white smoke" at the IDB Annual Meetings in Cancun, both critics within the Bank and civil society offer sharp criticism of the leader's performance. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11810.aspx Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11810.aspx This article is based on an investigation of the Puerto Suárez - Santa Cruz Bi-Oceanic Corridor conducted by a team of professionals from the Center of Applied Studies of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CEADESC) in Bolivia. The investigation is centered on transparency policies applied in the management and development of mega-infrastructure projects within the IIRSA integration initiative in South America, and aims to ignite a debate between civil society and the various international actors that finance IIRSA. The CEADESC study shows that this debate can only take place within a wider discussion about the interrelation between development policy, democracy and human rights given that each one of these dimensions is a condition for advancement of the others. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11809.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:21:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11809.aspx The staff of Senator Richard Lugar released a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations calling for reform of the IFIs before Congress approves upcoming capital replenishment requests for the institutions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11797.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11797.aspx IDB Board of Governors Urged to Address Civil Society Concerns During Upcoming March 2nd Meeting in Washington, DC http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11784.aspx Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:31:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11784.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11783.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:19:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11783.aspx More than 100 civil society organizations from 18 countries stepped up pressure on the IDB by submitting a letter to the Board of Governors demanding Transparency and Evidence of Structural Reforms before the approval on the Capital Increase in Cancun, Mexico. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11776.aspx Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:03:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11776.aspx Brazil and Argentina called on Friday for reforms at the Inter-American Development Bank, saying the regional lender had failed to understand the needs of Latin America during the global financial crisis. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11775.aspx Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:39:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11775.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11772.aspx Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:15:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11772.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11771.aspx Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:08:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11771.aspx The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, leaders agreed Tuesday to provide 300 million US dollars in aid to Haiti at a summit in Ecuador which left aside regional disputes that have undermined relations since 2008. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11766.aspx Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:19:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11766.aspx Brazil and Argentina will present a proposal for reform of the Inter-American Development Bank at the next meeting of G-20 nations, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Friday, according to the Estado news agency. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11763.aspx Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:41:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11763.aspx On the eve of Friday's meeting by G7 finance ministers in Iqaluit, Canada, 94 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that also called for 'the provision of assistance to Haiti in the form of grants so that the country does not accumulate additional debts. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11762.aspx Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:50:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11762.aspx "The World Bank released a study that finally put the impacts of climate change, deforestation and fires together. The tipping point for the Amazon is 20 percent deforestation," and that is "a scary result," Tom Lovejoy, a member of the external review panel for the report, told Tierramérica in an interview. The study, "Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback," released Jan. 22, drew on the expertise of several international research institutions, including Japan's Meteorological Research Institute, Britain's Exeter University, Brazil's Centre for Weather Forecasting and Climate Change (CPET/INPE), Germany's Potsdam Institute and Earth3000. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11756.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:46:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11756.aspx Within the context of the upcoming general capital increase for the World Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Treasury Department produced a document outlining U.S. reform priorities for these multilateral development banks. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11752.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:21:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11752.aspx Book Launch: Jan. 26 & 27, 2009 - Lima, Peru: Peruvian Amazon in 2021-Infrastructure and the Exploitation of Natural Resources: What is happening and what does it mean for the future? by Marc Dourojeanni, Alberto Barandiarán y Diego Dourojeanni is a publication in which the authors fill a informational gap that exists for Peruvian citizens regarding what the government and private investors plan to do in the coming decade in the Peruvian Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11748.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:33:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11748.aspx Expert in envrionmental issues Marc Dourojeanni criticized Peru for its lack of an Amazon Development Plan and warned that the Peruvian jungle will experience irreversible changes if even a third of the planned projects are implemented over the next 12 years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11746.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:19:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11746.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11739.aspx Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:00:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11739.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11738.aspx Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:29:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11738.aspx All the latest news from the IDB Global Capital Increase (GCI-9) and the Annual Meetings taking place from March 19-23, 2010 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11736.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:02:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11736.aspx Indigenous and small farmer communities of Pando and Brazil participated in a workshop convened by CEADESC about the social and enviromental impacts of IIRSA megaprojects such as the Northern Corridor Highway, the Rio Madeira Hydroelectric Dams in late August, 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11713.aspx Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:23:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11713.aspx President Evo Morales’s leftist government, which has asserted greater control over some of South America’s most coveted natural gas reserves, is facing a challenge as neighboring countries move to achieve energy security by cutting their dependence on Bolivian gas supplies. New gas projects in Brazil and Argentina have come on line at a time when Mr. Morales is winning plaudits for a strong economy. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11712.aspx Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:45:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11712.aspx The road sector will be the main beneficiary with the unprecedented investment of U.S. $ 1 billion the government has budgeted for infrastructure during 2010 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11707.aspx Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:13:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11707.aspx The government announced that this year will launch the construction of large projects such as the hydroelectric dam of Coca-Codo Sinclair and different opening of new roads. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11706.aspx Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:55:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11706.aspx BIC Executive Director Chad Dobson signed the letter to IDB president Luis Alberto Moreno after the approval of the San Francisco-Mocoa Alternate Road Construction Project. The letter notes how constructive dialogue with civil society led to many improvements in the project and encourages some of these commitments to be formalized during the general capital increase. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11698.aspx Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:45:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11698.aspx New position paper outlines hard choices banks must make if they wish to be part of the solution to the climate crisis http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11689.aspx Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:16:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11689.aspx Greenpeace recently released a report which illustrates clearly why REDD offset projects will neither address climate change nor stop deforestation. The report, “Carbon Scam: Noel Kempff Climate Action Project and the Push for Sub-national Forest Offsets“, looks in detail at the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11674.aspx Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:29:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11674.aspx In the Ecuadorean Amazon basin our thirst for oil has triggered an eco-disaster: wholesale pollution and catastrophic cancer rates. And a bloody turf war has broken out. Ecuador is taking a survival plan to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. But will western governments listen? http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11673.aspx Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:47:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11673.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11672.aspx Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:23:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11672.aspx The Bolivian government and IDB have signed funding agreements totaling US$262mn to finance a number of development initiatives in the country, according to a communications official at IDB's Bolivian office. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11667.aspx Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:17:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11667.aspx IDB President Moreno evades definitive response to observed socio-environmental threats caused by IIRSA project, Road Interconnection, Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul (Peru-Brazil). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11664.aspx Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11664.aspx Saturday the 22 of August in Villa Tunari, Cochabamba, an agreement between Bolivia and Brasil was finalized to build a highway between Cochabamba (Villa Tunari) and Beni (San Ignacio de Moxos). Highway to Beni: Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11661.aspx Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:54:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11661.