IDB Plans Two-Year Venezuela Reengagement
The Inter-American Development Bank is re-engaging with Venezuela and drafting a two-year plan focused on electricity infrastructure and social protection, while missions assess the macroeconomic framework and sector needs; the bank has not specified how its roughly $2 billion in arrears will be resolved. IDB President Ilan Goldfajn says the engagement aims to work collaboratively with Venezuelans to shape the plan and determine next steps, signaling a potential longer-term lending role if planning progresses.
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About Ilan Goldfajn
Ilan Goldfajn is an Israeli-Brazilian economist, former governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and former director of the International Monetary Fund's Western Hemisphere Department. In December 2022, he became president of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Everything about Ilan Goldfajn →- Occupation
- politician, economist
- Position held
- President of the Central Bank of Brazil
- Citizenship
- Israel, Brazil
- Born
- March 12, 1966