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IDB Lab
About IDB Lab
IDB Lab (previously known as MIF) is the innovation laboratory of the IDB Group. It aims to promote development through the private sector by identifying, supporting, testing and piloting new solutions to development challenges, seeking to create opportunities for the poor and vulnerable populations in the LAC region. IDB Lab engages and inspires the private sector working with the public sector when needed. Created in 1993 by 21 donor countries, it is the largest provider of technical assistance for private sector development projects.
Our partnership with IDB Lab
The six-year Youth Entrepreneurship Program, funded by IDB Lab and delivered by our members, aimed to increase the number of poor and low-income youth in 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries successfully starting sustainable businesses and creating new jobs. By the end of 2019, the programme had supported 60,000 young people to start or strengthen their businesses. Download here our Youth Entrepreneurship Programme report.
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Effectuation and its application in youth entrepreneurship training
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Exploring the impact of voluntary business mentoring on young entrepreneurs
PublicationsThis report summarises the key findings of a two-year longitudinal study, undertaken in partnership with Middlesex University.
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Maritza Vela
Project Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank
“IDB Lab turned to YBI to co-design our regional Youth Entrepreneurship Program that is significantly increasing the number of young people who improve their lives by starting or growing their own businesses across eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. To date YBI and IDB Lab together have supported more than 41,000 young people to start or grow their own business. We appreciate YBI’s commitment to promoting innovation and learning across their network.”
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Citi Foundation
Worshipful Company of Management Consultants
Accenture
