This report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2011 including loans, guarantees, and grants. This document also discusses sector priorities, other key areas of interest as well as the implementation of the Ninth General Increase in Resources. Lastly, this annual report contains...

This brochure provides a brief summary of the purpose, history, structure and operations of the IDB. The IDB is the largest source of multilateral development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1959, the IDB promotes the economic and social development of the region...

This Country Program Evaluation covers two Bank strategies that spanned from 2001 to 2008. The Bahamas has the highest per capita income of any borrowing member of the Bank. The country's social indicators are not, however, commensurate with its level of income and the pattern of social and...

This approach paper describes the Country Program Evaluation (CPE) of IDB's assistance to Mexico during the five-year period 2007-2011, and it is expected to serve as input for preparation of the IDB's Country Strategy with Mexico for the period 2013-2018. In conducting CPEs, the IDB applies...

This paper uses the Mexican Social Mobility Survey 2006 to analyze intergenerational social mobility as it relates to entrepreneurial activity. First, the paper analyzes whether entrepreneurs experience greater upward social mobility than self-employed workers or employees. Second, probit models...