In the fight against COVID19, billions of personal geo-location data points are being used by countries around the world to “flatten the curve” of contagion, in order to re-establish the circulation of people, and to better manage physical distancing among individuals. We are referring to the surveillance systems that several governments have begun using to track or trace individuals and their physical contacts (contact-tracing) to control the contagion.

Children and youth need to develop socio-emotional skills to achieve personal and professional success in the 21st century. For this reason, education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have implemented policies and programs to develop the socio-emotional skills of their students.

Children and youth need to develop socio-emotional skills to achieve personal and professional success in the 21st century. For this reason, education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have implemented policies and programs to develop the socio-emotional skills of their students.

People used to take the weather and climate for granted -butnot anymore! They are both now studied intensively by scientists
and discussed by celebrities and newscasters as they become
increasingly important to our own daily lives.
Every place on Earth has a climate. A climate includes factors that
remain fairly constant for at least 30 years, such as temperature,
humidity, the amount of water present in the air, and rainfall.
The region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of

Once upon a time, there was a place with good soil for plants and good sources of water for wild animals. Many, many plants grew there, and many wild animals made it their home. People liked it too. In fact, so many people wanted it to be their home, they built a city. The world's big cities -that are now full of skyscrapers and wide concrete avenues, and where the only wild animals live in zoos- once looked very different. Many were farms. A few were jungles or swamps. A handful were desert oases. Even today, cities cannot be separated from the natural environment.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) advocates for building a shared understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its opportunities and applications, and its risks and the possible measures to mitigate them. Towards this end, working in collaboration with C Minds and with input from a group of regional experts, the IDB designed the fAIr LAC initiative to promote the responsible adoption of AI in order to improve the delivery of social services and create development opportunities.