About Us
This initiative was created with the goal of implementing a comprehensive agenda to transform the challenges of migration into development opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean countries
What we do
Using financial and non-financial instruments, we leverage investments and scale innovative solutions to tackle migration challenges in the region, contributing to the successful integration of migrants to their host communities.
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Why we do it
Large and sudden intraregional migration flows have become an emerging development challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean, creating a potential development crisis in already vulnerable migrant recipient communities. If addressed properly and with the urgency needed, this crisis could not only be avoided, but also become a development opportunity for the whole region
How we do it
Using financial and non-financial instruments, we leverage investments and scale innovative solutions to tackle migration challenges in the region, contributing to the successful integration of migrants to their host communities
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Regional Approach
60 years of experience improving lives in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Focus On Development
We focus on migration challenges that are not addressed by humanitarian agencies
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Scaling Innovation
Our goal is to discover and scale innovative development solutions to solve migration challenges
Financial
Instruments
Using our Grant Facility, Regional Public Goods, and technical assistance, we leverage investments in projects that support a comprehensive migration and development agenda in the region.
Non-financial
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We promote a comprehensive migration agenda through regional policy dialogues, research, data collection, and the training public officials and technical specialists from public and private institutions in the region.
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Coordination
We belong to a community of multilateral banks and other organizations that seek to align strategically and coordinate efforts to address the challenges of migration
Who we work with
Addressing the challenges posed by migration crises requires the collaboration of multiple actors from different sectors. From the IDB Migration Initiative we scale innovative solutions with the support of donors such as the European Union, South Korea, Switzerland, Japan, Spain and the United States; institutional allies such as the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Rescue Committee, the Migration Policy Institute and the MDB's Platform on Migration and Forced Displacement; and private sector allies such as Mastercard, Telefonica and Tent
