Country Strategy

Together, IDB staff and El Salvador determine how El Salvador’s priorities coincide with the Bank’s development strategies for the region. The product of that process is the IDB country strategy with El Salvador, containing the Bank’s expected program for El Salvador.

Country strategies include an overview of the country’s current economic situation. They draw on analytical work conducted by the Bank and other parties on a wide range of economic and social sectors, such as rural and urban development, health, education, government modernization, transportation, trade, and the environment, among others.

El Salvador’s Operational Strategy 2010 - 2014

The Bank's country strategy for the period 2010-2014 will focus on six priority areas: 

• Public finance
• Social protection
• Urban environment
• Water and sanitation
• Transportation
• Energy

The Bank's activities will be geared toward strengthening public finances by increasing tax revenue collected and the efficiency of public spending, as well as greater transparency and prevention and control of corruption; fostering greater coordination and consistency between the programs of the Universal Social Protection System (USPS) and integrated violence prevention programs; improving the living conditions of urban settlement dwellers;expanding access to and coverage of water and sanitation services; improving the rural road system and making the mass transit system more efficient; and expanding access to rural electrification with more diversified energy sources.