What We Do

Partnering with clients, the IDB seeks to eliminate poverty and inequality, and promotes sustainable economic growth.

The Bank supports clients in the design of projects, and provides financing, technical assistance and knowledge services to support development interventions. The IDB focuses on empirical evidence for making decisions and measuring the impact of this projects to increase its development effectiveness.

Our Clients

The IDB lends to national, provincial, state and municipal governments as well as autonomous public institutions. Civil society organizations and private sector companies are also elegible for IDB financing.

What we finance and what we seek to achieve:

• Our priorities and areas of action
• Mandates
• Sector Initiatives
• Regional initiatives

What types of products we offer:

• Lending and Grants (Financial Instruments: Rates, Loans, Grants, Guarantees, Equity Investments, Technical Cooperation, Financing Solutions, Funds under Administration)
• Knowledge Generation
• Project Preparation Facilities

Operations:

• Operational Summary
• New Lending Framework, 2005-2008 (in force until 2012)
• Evaluation and Auditing
• Integrity and Transparency
• Debt Relief

To help raise awareness of tackle social issues, the IDB supports campaigns that promote changes in key areas such as human trafficking and youth participation in development.