The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas highlighted in the Institutional Strategy...

This publication takes a comprehensive view of all the action areas that need to be addressed in a coordinated and integrated manner to achieve sustainable development for all. The articles included herein deal with how to enhance the quality of life of the poor, how to enable all members of...

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2004. It provides a description on a country-by-country basis and a regional overlook of the Bank's various operations - loans, guarantees, financing...

This Strategy (GN-2125-1) defines the objectives that the Bank would like to promote among borrowing countries committed to subnational development. The Bank will assist countries interested in pursuing subnational development programs to finance investments and implement the reforms and...

During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The...

The Bank's Environment Strategy (GN-2208-4) is a guiding instrument whose fundamental objective is to attain greater effectiveness in the support that the Bank offers each of the borrower countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve their sustainable development goals. The strategy...

The objective of this Strategy (GN-2227) is to contribute to increase the growth rates of per capita GDP and income in the Region, under conditions that lead to improving the quality of life of the population, alleviating poverty, and preserving or improving the natural resource base. Proposed...

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2007. In addition, the report contains a description of the Bank's operations (loans, guarantees and grants); Management's Discussion and Analysis:...

Given the contributions of the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) and the self-evaluation system of evaluability, OVE can now move away from a wholly separate system of reviewing project evaluability (as was done in 2001, 2005, and 2009). OVE can move towards a system of continuous...