Banca & Desarrollo Magazine
Published quarterly, the magazine features analytical articles on development finance and financial initiatives that promote the progress of sectors often underserved by commercial banking, such as MSMEs, social infrastructure, agriculture, and sustainable development. It also includes interviews with leading executives from development finance institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
January – March 2025 edition
– Message from the President Luis Antonio Ramírez
– From global crisis to comprehensive security: Development Banking, shaping the future of Latin America and the Caribbean
– Interview with Juan Cuattromo, President of Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BAPRO), Argentina
– Interview: Henry N. Anderson, CEO of Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize
– EInterview with Alexandra Restrepo, president of Fondo para el Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario (Finagro), Colombia
– Food security and sustainable agriculture: a global and regional approach
– PRIME Certification A boost for business growth in Mexico. Bancomext Business Banking Unit
– Financial instruments and key factors in climate finance: lessons and challenges for the national Development Banking
– Nacional Financiera: leader in the implementation of the gender approach in Development Banking for the empowerment of women in Mexico
– From global crisis to comprehensive security: Development Banking, shaping the future of Latin America and the Caribbean
– Interview with Juan Cuattromo, President of Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BAPRO), Argentina
– Interview: Henry N. Anderson, CEO of Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize
– EInterview with Alexandra Restrepo, president of Fondo para el Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario (Finagro), Colombia
– Food security and sustainable agriculture: a global and regional approach
– PRIME Certification A boost for business growth in Mexico. Bancomext Business Banking Unit
– Financial instruments and key factors in climate finance: lessons and challenges for the national Development Banking
– Nacional Financiera: leader in the implementation of the gender approach in Development Banking for the empowerment of women in Mexico
April – June 2025 edition
– Message from the President Juan Cuattromo
– From Global Crisis to Comprehensive Security: Development Banking, Forging the Future of Latin America
– ALIDE Promotes an Innovative Proposal with the Regional Rapid Response Fund for Disasterss
– Declaration of Santo Domingo: Comprehensive Cooperation in the Face of Global Insecurities
– ALIDE awarded eleven innovative best practices
– Banco Provincia de Buenos Aires was recognized as the Bank of the Year 2025
– Interview with Bettina Prato, Regional Director a.i. of the Latin America and Caribbean Division of the IFAD
– Digitalization and growth: an approach from the measurement of the impact of Banco Provincia’s DNI Account on consumption
– Development Instruments with Gender Perspectives
– From Global Crisis to Comprehensive Security: Development Banking, Forging the Future of Latin America
– ALIDE Promotes an Innovative Proposal with the Regional Rapid Response Fund for Disasterss
– Declaration of Santo Domingo: Comprehensive Cooperation in the Face of Global Insecurities
– ALIDE awarded eleven innovative best practices
– Banco Provincia de Buenos Aires was recognized as the Bank of the Year 2025
– Interview with Bettina Prato, Regional Director a.i. of the Latin America and Caribbean Division of the IFAD
– Digitalization and growth: an approach from the measurement of the impact of Banco Provincia’s DNI Account on consumption
– Development Instruments with Gender Perspectives
July – September 2025 edition
– Message from the President Juan Cuattromo
– The Seville Commitment: A New Roadmap for Development Banking
– An interview with Sebastián Nieto-Parra, Head of the Regional Division at the OECD Development Centre.
– BNDES FUST: Digital Inclusion and Territorial Transformation in Brazil
– Blended Finance and Financial Innovation to Boost Agri-SMEs and Family Farming in LAC
– Transforming Communities Program an initiative by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
– Ecoefficiency: A Financial Product of the Banco de Desarrollo Productivo, Bolivia
– Blue Financing in Action: Experiences of Development Banking in Latin American
– The Seville Commitment: A New Roadmap for Development Banking
– An interview with Sebastián Nieto-Parra, Head of the Regional Division at the OECD Development Centre.
– BNDES FUST: Digital Inclusion and Territorial Transformation in Brazil
– Blended Finance and Financial Innovation to Boost Agri-SMEs and Family Farming in LAC
– Transforming Communities Program an initiative by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
– Ecoefficiency: A Financial Product of the Banco de Desarrollo Productivo, Bolivia
– Blue Financing in Action: Experiences of Development Banking in Latin American
Edition April-June 2024
– Letter from the President Luis Antonio Ramirez
– Scaling up Sustainable Financing in Latin America and the Caribbean
– Productive Transformation Focused on Sustainable Production and Consumption
– Impact Investment for Social Inclusion
– Declaration of Fortaleza Development Banking committed to the Sustainable Development Goals
– Lecture by Dr. James A. Robinson: Search for a broader understanding of LAC’s economic problems
– New Environmental and Climate Trends and Opportunities
– Joint infrastructure financing efforts
– Ethical AI at the service of development
– ALIDE Prizes 2024: Nine development banking institutions were prizewinners
– BNF, of Paraguay, recognized as the Development Bank of 2024
– Women’s Financial and Social Inclusion in LAC
– Scaling up Sustainable Financing in Latin America and the Caribbean
– Productive Transformation Focused on Sustainable Production and Consumption
– Impact Investment for Social Inclusion
– Declaration of Fortaleza Development Banking committed to the Sustainable Development Goals
– Lecture by Dr. James A. Robinson: Search for a broader understanding of LAC’s economic problems
– New Environmental and Climate Trends and Opportunities
– Joint infrastructure financing efforts
– Ethical AI at the service of development
– ALIDE Prizes 2024: Nine development banking institutions were prizewinners
– BNF, of Paraguay, recognized as the Development Bank of 2024
– Women’s Financial and Social Inclusion in LAC
Edition July-September 2024
– Letter from the President Luis Antonio Ramirez
– Strategic action of the Development Banking System
– Nafin, 90 years as a key actor in Mexico’s growth and development
– Interview with Jorge Velarde, president of Peru’s Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
– International climate finances
– Financing for rural projects: successful experiences of public development banks
– Women for Social Inclusion Program in Bolivia
– Restructuring and development of public transportation: Colombia’s experience
– The development bank closest to he communities; Nafin offers its training in Mexico’s native languages
– Strategic action of the Development Banking System
– Nafin, 90 years as a key actor in Mexico’s growth and development
– Interview with Jorge Velarde, president of Peru’s Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
– International climate finances
– Financing for rural projects: successful experiences of public development banks
– Women for Social Inclusion Program in Bolivia
– Restructuring and development of public transportation: Colombia’s experience
– The development bank closest to he communities; Nafin offers its training in Mexico’s native languages
Edition October-December 2024
– Message from ALIDE President, Luis Antonio Ramírez
– Global Financial Cooperation: Boosting Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific and Latin America
– Interview with Fernando Durán General Administrator, Banco Agrícola de la República Dominicana (BAGRÍCOLA)
– Development Banking System: key for SDG 6 in Latin America and the Caribbean
– The Sustainable Nafin Strategy: transforming Mexico’s development banking system by Ismael Villanueva from Nafin
– Impact of guarantees for SMEs during the crisis
– Climate transition financing in LAC public development banks
– Disruptive and sustainable housing innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean
– Global Financial Cooperation: Boosting Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific and Latin America
– Interview with Fernando Durán General Administrator, Banco Agrícola de la República Dominicana (BAGRÍCOLA)
– Development Banking System: key for SDG 6 in Latin America and the Caribbean
– The Sustainable Nafin Strategy: transforming Mexico’s development banking system by Ismael Villanueva from Nafin
– Impact of guarantees for SMEs during the crisis
– Climate transition financing in LAC public development banks
– Disruptive and sustainable housing innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean