Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can optimize ICT returns to society.

Mobilizing resources is critical to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and multilateral development banks in particular have been called upon to crowd-in additional financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Accordingly, this document explores how the IDB Group is utilizing innovative finance, blended finance, bonds, guarantees, de-risking instruments, and green finance for this purpose.