- Online registration for media is now open for gathering of financial and economic leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean.
WASHINGTON, USA — The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) will hold the 2026 annual meetings of the boards of governors on March 11-14 in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Economic and financial leaders from the Group’s 48 member countries and the private sector will address key challenges and opportunities in Latin America and Caribbean, including private-sector-led growth, regional integration, critical minerals, security, trade and commerce, market development, and the further implementation of IDBImpact+ transformations, which enabled record IDB Group financing of $35 billion in 2025.
The meetings, to be held in Luque, in greater Asuncion, in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) District, include the 66th annual meeting of the board of governors of the IDB and the 40th annual meeting of the bard of governors of IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the IDB Group. The boards are the highest decision-making bodies of the IDB and IDB Invest.
Governors are ministers of finance, presidents of central banks, or other high-level authorities from member countries. Representatives of multilateral financial institutions, development agencies, and private banks also attend. In addressing a wide range of topics, Governors will focus on how the IDB Group, as the region’s leading source of development financing, expertise, and knowledge, can expand its impact and scale to better support its borrowing members through the public and private sectors.
The meetings will also feature a business forum, “Harnessing Opportunities, Unlocking Growth,” which will bring together business leaders, investors, and other stakeholders to explore how innovation, investment, and public-private synergies — facilitated by the IDB Group — can drive growth, expand economic opportunities, and strengthen productivity across in Latin America and the Caribbean.