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11659.aspx Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:35:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11659.aspx "The new roads and waterways have to be built, but built in compliance with local communities looking for protection of the forest," said Marina Silva, a senator from the western Brazilian state of Acre, and the country's former environment minister. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11650.aspx Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11650.aspx Latin American water crises require bold investments and strategic alliances, IDB president says. Luis Alberto Moreno warns about impact of climate change on key sectors of region's economy; highlights sustainable solutions. Latin America is facing multiple water crises with far-reaching consequences for health, food security, renewable energy sources and export competitiveness, Moreno said today. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11637.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:41:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11637.aspx The Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank will invest in the development of six hydrological basins, located in mining areas around the country during the next five years, according to the coordinator of the hydrological resource management modernization project of the National Water Authority (ANA). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11634.aspx Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:08:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11634.aspx The following video was presented to the Inter-American Comission on Human Rights in Washington, protesting the construction of mega-projects financed by the World Bank and IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11631.aspx Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:19:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11631.aspx A new report prepared by GAP shows that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the most important multilateral lender to Latin America, fails to promote racial equality adequately. The issue affects the identification, preparation, and implementation of IDB programs and projects in the region, as well as the Bank’s hiring, retention, and promotion practices. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11627.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:18:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11627.aspx Indigenous groups from Bolivia, Brazil and Peru filed a case against their respective governments Nov. 2 in the Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America, or IIRSA, is causing collective human rights violations against their communities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11620.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:36:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11620.aspx Within 90 days, all US federal agencies must submit a plan for implementation of regular, meaningful, previous consultation processes with indigenous peoples. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11617.aspx Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:05:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11617.aspx The Inter-American Development Bank emitted the following response to a letter dated September 30th, in which members of civil society outlined recommendations for the minimum conditions that the new Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) should satisfy. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11611.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:34:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11611.aspx The World Bank is quietly preparing the first capital increase in nearly 20 years to replenish the coffers after unprecedented lending in 2008 and the coming two years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11608.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:29 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11608.aspx Guadalajara Civil Society Meetings in Guadalajara, Mexico open with increased demands for consultation process accountability, transparency guarantees. Good faith participation by CSOs rests on Bank decision to disclose and discuss a second draft of the proposed revisions to the Independent Consultation and Inspection Mechanism (ICIM). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11606.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:29:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11606.aspx The Confederación Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas de Perú (CAIO), the Organización Indígena Chiquitana de Bolivia (OICH), el Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de Bolivia (CEADESC), Comunidades Nativas de Pueblos Indígenas de Rondonia de Brasil and Indian Law Resource Center today denounced various IIRSA projects at the Inter-American Court for Human Rights in Washingtion DC for the violation of the right to free and prior informed consent of indigenous peoples. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11601.aspx Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11601.aspx The 220 km IIRSA project will cut through territory of the indigenous communities of Flor de Ucayali and others in the Iskonahua Territorial reserve. Indigenous groups have expressed concern over the consequences forced contact could have on these groups, which live in voluntary isolation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11600.aspx Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11600.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11597.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:54:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11597.aspx A $150 million loan will help expand and refurbish the road network, putting the country on a stronger economic footing. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11582.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:02:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11582.aspx On October 12, the Agency for Promotion of Private Investment (ProInversión) approved contract bidding for purchase of energy from hydroelectric centers, which are expected to begin supply between 2013 and 2015, stated Executive Director Cayetana Aljovín. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11581.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:50:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11581.aspx Investors promise to address the growing demand for gas in Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11580.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:28:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11580.aspx The Minister was questioned by Congress on persistent complaints about a gas shortage on the local market. Now the Minister claims that there are 15 TCF in gas reserves, which will supply the internal market for a period of up to 27 years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11579.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:09:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11579.aspx Small and medium-scale mining in Peru are no longer artisan activities. They have become a veritable machinery complex, moving millions of dollars on the black market. The general director of Mining at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Víctor Vargas, acknowledged that this activity is no longer exclusive to Puno and Madre de Dios, and has in fact extended throughout the entire country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11578.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:03:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11578.aspx Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the implementation of several development projects in the Amazon department of Pando in hopes of making it a center of development in the country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11577.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:46:02 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11577.aspx On June 5th, the Legislative Assembly of Rondônia convened a public hearing to seek alternatives for expediting resources amounting to approximately one billion reais, to be applied works directly on the federal highways in Rondônia. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11576.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:43:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11576.aspx The environmental license of the project was granted by MAVDT in December of 2008 and includes strict environmental standards that guarantee the protection of ecosystems affected by the highway. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11575.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:23:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11575.aspx The hydroelectric project that will cost US$1.979 million will provide 75% of the electricity needs of the country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11572.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:49:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11572.aspx A first loan for $350 million to finance investments in key bridge, maintenance work, road safety http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11569.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:31:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11569.aspx Education in the Context of Multiple Crises http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11564.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:45:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11564.aspx Lula and Evo coordinate the return of 1,000 Brazilians located in Pando. Some call for the defense of their lands. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11562.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:08:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11562.aspx The Prefect of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, and EU ambassador Kenny Bell inaugurated 14 bridges, a viaduct and six road accesses. The projects were financed as part of the fourth section of the bioceanic corrdior Santa Cruz-Arroyo Concepción. Bolivia receives more European financial assistance than any other country in the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11561.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:58:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11561.aspx Astaldi fined $6 million, Paraíso-El Tinto section also behind schedule http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11560.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:41:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11560.aspx Venezuela and the Inter-American Development Bank on Tuesday signed the agreement for an $800 million loan to finance part of the Manuel Piar hydroelectric center, Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11558.aspx Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:42:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11558.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11551.aspx Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:24:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11551.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11548.aspx Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:24:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11548.aspx A first loan for $350 million to finance investments in key bridge, maintenance work, road safety http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11545.aspx Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:07:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11545.aspx At a congress in Manaus new hydroelectric and highway projects were questioned. Clergy members from the Catholic Church rmeeting in Brazil stated that the idea that indigenous peoples hinder economic development is false. