Managua, August 29th, 2023.- In the last three years, since the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 3,596 Nicaraguan micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) were able to sustainably boost and strengthen their businesses, as well as invest in the improvement of their productive units through access to soft resources from the Financial Sector Support Facility for MSME Financing, supported by the ...
Managua, July 13th, 2022.- A total of 27,600 rural families are currently benefiting thanks to the steady progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development of Rural Families' Livelihoods in Nicaragua's Dry Corridor Project (NICAVIDA), which is co-financed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FID). To ...
Managua, March 18th, 2022.- Contributing to the socioeconomic development of Nicaraguans, work is progressing to improve the operational capabilities of Puerto Corinto, where one of the main objectives is to provide a more efficient service to ships in the future, developing loading and unloading activities with systems and tools that will reduce by more than 50% the time currently used for this ...
Guatemala City, October 27, 2021.- As part of the "Prefeasibility Studies for the Guatemalan Segment of the Central American Freight Railroad Connection Project", it was concluded that its economic viability is generated when the freight railroad is operated simultaneously with the passenger train on double track. This is part of the scopes presented at the final seminar of the Knowledge Sharing ...
Tegucigalpa, February 17, 2022.- In a virtual meeting with investors for the second consecutive year, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum ( OMFIF ) presented the second edition of the report "Central America: Integration, Investment and Trade Opportunities". This year, the report focuses on resilience, recovery and ...
Guatemala City, June 30th, 2022.- A total of 403 industrial, construction, manufacturing and real estate jobs in Guatemala were protected thanks to a new disbursement of US$18.5 million granted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to its financial ally Banco de Desarrollo Rural (BANRURAL). Of the total resources, US$13.5 million will be used to finance working capital for ...
Tegucigalpa July 14th, 2020.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), from the Office of the Chief Economist, has prepared the Statistical Yearbook "Central America in Figures", which aims to publicize the main macroeconomic, social, and demographic results of the Central American region. The document brings together a set of macroeconomic, demographic, and social statistics in ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 1, 2021.- The freight railroad route prioritized for the "Guatemalan Segment of Railroad Connection in Central America" project will be the Tecún Umán-Guatemala City line, with a length of 274 kilometers, comprising three sections: Tecún Umán-Mazatenango, Mazatenango-Santa María and Santa María-Guatemala City. This was announced at the mid-term seminar held between ...
Santo Domingo, August 16th, 2022 - With the objective of mitigating the immediate effects of high fuel prices on end consumers and producers, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) approved an increase in its "Temporary Support Program for the Fuel Crisis" and US$200.0 million in financing for the Dominican Republic. This initiative seeks to support the Dominican population by ...
Tegucigalpa, July 18th, 2022.- Consolidating its role as the bridge of opportunities between the region and the world, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) recently concluded a successful mission in its member country South Korea, inaugurating its ninth representative office in Seoul and signing several agreements to benefit various sectors in Central America. This was ...