Reg/IDB 9 General Oncrease in the resources of the IDB The IDB's Board of Governors agreed in 2010 to increase the Bank?s ordinary capital by $70 billion the largest expansion of resources in the Bank?s history and to provide an unprecedented package of financial support to Haiti. The agreement also includes a
 replenishment of the Fund for Special Operations which finances operations in the region?s poorest nations. On top of the continuing needs in infrastructure social development and financial intermediation the LAC region faces emerging challenges related t
o equity of opportunities social protection decentralization productive innovation regional integration carbon emissions natural disaster protection and food security.