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11540.aspx Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:09:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11540.aspx Pando on the one year anniversay of the Porvenir Massacre http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11538.aspx Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:39:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11538.aspx The problems of the Camisea I project should be more carefully examined before the IFC approves another $300 million loan in February for the Camisea II project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11536.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:59:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11536.aspx Peru approves Law Nº 27446, which establishes a national Environmental Impact Assessment system http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11535.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:38:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11535.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11533.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:49:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11533.aspx “It's difficult to say whether Inambari or the other dams will represent a benefit to Peru. What is evident is that the construction of large dams on Amazonian rivers will have enormous economic repercussions in terms of foreign debt, and obviously extreme social and environmental impacts. The truth is that we are obligated to reflect on these impacts before embarking on construction”, said Marc Dourojeanni, consultant to the IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11532.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:46:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11532.aspx "We're working with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work out the details of a new credit for the final stage of the project, which will be approved by the end of the year", stated AFC representative Eleonora Silva. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11529.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:16:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11529.aspx The IDB must implement crucial reforms before a capital inrease is approved. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11519.aspx Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:37:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11519.aspx Civil Society outlines their concerns about socio-environmental impacts of the IIRSA project "Road Interconnection: Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul" and demands that the IDB promote more transparency and public consultation in the IIRSA process. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11514.aspx Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:30:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11514.aspx Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza annouced today that the Development Finance Corporation (Cofide in Spanish) will contribute $100 million in capital to the Joint Infrastructure Investment Fund of Peru, created by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Finance Corporation (CAF). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11512.aspx Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:39:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11512.aspx In this letter, members of civil society outline the minimum conditions which they feel the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) must meet. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11508.aspx Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:11:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11508.aspx "The fund will be for cost-effective infrastructure projects. In Peru we have a deficit of between 7 and 10 billion dollars in infrastructure”, IDB director for Peru, Ana María Rodríguez told reporters. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11504.aspx Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:56:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11504.aspx The US Department of Treasury has announced nominees to fill three positions: the Assistant Secretary for International Finance, The Assistant Secretary for International Markets & Development, and the Executive Director for the United States of the Inter-American Development Bank http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11500.aspx Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:11:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11500.aspx According to Spanish government officials, this was one of the primary conclusions of the meeting held at UN headquarters in New York, where they met to coordinate their positions before the G-20 summit which begins this afternoon in Pittsburgh. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11492.aspx Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:37:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11492.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11478.aspx Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:48:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11478.aspx In this month's bulletin, we examine some of the concerns about whether the Bank’s and the Brazilian government’s policies address climate change issues and the social and environmental impacts of these projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11454.aspx Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:27:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11454.aspx A significant increase in the number and value of projects approved or under analysis by BNDES for the South American region will bring a commensurate increase in the purchase of Brazlian goods and services over the next four years, says BNDES President Luciano Coutinho. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11417.aspx Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11417.aspx The prefect of Santa Cruz and ambassador from the European Union unveil 14 bridges and a viaduct in the fourth section of the Santa Cruz-Arroyo Concepción bi-oceanic corridor. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11412.aspx Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:10:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11412.aspx The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) will create a division to coordinate the South American infrastructure integration initiative IIRSA. A document regarding the structure of the division is expected to be signed at the next Unasur meeting to be held in Ecuadorian capital Quito on September 7. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11403.aspx Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:31:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11403.aspx In Latin America and elsewhere, the IMF may be re–emerging—but in a changed landscape. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11401.aspx Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:28:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11401.aspx Peruvian government will negotiate directly with the companies. Specialists said they should also review the export tariffs. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11400.aspx Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:45:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11400.aspx In the midst of a possible energy crisis en Peru over the coming years, increasing criticism of exports of as much as half of the Camisea gas reserves requires greater attention http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11395.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:30:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11395.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11394.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:02:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11394.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11390.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:47:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11390.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11384.aspx Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:41:31 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11384.aspx On August 12, an Ecuadorian's government delegation will go to Singapore on an official visit with the intention to promote the Manta Manaus Corridor. The cornerstone projects in the portfolio are the Manta port, an airport and the Manta-Manaus route through the Napo river. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11367.aspx Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:38:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11367.aspx One way to stem this rising tide, said ministers, would be for Latin American countries to "increase public infrastructure integration to reduce transport and energy costs in order to make their economies more competitive." http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11366.aspx Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:26:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11366.aspx The government of Ecuador has come to an agreement with Hong-Kong based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) to resume the administration of Manta port in Manabí province, local press reported. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11362.aspx Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:24:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11362.aspx Authorities will transfer the concession to a new company which will mean calling a new international tender, the presidential website reported. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11359.aspx Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:17:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11359.aspx Conservationist David Singh warns that the Lethem road, part of the IIRSA project, will destroy about 2 million hectares of forest unless revised and strengthened REDD framework are in place. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11358.aspx Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:00:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11358.aspx Bolivian government announced the creation of a 100 million dollars fund for four state businesses in the Amazon. for a lumber company, tropical frutes, and rubber. The government's hope is that, with these new businesses the people in the north of Bolivia will have more opportunities to work and earn higher wages. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11352.aspx Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:23:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11352.aspx Indigenous peoples organizations emphasize that the government did not consult with them on various oil explorations. Because they were not consulted, there is no established forum for their complaints. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11350.aspx Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:18:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11350.aspx The general manager of Jindal in Bolivia, Jaime Santa Cruz, claimed that the company has not yet received land and settled in Puerto Suarez so it can begin the exploitation of iron in the Mutún. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11348.aspx Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:11:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11348.aspx The Linden to Lethem road will have one of the biggest impacts on the forest and figures show that about two million hectares of forest will be lost through the project unless there is a framework to pay for and provide alternative development to what would traditionally occur along such a road. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11346.aspx Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:08:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11346.aspx The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sidesteps civil society concerns raised regarding a proposal advanced by the IDB in Santiago, Chile on July 2 to increase its capital base by $100-$200 billion, which would triple Bank annual lending from an average of $US 6 billion since the last replenishment to a projected $16-19 billion per year. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11344.aspx Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:09:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11344.aspx Since moving to Washington in January, Geithner has been secretly crashing at his old friend Daniel Zelikow's posh manse in the District's tony Kalorama neighborhood. Zelikow, a former Wall Street hotshot who now serves as executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank, is a college buddy of Geithner's. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11343.aspx Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:45:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11343.aspx Within the current context of a global capital increase proposal by the Inter-American Development Bank that would permit the Bank to triple its current annual lending volume, 20 civil society organizations from 10 countries demanded that the IDB not renew its mandate to participate in the Technical Coordination Committee (CCT) of IIRSA based on the inconsistency of IIRSA practices with Bank safeguard and operating policies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11342.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11342.aspx After months of internal planning and vibrant debate over how to best position the Bank to garner an unprecedented capital increase, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno acknowledged the receipt of a ten page civil society proposal of needed reforms, but failed to respond in any detail to any of the substantive arguments. Instead, the President delegated External Relations to outline a delayed and ambiguous consultation process that the Bank Board is expected to endorse in the coming weeks http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11341.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:27:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11341.aspx The contract permits the export of gas at a price that is lower than the gas directed to the local market. The Government has initiated a new request to renegotiate the contracts and also seeking to limit the gas from Lot 88 for domestic use only. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11340.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:17:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11340.aspx The Society formed by GTLI y Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales awaiting an environmental license and Petroandina has entered the phase of seismic studies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11338.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:50:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11338.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11337.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:43:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11337.aspx Negotiations between Ecuador and Chinese Consortium focus on cost http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11335.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:16:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11335.aspx A little known fact is that the majority owners of Lot 88 and Lot 56, which produce gas from Camisea, as well as the hydrocarbon liquids, are the same majority owners of the Peru LNG consortium, which is the entity that buys the Camisea gas and exports it. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11330.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:38:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11330.aspx In order to help mitigate the effects of the economic crisis, Peru has created an "Anticrisis Plan" which in part will serve to finance big infrastructure proyects. These projects, given their scale and the government's poor management of such projects are bound to create problems. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11329.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:06:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11329.aspx BICECA program's manager, Vince McElhinny talks about the need for more reforms at the Inter-American Development Bank before a capital increase. BICECA and their partners submitted a serious of recommendations to the bank ahead of the governor's meeting in early July. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11328.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:05:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11328.aspx BICECA Bulletin 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11327.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:35:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11327.aspx The represenatives of the Interamerican Development Bank (BID) and World Bank (WB) in Washington for Honduras rejected the suggestion that IFI funds assigned to Honduras had been "unfrozen." The pause in IFI funding announced on June 28 will be sustained. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11326.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:06:55 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11326.aspx The increase in infrastructure investment does not represent a substantial impact in terms of poverty reduction among the affected populations of the Camisea Natural Gas Extraction Project in Cusco, Peru. This was one of the primary conclusions of a study conducted by Propuesta Ciudadana, with the support of Oxfam America, Bank Information Center and World Resources Institute. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11311.aspx Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:49:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11311.aspx QUILLABAMBA, Peru | A national strike by thousands of rain-forest Indians is spawning accusations of a proxy war involving Venezuela and an emboldened peasant movement seeking to undermine Peru's pro-U.S. president. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11302.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:24:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11302.aspx Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have announced that the inter-oceanic corridor, from the Atlantic to the Pacific will be finished by 2011. The announcement was made following an assessment of the different legs of the corridor during a meeting in La Paz, Bolivia between the Public Works ministers of the three countries. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11301.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:57:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11301.aspx The bi-oceanic highway will run from Brazil's largest port, Santos, through Bolivian departments Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Oruro, and on to northern Chile's Pacific coast cities of Arica and Iquique. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11299.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:58:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11299.aspx Honduras' finance minister in exile maintains that the recent army-backed coup could cost the poverty-stricken Central American country $450 million in financing from international organizations this year. Without funding from multinational organizations and foreign countries, many of Honduras' social programs and public investments could be in jeopardy. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11298.aspx Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:36:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11298.aspx Reflections about the conference on IIRSA http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11293.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:58:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11293.aspx In the context of a 9th Global Capital Increase request, for which the IDB is designing a new institutional strategy anchored by sustainability, equity and development goals, IIRSA has not demostrated compatibility with these goals and should be abandoned by the Bank. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11292.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:43:29 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11292.aspx Indian Ore Concessionaire Jindal Steel has financed the $16 million rehabilitation of 100 km roadway between the Mutun iron ore mine and Puerto Busch http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11290.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:08:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11290.aspx As member countries assess the 9th replenishment proposal advanced by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on July 2 in Santiago, Chile, eight civil society organizations submitted recommendations on leadership steps the IDB should take in several critical areas before qualifying for any capital increase. These recommendations focus on two core areas of the IDB’s comparative advantage as a development bank in Latin America, Sustainability and Management for Development Results. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11274.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11274.aspx The increasingly important topic of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) was recently discussed among civil society organizations in Bogota, Colombia. Participants in the event discussed the ways in which the SEAs can be most effective and how to overcome certain challenges in applying the SEAs to certain projects. Infrastructure and sustainable development topics are also covered in this SEA bulletin. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11262.aspx Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11262.aspx CAF and the IDB have begun a process to select firms to manage a capital fund for infrastructure projects in Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11236.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:20:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11236.aspx ‘The Lethem road would only make economic sense if it was complemented by a deep water harbour’ http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11227.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:23:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11227.aspx The bank, having already increased lending from $11.2bn in 2008 to as much as $18bn this year, is weighing both alternatives for further expanding lending in the short-term and an extensive capital increase. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11224.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 13:49:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11224.aspx During his Saturday radio broadcast, the president insisted that this is a historic project. Ecuador's approach regarding the Yasuni-ITT initiative is to help prevent the emition of 400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11243.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11243.aspx Brasilian Mega-dam EIA under review http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11223.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 21:19:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11223.aspx Camisea not resolving Peru's domestic energy needs http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11222.