INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK – IADB
The Inter-American Development (IDB) is an international organization established and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic and social development as well as regional integration. The IADB lends money, provides grants and offers research, advice and technical assistance to improve key areas like education, poverty reduction and agriculture. The Bank also seeks to take a lead role on cross-border issues like trade, infrastructure and energy.
AMERICAS BUSINESS COUNCIL
The Americas Business Council (ABC) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to creating conferences and roundtables where established and emerging business leaders can share ideas, formulate solutions, and prepare to take action. The ABC’s mission is to develop an international network of business leaders who work to achieve sustainability in societies across the Americas. By producing conferences and roundtables for small audiences, the ABC generates interaction among top-level leaders and then uses both traditional and innovative communication methods to share this content to inspire a broader community to engage in attaining a sustainable future.
Led by Emilio Azcárraga, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, the ABC will address issues of social consciousness such as environmental sustainability through its Green Forums, best practices in philanthropy through its Philanthropy Forums, and bridging divided societies through the Reconciliation Forum. Over the past decade PODER Magazine has developed an international network of progressive political and corporate leaders. The Americas Business Council will draw from this vast network, bringing them together for innovative forums, and count on PODER as an editorial advisory board in the planning of our upcoming events. Through this editorial advisory board, PODER editors and journalists will donate their time and expertise to the various events developed by the ABC. Upcoming ABC events include the 2009 ABC Reconciliation Forum, the NGF Forum, the ABC Green Forum, and the ABC Philanthropy Forum.
PODER MAGAZINE
A leading business magazine, PODER is written for a global audience of influential senior business executives, political decision-makers and entrepreneurs. Reaching more than 625,000 readers across the region, PODER offers business news, profiles and exclusive interviews with high-ranking business and political leaders. Its in-depth, cutting-edge editorial coverage on the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets have made PODER a significant influence in social, economic, political, and cultural arenas. Aside from its online property, www.PODER360.com, PODER has print editions in the United States (with individual editions targeting both the national U.S. Hispanic market and South Florida), Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Chile. It is currently working on the launch of editions in Peru and Argentina. Under an exclusive content distribution agreement, PODER also publishes a selection of articles from The Economist–the world’s premier source for the analysis of world business and current affairs–extending its content in Latin America and to the U.S. Hispanic audience.