2010-02-09

IDB and the UK Department of International Development (DFID) met to discuss projects to promote private sector development and competitiveness in the Caribbean, IDB said in a release.   The entities addressed the creation of the Compete Caribbean program, which was jointly designed by IDB, D...

2010-02-09

Costa Rica's President-elect Laura Chinchilla plans to promote infrastructure development in Costa Rica, especially port and airport facilities.   As well as state investment, the president-elect is interested in signing concession contracts with private firms.   Rehabilitating the cou...

2010-02-09

Escriba aqui un resumen de su IDB's multilateral investment fund Fomin has set up a US$3mn line of financing to help Haitian government agencies or private firms carrying out Fomin projects reopen for business as soon as possible, the bank reported in a release.   Fomin has also established ...

2010-02-07

Chile's public works minister Sergio Bitar and national roads director Mario Fernández visited region IV on February 5 to inaugurate and launch road projects totaling 8.4bn pesos (US$15.5mn), a public works ministry (MOP) official told BNamericas.   First, the officials inaugurated the...

2010-02-07

Argentina's northeastern Chaco province expects Barranqueras port to be operating at full capacity in 2.5 years, a local government official told BNamericas.   To achieve this, federal government signed a 600mn-peso (US$156mn) contract with the firm Hidrovía to renovate railway lines a...

2010-02-07

Panama's Coclé province plans to finish the feasibility studies for the construction of a new port in the Aguadulce district by end-2010, a local government official told BNamericas.   The port's construction will cost some US$20mn.   "The feasibility stage involves bathyme...

2010-02-07

Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that the government is looking to attract Chinese investment to the island, government information service JIS reported.   "We see Jamaica as a strategic location that would enhance investments from China seeking to address the growing dem...

2010-02-05

The recently elected board of directors at Costa Rican port authority Japdeva's labor union Sintrajap is optimistic about reaching an agreement on the Limón-Moín ports concession with the future president, Sintrajap's executive secretary Douglas Brenes told BNamericas.   "W...