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 20:38:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11222.aspx Crown jewel of the IIRSA project portfolio under scrutiny in Bolivia and Brazil http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11216.aspx Thu, 28 May 2009 10:41:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11216.aspx The new plant should start operating in 2012. It should have a capacity for generation of 720 megawatts (MW) of energy. The project also counts on financial investment by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), equivalent to 1 billion reais (US$ 490 million). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11209.aspx Mon, 25 May 2009 09:49:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11209.aspx The loan would support an overall US$1.08bn transport infrastructure development program, of which another US$630mn is to be covered by the state and US$150mn by IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11208.aspx Mon, 25 May 2009 09:23:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11208.aspx State-owned oil company Petroperu said Sunday protests organized by Indians in Peru’s Amazon region were causing fuel shortages in several jungle cities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11206.aspx Mon, 25 May 2009 08:40:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11206.aspx Comment period on draft EIA between May 30 and June 3 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11204.aspx Sat, 23 May 2009 07:47:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11204.aspx Amazon protests to revoke harmful Presidential Decrees in 45th day http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11202.aspx Sat, 23 May 2009 07:20:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11202.aspx The country is thinking again about the project that has been discussed for several years. The goal is to link the Pacific and Atlantic. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11244.aspx Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11244.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11196.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 11:01:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11196.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11195.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 10:51:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11195.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11189.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 06:31:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11189.aspx In a meeting in Jamaica, the President of the IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno, reaffirmed the bank's commitment to the region and confirmed that the bank would increase its support of the Trade Finance Facilitation Program to one billion dollars. He also reiterated the need to support the region during the financial crisis. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11175.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 10:47:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11175.aspx The recent April meeting among indigenous leaders of the Guiana Shield revealed their concerns about the IIRSA project and the lack of clarity around REDD and climate change. The indigenous leaders and their political counterparts agreed that there would be more participation and joint decision-making processes in the future about topics affecting the indigenous groups' land. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11174.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11174.aspx The recent April meeting among indigenous leaders of the Guiana Shield revealed their concerns about the IIRSA project and the lack of clarity around REDD and climate change. The indigenous leaders and their political counterparts agreed that there would be more participation and joint decision-making processes in the future about topics affecting the indigenous groups' land. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11173.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 14:46:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11173.aspx The recent April meeting among indigenous leaders of the Guiana Shield revealed their concerns about the IIRSA project and the lack of clarity around REDD and climate change. The indigenous leaders and their political counterparts agreed that there would be more participation and joint decision-making processes in the future about topics affecting the indigenous groups' land. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11172.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 14:37:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11172.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11169.aspx Mon, 11 May 2009 10:52:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11169.aspx Despite widespread cross-border problems, South America has more than its fair share of major bilateral hydro schemes. Itaipu remains one of the region’s largest hydro ventures, but what other schemes are on the cards? http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11164.aspx Sun, 10 May 2009 10:59:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11164.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11144.aspx Fri, 08 May 2009 13:46:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11144.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11134.aspx Sun, 03 May 2009 09:48:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11134.aspx Leading international institutions are working together to increase their collective impact and protect the economic and social gains achieved in the Caribbean over the last five years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11132.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 15:15:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11132.aspx The IDB looks to recapitalize their resources according to the recommendations in the report written by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, former Finance minister of Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11112.aspx Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:18:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11112.aspx Indigineour from Amazon of Preu blocked river traffic from two major rivers in jungle protest against laws they consider prejudicial to the integrity of its territories. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11107.aspx Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:35:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11107.aspx ProInversion, Peru's state agency for the promotion of private investment, will likely launch a tender to concession the IIRSA highway. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11104.aspx Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:59:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11104.aspx Scientists say 4°C rise would kill 85% of the Amazon rainforest. Even modest temperature rise would see 20-40% loss within 100 years http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11103.aspx Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:12:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11103.aspx On the one hand, Brazil made some improvements reducing the rate of deforestation. On the other hand, IIRSA prevents the country from achieving its national environmental goals while deforestation puts the survival of the entire planet at risk. Deforestation is the cause of 20% of the world's global warming - more than the effects of all automobiles. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11101.aspx Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:00:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11101.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11098.aspx Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:20:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11098.aspx All the latest news from the IDB Annual Meetings taking place from March 27-31, 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11083.aspx Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:27:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11083.aspx The Inter-American Development Bank should not receive public funding unless it becomes fully accountable to member governments and the public. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11082.aspx Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:59:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11082.aspx New study by BIC shows that IFIs have fallen far short of matching project design with discourse when it comes to promoting a culture of accountability through their own project loans. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11081.aspx Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:19:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11081.aspx The Brazilian National Development Bank, BNDES, receives the third installment of a loan to provide credit for businesses to modernize and expand operations. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11080.aspx Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:38:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11080.aspx Bolivians worry about potential flooding and health problems that will result from two dams which are part of the Rio Madeira project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11078.aspx Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:06:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11078.aspx Both Bolivians and Brazilians do not agree with the privatization of the Rio Madeira. For different reasons but the same objective, the Bolivians and Brazilians join forces to oppose the privatization. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11077.aspx Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:52:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11077.aspx Bolivians fear negative impacts from two dams (part of the Rio Madeira) in Bolivian territory. The Brazilian Minister, Celso Amorim assures the Bolivian government that the construction of the dams will not have these negative impacts. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11076.aspx Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:34:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11076.aspx For only the last two years has the Bolivian government paid attention to the impacts of dams in indigenous territory. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11074.aspx Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:17:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11074.aspx Members of the COICA indigneous group held a meeting in Quito, Ecuador in order to discuss the role of the indigenous communities as it relates to the Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11072.aspx Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:15:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11072.aspx Only a year ago many governments in Latin America expressed their desire to separate themselves from the World Bank and IMF loans. But, because of pressing financial needs, many Latin American governments have been forced to consider accepting funds from multilateral banks. In many ways this change has hindered the creation of the Bank of the South. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11064.aspx Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11064.aspx BICECA Boletín Mensual 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11056.aspx Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:17:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11056.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11050.aspx Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11050.aspx In light of the current financial crisis and future needs in Latin America, the Inter-American Development Bank makes plans for capitalization. The proposed amount for the capitalization will be determined according to the recommendations of an IDB advisory group on the issue. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11054.aspx Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11054.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11046.aspx Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11046.aspx Various participants at the forum raise their points of view regarding the integration of South America and the Manta-Manaus corridor as the entry point to the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11043.aspx Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:32:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11043.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11032.aspx Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11032.aspx The reported scale of the Inter-American Development Bank's investment portfolio losses of $1.9 billion — 10 to 100 times higher than the losses of the other development banks http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11042.aspx Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:55:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11042.aspx As world leaders focus on severe economic crisis in their homelands, an estimated 100,000 activists traveled from all over the world to attend the World Social Forum in Brazil. Led by Indigenous people from all across Latin America, over 1000 participants formed a human banner, using their bodies, to draw attention to the increasingly precarious situation of the Amazon rainforest. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11027.aspx Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11027.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11030.aspx Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11030.aspx For the 2009 World Social Forum (WSF), a group composed of various organizations is organizing a two day workshop for updates and strategy building to inform, discuss, plan and act in defense of the rights of affected populations and the environment. The organizations are working to prevent and/or mitigate any type of social and environmental negative impacts caused by the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) and other harmful development strategies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11019.aspx Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11019.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11022.aspx Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11022.aspx The 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of IDB Governors - to be held in the city of Medellin, Colombia from the 27 - 31st of March, 2009 - is an occasion both for celebration by the Bank and for deep concern and rejection by a group of popular movements and social organizations throughout Latin America that will confront the Assembly in a series of alternative events. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11023.aspx Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:59:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11023.aspx BICECA Monthly Bulletin 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11020.aspx Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:35:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11020.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11021.aspx Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11021.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11017.aspx Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11017.aspx Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has threatened to revoke the Manta port concession if port operator Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) does not keep to its investment schedule. "If they do not comply with the Manta port concession, they will simply have to leave the country," Correa said in an address to the nation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11014.aspx Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11014.aspx While the international financial institutions report sharp lending increases due to the global financial crisis, concerns over lack of transparency and accountability remain. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11015.aspx Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:54:55 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11015.aspx Government representatives from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) plan to establish an infrastructure council in April 2009, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told BNamericas. The council is expected to be created at the next Unasur meeting, scheduled for April 20 next year, when Bachelet will also leave her post as the organization's pro tempore president. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11012.aspx Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:28:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11012.aspx A new book of articles edited by Ricardo Verdum of the Brazilian Instituto de Estudio Socioeconomicos (Inesc) explores the trends in financing for megaprojects in South America. The book highlights the shifting balance between IFIs such as the World Bank, the IDB and CAF toward new institutions such as BNDES, as well as the competition between IIRSA and UNASUR. The book emphasizes the urgency for greater transparency and accountability in information and decision making about large, high risk infrastructure in the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11006.aspx Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:50:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11006.aspx IDB Loan Approval Set for early 2009: The $200 million road project in Putumayo, Colombia is an anchor project for the IIRSA Amazonas Corridor and will unlock commercial traffic between the ports of Tumaco and Belem, as well as between Bogota and Quito. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11004.aspx Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:33:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11004.aspx The Inter American Development Bank set aside more than $900,000 to conduct a feasibility study into the road linking Guyana with Brazil. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11002.aspx Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:08:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11002.aspx IDB replenishment of a popular subsidy for the preparation of high risk infrastructure projects in Latin America anticipates the increased funding of infrastructure to stimulate the economy. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10996.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:01:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10996.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10994.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:04:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10994.aspx IDB has approved a technical cooperation donation of US$400,000 to support a study to improve the infrastructure and operation of border crossings between Colombia and Ecuador, the entity reported in a release. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10993.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:42:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10993.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10983.aspx Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10983.aspx Open letter regarding the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative (IIRSA), to the politicians in charge (South American governments) and its financiers (CAF, BNDES, European Union, Fonplata, Santander) http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10981.aspx Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10981.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10964.aspx Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10964.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10960.aspx Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10960.aspx Civil society organizations (CSOs) from 10 South American countries have invited the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to engage in dialogue about the use and misuse of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in a two-day workshop to be held in Bogota, Colombia (Dec. 2 and 3, 2008). The workshop will feature presentations on the IDB's progress in developing a strategic decision making system that includes clearer rules for SEAs. CSOs will present lessons learned and recommendations for more effective use of SEAs drawn from a decade of experience with high risk infrastructure projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10958.aspx Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10958.aspx The President of the Directors of IIRSA and current Director of the Ministry of Planning of Colombia, Carolina Renteria, reported on Monday, November 10 the decision to reject a hearing on IIRSA requested by 20 civil society organizations from 8 countries. The CSOs submitted a proposal to create mechanisms to ensure the participation of civil society in the planning process of integration within the framework of IIRSA, in addition to other potential integration processes as well as for the implementation of Strategic Environmental Studies (SEA) for groups of IIRSA projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10936.aspx Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10936.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10942.aspx Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10942.aspx BICECA Monthly Bulletin 2008 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10935.aspx Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:30:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10935.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10934.aspx Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:37:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10934.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3939.aspx Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3939.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3922.aspx Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:21:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3922.aspx The presidents of the IDB, CAF and FLAR met with the intention of giving signals to the region that there are significant resources to make them available to Latin American countries beyond the resources available regularly. The total amount of contingency resources put together by the three institutions accounts for $9.3 billion to provide greater liquidity to financial markets in the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:51:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3916.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:50:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3916.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3910.aspx Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:45:02 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3910.aspx BICECA Quarterly Bulletin 2008 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3903.aspx Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3903.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3901.aspx Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3901.aspx En un acto de lo mas violento en la historia de la democracia de Bolivia, una campaña realizada por los Prefectos de la oposición en el país intentaron desestabilizar el gobierno de Evo Morales, quitando la vida a 30 personas y dejando varias docenas más heridas en la provincia Amazónica de Pando. La mayoría de los gobiernos regionales expresan su condena, Estados Unidos está silencioso. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) desestimó una propuesta de la sociedad civil para realizar un seminario conjunto sobre infraestructura y mecanismos de planificación sostenibles en el Amazonas. Dicho seminario se proponía para la próxima reunión que el Banco desarrollará con la sociedad civil en Montevideo, Uruguay, el 16 y 17 de Octubre. Por muchos motivos la relación del BID con la sociedad civil ha caído a su nivel más bajo. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3896.