Panama's President and IDB Head Discuss Investments and Education Reform

The President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, and the President of the IDB Group, Ilan Goldfajn, spoke this Monday about educational reform in Panama and the mobilization of investments toward the Central American country. The IDB Group plans to develop a program in 2026 that "exceeds $1,000 million between public and private operations." Goldfajn is in Panama for the 39th Meeting of the Governors of the Central American Isthmus, Panama, and the Dominican Republic of the IDB Group. He explained that they discussed "many projects, such as Panama's approach to the OECD and new initiatives under the IDB's 'America in the Center' framework." Mulino invited the IDB to be part of the process of updating Panama's education system, focusing on technology and digitalization. This proposal "was received positively by the IDB team, which announced it is working on a project with Google that includes 60,000 scholarships for the region, with Panama being one of the main beneficiaries."