This Strategy for Indigenous Development and its companion Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples seek to enhance the Bank's contribution to the development with identity of indigenous peoples by setting targets and specific priority areas for Bank action. The Strategy is a medium term guidance document that presents the vision, priorities, and lines of action for the Ban's work. The Operational Policy is a binding document for the Bank and establishes the long-term objectives, principles, requirements, conditions, and rules for implementing the Strategy and for Bank activities vis-à-vis indigenous peoples in general. This document defines the concept of development with identity (section 2), and presents a brief assessment of the status of indigenous peoples in the region (section 3) and a summary of the Bank's experience (section 4). Section 5 establishes the objectives, and section 6 the major strategic focuses and priorities for Bank activities. The options for Bank services and their implementation are described in section 7, and performance indicators in section 8. The attached annex offers a deeper assessment and a separate document summarizes the consultation process.