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:56:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3896.aspx In the worst violent act in the history of Bolivia's democracy, a campaign by opposition Prefects in Bolivia seeking to destabilize the MAS government, took the lives of as many as 30 people, and wounded dozens more, in the Amazonian province of Pando. Most regional governments expressed condemnation, while the United States remained silent. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3895.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3895.aspx Si bien los pueblos originarios de Perú han logrado que el Congreso de la República derogue los decretos legislativos N° 1015 y N° 1073, todavía la protección de sus derechos y sus tierras no está completamente asegurada. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3894.aspx Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3894.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3886.aspx Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3886.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3880.aspx Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3880.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3872.aspx Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3872.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3866.aspx Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3866.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3863.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3863.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3856.aspx Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3856.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3848.aspx Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3848.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3841.aspx Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3841.aspx A letter sent to President Moreno lays out a series of arguments suggesting greater control by civil society organizations in a change that would mark a dramatic shift in the Bank designed meetings of the past. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3838.aspx Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3838.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3826.aspx Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3826.aspx A major new book, jointly published by the Bank Information Center, International Rivers and other partners, aims to explain the contradictions of the Hydroelectric Complex and the hydroways of the Madeira River. "Aguas Turvas" will serve as a tool for those that seek to understand the history of the project and its implications for the Amazon region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3827.aspx Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:40:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3827.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3802.aspx Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3802.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3791.aspx Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3791.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3781.aspx Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3781.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3779.aspx Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3779.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3764.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3764.aspx Marina Silva's resignation is linked to her opposition to many of the major megaprojects planned and underway in the Brazilian Amazon, including two large hydroelectric dams on the Madeira River. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3766.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 11:26:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3766.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3762.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3762.aspx This is a new feature from BIC! This "Weekly Roundup" is a compliation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3749.aspx Fri, 02 May 2008 10:47:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3749.aspx As the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced record lending of $9.6 billion in 2007, environmental and human rights groups warned that the milestone had come at the expense of the environment and communities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3723.aspx Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:07:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3723.aspx A publication of civil society groups working to reform the Inter-American Development Bank. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3713.aspx Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3713.aspx Bank ignores climate change and development indicators as estimated 250 million Latin Americans live in poverty despite near half-century of lending. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3715.aspx Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:25:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3715.aspx As a result of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) recent realignment, indigenous issues are now demoted within a Bank that touts its credentials for social inclusion. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3711.aspx Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3711.aspx Information and resources for civil society. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3678.aspx Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:20:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3678.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3659.aspx Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:07:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3659.aspx A high level delegation of indigenous, civil society and Parliamentarian leaders from Peru are in Washington, DC to lobby against the expected vote on public loans for the Peru LNG natural gas liquification plant. The delegation argues that by approving the project, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ex-Im Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), would breach their own social and environmental safeguards. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3627.aspx Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3627.aspx Provides names, email addresses, phone, and fax numbers for all Executive Directors and Alternate Executive Directors at the IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.119.aspx Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.119.aspx Announcement shows the growing internal pressure at the institution to push lending for major energy initiatives. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3553.aspx Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3553.aspx In it's first major petrochemical investment since Peru’s Camisea Natural Gas project, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will likely loan US$1.5 billion to Ecuador to help the country's state-owned oil company PetroEcuador. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3535.aspx Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:48:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3535.aspx On September 13th, after over 20 years of negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The international declaration sets a higher standard for international financial institutions (IFIs) to ensure safeguards and strengthen their policies on indigenous peoples. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3495.aspx Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:34:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3495.aspx Whatever else you might say of him, Luis Alberto Moreno does not waste time. Named fourth president of the Inter-American Development Bank in 2005, he announced IDB would remake its role in Latin America at his first annual meeting just one year later. Read Vince McElhinny's new policy brief on the realignment process, components and concerns. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3440.aspx Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:52:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3440.aspx Faced with a changing global economy, the Inter-American Development Bank is expanding its services. The plan mirrors similar efforts by the World Bank and IMF to remain relevant as demand for traditional loans dwindles. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3438.aspx Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:16:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3438.aspx While the specific role and activities of the new Latin American regional development bank are still being debated, plans are moving forward to formalize an agreement between members that would create an alternative to the World Bank and IMF. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3433.aspx Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:45:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3433.aspx The Bank's Employee Association sent a letter to IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno on June 6 expressing "deep concern" about the IDB's upcoming realignment. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3413.aspx Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:32:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3413.aspx This article presents an in-depth analysis of the main themes of the 2007 Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB, including discussion about debt relief, new initiatives, the Sustainable Energy and Climate Initiative (SECCI), the Infrastructure Fund, in addition to a list of challenges and opportunities for civil society organizations to consider for future meetings. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3380.aspx Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3380.aspx Update and analysis of recent announcements about Banco del Sur, focusing on the implications for the ongoing crises of relevance in Latin America confronting the IMF, World Bank and IDB, as well as the challenges for deeper South American integration. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3299.aspx Tue, 01 May 2007 12:18:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3299.aspx Bank Information Center (BIC) is requesting improvements in the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) information disclosure policy toward more effective dialogue with civil society on the organization's realignment. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3275.aspx Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:31:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3275.aspx The IDB Board of Governors announced 100% debt relief, effective retoractively to January 1, 2007, for the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere at the IDB Annual Meetings on March 16, 2007. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3221.aspx Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:28:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3221.aspx The IDB has banned a prominent Guatemalan Bishop and a group of indigenous leaders from participating in its annual meeting in Guatemala City. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3218.aspx Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:53:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3218.aspx Information and resources for civil society/Información y recursos para la sociedad civil. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3203.aspx Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:14:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3203.aspx The IDB threatens to repeat history with a disastrous dam project in Guatemala, according to NISGUA http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3164.aspx Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:42:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3164.aspx IDB President Moreno suggests that increased U.S. ethanol needs could be provided by Latin America http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3155.aspx Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:22:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3155.aspx Summary and analysis of the IDB annual Civil Society Consultation held in Costa Rica on February 7, 2007. