CAF Development Bank of Latin America is a development bank created in 1970, made up by 19 countries—17 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal—as well as 14 private banks in the region. It promotes sustainable development through its lending, and support in the technical and financial structuring of projects in the public and private sectors of Latin America. CAF is also well known for its work in equity and social inclusion, environment, workforce development and climate change among other areas.
To learn more, please visit CAF Development Bank of Latin America’s website.
CAF Development Bank of Latin America partnered with the Innovation Fund to foster higher education partnerships and student academic training & exchanges for the following grant competitions:
- – Advancing Professional and Technical Training between Colombia and the U.S. through Study Abroad (2015)
- – The Marlene M. Johnson Innovation Challenge for U.S.-Cuba, Caribbean, and Central American Academic Mobility (2016)
- – The Peru -U.S. Innovation Competition (2017)