This third edition of Investing in Gender Equality presents IDB projects that exemplify good work in the integration of gender considerations in their design. The 18 projects included in this edition have been identified through a system that ranks projects according to how comprehensively...

This brochure describes the economic ties between Japan and Latin America, placing the Japanese trust funds in the context of meeting challenges in the region. This document describes the Japanese trust funds and provides examples of how these funds have created opportunities for people to build...

The Sustainable Development Department's Social Development Division (SDS/SOC) assists the IDB by providing technical support to operations and by helping to identify and promote new opportunities for Bank action in social development that will accelerate growth and improve the well-being of...

The OECD has been active in promoting competition policy among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and in recent years it has formed a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank for this purpose. The principal feature of this partnership has been the annual Latin American...

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Trusts Funds for 2006. The Japanese Trust Funds support five distinct programs: the Japan Special Fund (JSF); the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services (JCF); the Japan Poverty Reduction Program (JPO); the IDB/Japan Program; and...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-352) is intended to examine the relations that the Bank established with Guatemala during the period 2004-2007 in terms of results, in order to extract lessons for establishing a future strategic partnership that will be as productive constructive as possible...

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...

The Sustainable Development Department's Social Development Division (SDS/SOC) assists the IDB by providing technical support to operations and by helping to identify and promote new opportunities for Bank action in social development that will accelerate growth and improve the well-being of...

This document provides Bank staff guidance on the selection of interventions to reduce violence, whether in the context of stand-alone violence reduction operations or as components in other types of loans. These guidelines are a work in progress, which will be expanded and modified as the Bank...

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Trusts Funds for 2007. The Japanese Trust Funds support five distinct programs: the Japan Special Fund (JSF); the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services (JCF); the Japan Poverty Reduction Program (JPO); the IDB/Japan Program; and...