Juan G. Flores is a Strategy, Planning and Innovation Officer at IDB-Invest’s Strategy and Development Department where he analyzes challenges and opportunities for the private sector, with emphasis on Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Manufacturing, and Gender and Diversity. Juan has 11 years of experience in originating, structuring and supervising projects at the IDB Group, and performed a special assignment as Transaction Management Officer at the European Investment Bank. Prior to the IDB Group, Juan was Financial Controller at KFC Group Ecuador, and Chief Financial Officer of KFC Venezuela. Juan is a Certified Public Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on Finance from Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and a Master’s degree in Finance from Kogod School of Business at American University.
The private sector can help strengthen the recent progress of the Plurinational State of Bolivia on gender issues, as well as complementing the government's efforts for post-pandemic economic recovery and the role of women both in labor participation and through the enterprises they lead.
Remember what trying to get a cab used to be like? Not long ago, you would have to step into the street, wave your arm in hopes of being noticed and sometimes wrestle another would-be passenger for the coveted spot. And that was only the beginning. At times, cab drivers took you down the “tourist route,” or simply got lost finding their way. At pay time, it was a matter of luck for you to have cash or for a driver to have change.
Our region has the highest share of city dwellers in the world. Considering the lack of transparency in contracts, high transaction costs, scarce mortgage financing, high landlord requirements, and other hurdles, it is not surprising that “property tech” or PropTech is taking off in LAC.