This Country Program Evaluation (RE-355) analyzes the recent performance of the Bank's portfolio of operations. Two country strategies were approved during 2000-2008, which were prepared in two very different contexts in Brazil. The 2000-2003 strategy was prepared following the 1999 crisis that...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-359) covers the period from 2005 to 2009. OVE's most significant recommendation stemming from the analysis is that, if this is one of the new administration's priorities, the next strategy should design an assistance program aimed at closing the gap that...

Esta edición de IDEA se centra en el proceso intensamente político que rodea al presupuesto público en América Latina. La misma analiza temas presupuestarios críticos, la legislación reciente, los actores políticos involucrados y las consecuencias --a veces no intencionales-- de la...

This report (RE-296) presents an evaluation of the Bank's country program for Belize for the years 1993-2003. The evaluation includes: 1) An overview of the structure of the Belizean economy, including developments that took place during the nineties and the development challenges faced by the...

Este documento (MIF/GN-78-13) es el resultado de la evaluación de un grupo de 17 proyectos del FOMIN en el área de medio ambiente, enmarcado dentro del programa de trabajo de evaluación del FOMIN encomendado por el Comité de Donantes a OVE. El informe está estructurado de la siguiente...

This report (RE-260) seeks to define what constitutes development among contemporary development finance institutions. The report looks at the historic evolution of the concept of development and at the instruments seen as most effective at promoting development, paying particular attention to...

The object of this study (RE-317-2) is to evaluate the Bank's role in the fiscal sector of its borrowing member countries from 1990 to 2004, in order to extract learnings that can enhance the outcomes of the Bank's work in future, framed within its new business model (New Lending...

This document of Environmental Procedures and SEA Guidance was prepared on the basis of the IDB Board approved "Proposal for a New Lending Instrument Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects," GN-2246. It contains procedures to review the environmental sustainability of the Conditional...

The aftermath of the global financial crisis has reshaped world growth and demand patterns, leading to a two-speed recovery, with slow growth in industrial countries and fast growth in emerging markets. This new global scenario is defining a constellation of global macroeconomic conditions that...

Between 1992 and 2012, the IDB Group approved 120 operations for Belize for a total of US$ 221 million. This publication provides some examples of the Bank's support to Belize, capturing highlights of our partnership with successive governments, private sector and other clients in pursuit of the...