This paper reviews the Bank's lending experience in rural finance and extracts the lessons learned from that experience. It is based on a review of project documents, evaluation reports, and interviews. A sample of 27 projects were studied in detail. Although the review of IDB projects is far...

The Bank has developed and implemented several initiatives to reduce poverty and to improve rural competitiveness during the past decade. This document updates and establishes operational principles to guide action in this area so that the stated goals of the Mandate can be effectively achieved....

The purpose of this guideline is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluations for agricultural projects, particularly projects that directly target farmers, and seek to improve agricultural production, productivity and profitability. Specific issues in evaluating agricultural projects...

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the exports of several Latin American and Caribbean countries to destinations within and beyond the region. The increase in trade links has not, however, been accompanied by a proportional increase in reciprocal investments among the trading...

El propósito fundamental de la estrategia de financiamiento rural (GN-2022) es orientar las actividades del personal de operaciones del Banco encargado de diseñar proyectos en esa área. El objetivo es promover la provisión de servicios financieros rurales eficientes, de amplia base, y...

The principal purpose of the Rural Finance Strategy (GN-2123-3) is to orient the operational staff of the Bank responsible for designing rural finance projects. The objective of the Bank on this area is to promote the provision of efficient, broadly based, and sustainable rural financial...

Esta estrategia (GN-2069-1) se enfoca en las opciones para el desarrollo agroalimentario. Pretende facilitar la preparación de programas de préstamo y cooperación técnica, mejorando su calidad y generando consenso en el Banco y en la región sobre los asuntos críticos para el desarrollo...

Este informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales examina las acciones del Banco durante 1999. Durante dicho año, las actividades ambientales y de recursos naturales del Banco se concentraron en tres áreas de acción prioritaria: 1) la identificación y puesta en marcha de...