Best Practices

General Operational Policies*

This chapter contains a general description of operational policies as well as the principles governing the access to information on Bank activities.

• 101 General Information
• 102 Disclosure of Information
  

OPERATIONS PROGRAMING
This chapter presents how Bank operations are programmed.

• 201 The Country and Subregional Programming Process
• 202 The Bank's Operations Program

LENDING POLICIES
This chapter contains general guidelines for the Bank's lending operations.

• 301 Eligible Borrowers
• 302 Project Preparation, Evaluation and Approval
• 303 Guarantees Required from the Borrower
• 304 Operations Administration
• 305 ExPost Evaluation
• 306 Forms of Bank Financing and Assistance for the Mobilization
  of Financial Resources
• 307 Amount of Loan in Foreign Exchange
• 308 Financing of Interest
• 309 Global Loans to Intermediary Financial Institutions - Contributions by Subborrowers

TECHNICAL COOPERATION POLICIES
This chapter contains general guidelines applicable to technical assistance operations financed by the Bank.

• 401 Basic Guidelines
• 402 Modalities and Forms of Financing
• 403 Intrarregional Technical Cooperation Program (CT/INTRA)
• 404 Technical Cooperation Fund (FONTEC)

PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES
This chapter contains general guidelines applicable to procuring goods and services financed in whole or in part with funds from Bank loans.

• 501 General Policy
• 502 International Competitive Bidding
• 503 Procurement of Goods Financed with Sector Adjustment Loans
• 504 Recognition of Expenditures, Retroactive Financing, and Advance
  Contracting
• 505 Contracting of Consulting Services

SUBREGIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
This chapter contains general guidelines on the Bank's relationship with other institutions to support the development of the borrowing countries.

• 601 Relationship with Subregional Financial Institutions - General Policy
• 602 Cooperation with Other Sources of Financing
  

SOURCES AND USE OF FUNDS
This chapter lists the reference documents that set out the main conditions regarding the sources and uses of funds for Bank operations.

• 901 Sources and Allocation of Funds
• 902 Ordinary Capital (OC)
• 903 Fund of Special Operations (FSO)
• 904 Funds in Administration
• 905 Intermediate Financing Facility (IFF)
  

* The operational policies of the Inter-American Development Bank are intended to provide operational guidance to staff in assisting the Bank's borrowing member countries. Over the course of the Bank's more than 40 years of operations, the approach to developing operational policies has taken various forms, ranging from the preparation of detailed guidelines to broad statements of principle and intent. Many policies have not been updated since they were originally issued, and a few reflect emphases and approaches of earlier years which have been superseded by specific mandates of the Bank's Governors, the most recent being the Eighth Replenishment mandates of 1994. In accordance with the Bank's information disclosure policy, the Bank is making all of its operational policies available to the public through the Public Information Center. Users please note that the Bank's operational policies are under a process of continuous review. This review process includes preparation of best practice papers summarizing experience at the Bank and other similar institutions, and sector strategy papers.