The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is owned by 48 member countries and is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. It was established in 1959 and lends to governments and agencies in 26 borrowing countries to support economic development, social development, and regional integration. The IDB focuses on eliminating poverty and inequality by providing financing, technical assistance, and knowledge for projects in priority sectors like infrastructure, institutions, and the environment. It is governed by a Board of Governors and Board of Executive Directors and led by a President who oversees day-to-day operations.
2. About
• The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB or IDB) is
the largest source of development financing for Latin
America and the Caribbean.
• It is Established in 1959, current president is Luis Alberto
Moreno.
• IDB supports Latin American and Caribbean economic
development, social development and regional integration by
lending to governments and government agencies, including
State corporations.
• The IDB has four official languages: English, French,
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3. Member countries
• The Bank is owned by 48 sovereign states, which are its
shareholders and members. Only the 26 borrowing countries are
able to receive loans.
• Borrowing:
– Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
Uruguay, Venezuela
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4. Member countries
• Non borrowing:
– Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Republic of Korea,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United
States.
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5. Focus
• IDB seeks to eliminate poverty and inequality, and promotes
sustainable economic growth.
• The Bank supports clients in the design of projects, and
provides financing, technical assistance and knowledge
services to support development interventions.
• The IDB focuses on empirical evidence for making decisions
and measuring the impact of this projects to increase
its development effectiveness.
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6. Objectives, Goals and Sector Priorities
• Priorities Sector:
– social policy for equity and productivity;
– infrastructure for competitiveness and social welfare;
– institutions for growth and social welfare;
– competitive regional and global international integration; and
– protection of the environment, response to climate change,
promotion of renewable energy and ensuring food security.
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7. Objectives, Goals and Sector Priorities
• Main objectives:
– reducing poverty and inequality and
– achieving sustainable growth.
• Goals:
– addressing the special needs of the less developed and smaller
countries and
– fostering development through the private sector.
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8. areas of action
• IDB has the following main areas of action:
– Reducing poverty and social inequalities;
– Addressing the needs of small and vulnerable countries;
– Fostering development through the private sector;
– Addressing climate change, renewable energy and
environmental sustainability; and
– Promoting regional cooperation and integration.
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9. How IDB organized
• The IDB is headed by the Board of Governors, which
delegates oversight of Bank operations to the Board of
Executive Directors. Day-to-day operations are run by the
management team.
• Each member country appoints a governor, whose voting
power is proportional to the Bank’s capital subscribed to by
the country.
• The 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries in the IDB
hold 50.02 percent of the voting power.
• The single largest shareholder is the United States, with 30.01
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10. How IDB organized
• The single largest shareholder is the United States, with 30.01
percent.
• Members of the Board of Executive Directors serve three-year
terms at IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• The President of the IDB, who is elected by the Board of
Governors for a five-year term, is the institution’s chief
executive officer and legal representative, responsible for the
day-to-day business of the Bank.
• He is assisted by one Executive Vice President and four Vice
Presidents.
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