A new ALIDE Network on Business and Investments, which was formalized on occasion of the Meeting of the Technical Committee on this subject held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, during ALIDE’s  last General Assembly, ALIDE 44, May 2014.

Fifteen development banks and DFIs signed the Memorandum of Understanding and new additional entities were confirming their participation in this operational Network. These institutions were: Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE), from Argentina; Banco Nacional do Desenvolvimento Económico y Social (BNDES), from Brazil; Banco Colombiano de Comercio Exterior (BANCOLDEX);  FINDETER Financiera del Desarrollo, from Colombia; Banco de Crédito y Comercio (BANDEC), from Cuba; Corporación para el Desarrollo de Curaçao (Korpodeko); Corporación Financiera Nacional (CFN), from Ecuador; Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (BANCOMEXT), from México; Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), from México; Banco Nacional de Fomento (BNF), from Paraguay; Fondo Ganadero del Paraguay; Banco Agropecuario (AGROBANCO), from Peru; Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE), from Peru; Banco Nacional de Fomento de la Vivienda  y la Producción (BNVF), from the Dominican Republic; and Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (COFIDES).

Click here for the following documents:

• Final Report of ALIDE 44
• The Memorandum of Understanding: Technical and Financial Cooperation to Increase Business and Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean
• ALIDE 2014-2015 Agreed Working Program on Business and Investments
• List of Participants

With this Network, ALIDE is actively promoting intra-regional business, investments and project financing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Anyone interested in this ALIDE network, should not hesitate to contact ALIDE Secretariat