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3151.aspx Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:15:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3151.aspx The IDB has announced that it will hold its 48th Annual Meeting in Guatemala City, Guatemala between March 14-20. The official agenda is not yet known, but participants are speculating that the hot issues at the 2007 Annual Meeting will be announcements about the heralded IDB realignment, Camisea, and HIPC debt relief. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3097.aspx Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:44:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3097.aspx An overview of the "why" and "what" of the recently announced IDB reorganization and realignment. Analyzes the risks and opportunities based on the best information BIC has obtained through extensive interviews with IDB staff and leadership. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3096.aspx Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:17:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3096.aspx Debt relief for Bolivia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua will total between $2.1 and $3.5 billion. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3026.aspx Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:37:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3026.aspx Vince will lead BIC’s outreach activities and project and policy monitoring in Latin America. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2988.aspx Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:56:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2988.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2712.aspx Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:36:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2712.aspx Look at the latest versions of the IDB's environmental and indigenous peoples' policies, which have been finally made publicly available. Read more to learn about the current stance within the IDB that is stalling the further strengthening and approval of these important tools. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2448.aspx Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:26:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2448.aspx Read an article written by Mr. Bruce Babbit, chair of the Blue Ribbon Panel on the IDB's environmental policy. It criticizes the IDB's grandiose plans in South America, especially the IIRSA Initiative. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2370.aspx Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:49:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2370.aspx Read the press release and letters written by the Indian Law Resource Center and learn more about the controversial consultation process and rushed outreach for the new IDB Indigenous People's Policy http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2337.aspx Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:41:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2337.aspx Read the new president's biography and learn more about the election process at the IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2225.aspx Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:25:55 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2225.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2184.aspx Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:52:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2184.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2168.aspx Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:13:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2168.aspx The IFI Policy Review Web page is a recent addition to the BIC website! This page is updated regularly to allow you to keep track of consultation documents, important dates, civil society analyses and more. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2107.aspx Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:09:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2107.aspx After five years of advocating for adequate compensation for those affected by the Caña Brava Hydroelectric Project, Movement of People Affected by Dams occupies IDB headquarters http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2132.aspx Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:53:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2132.aspx Read the latest updates about the Camisea Gas Project: find out about the planned project expansion and learn more about where the royalties are really going. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2112.aspx Fri, 13 May 2005 16:29:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2112.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2106.aspx Thu, 05 May 2005 18:25:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2106.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2062.aspx Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:55:23 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2062.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2052.aspx Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:54:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2052.aspx The IDB's draft Independent Investigation Mechanism (IIM) marks a significant improvement over the existing IIM - but still falls far short of providing project-affected people with ready access to an effective process. David Hunter provides an analysis of the draft IIM and a summary of its major deficiencies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1984.aspx Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:31:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1984.aspx On March 10, 2005, the Blue Ribbon Panel, a group of international environmental experts convened to review the IDB's environmental policy and make recommendations for sustainability and environmentally conscious development. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1969.aspx Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:48:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1969.aspx Peruvian civil society met with the Inter-American Development Bank in Lima on March 2 to present their plan for a Camisea Gas Project independent monitoring mechanism. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1968.aspx Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:09:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1968.aspx List includes consolidated recommendations from all the public consultations: Barbados, Washington DC, Brussels, Panamá, Rio de Janeiro and Lima. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1966.aspx Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:29:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1966.aspx The public consultation in Panama included 56 participants from 7 member countries in the Central American region: Costa Rica, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Belize, the Dominican Republic and Panamá, with representatives from government, private business and civil society. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1956.aspx Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:59:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1956.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1949.aspx Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:36:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1949.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1938.aspx Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:06:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1938.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1933.aspx Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:40:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1933.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1908.aspx Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:47:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1908.aspx Indigenous people present a declaration (in Spanish) to the IDB regarding the formulation of its indigenous peoples policy and strategic framework. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1647.aspx Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:09:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1647.aspx IIM Panel letter contests IDB Board misrepresentation of their report in an August 5 press release http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1645.aspx Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:15:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1645.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1598.aspx Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:33:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1598.aspx IDB Executive Vice President Flannery recognizes need for improvement in IIM. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1585.aspx Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:51:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1585.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1554.aspx Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:27:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1554.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1393.aspx Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:39:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1393.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1397.aspx Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:34:31 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1397.aspx Civil society groups complained of a lack of information, among other things, regarding this significant regional integration plan http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1395.aspx Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:30:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1395.aspx Representatives from Amazon Alliance and other indigenous organizations presented a letter to IDB management proposing specific minimum steps necessary for a successful policy consultation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1394.aspx Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:13:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1394.aspx In Jamaica, BIC voiced its concern that this meeting is not a forum for meaningful civil society participation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1324.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:55:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1324.aspx On January 12th, the Inter-American Development Bank released an Information Disclosure Policy Implementation Plan, outlining the phased implementation of their new disclosure requirements. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1358.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:18:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1358.aspx Indigenous Peoples Policy Profile mentions many of the key points indigenous peoples have been asking for. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1345.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:09:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1345.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.952.aspx Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:54:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.952.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.348.aspx Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:55:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.348.aspx While the new policy is a marked improvement over the previous, in a number of areas it still falls short of the transparency standards already in place at other MDBs. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.559.aspx Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:45:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.559.aspx