Poverty and Inequality
- Access to Markets and Governance for Poverty Reduction Trust Fund
- Social Equity Forum
- The IDB and Poverty Reduction
- Social Equity Enhancing (SEQ) and Poverty Targeted Investments (PTI)
- Policies to Reduce Poverty and Inequality
- Equity, Human Development, and the Summit of the Americas
- Poverty and Inequality Data
- MECOVI - Household Surveys Initiative
- Research Projects and Technical Papers
- Best Practices and Strategy Papers
- Networks and Outreach
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At the end of 1997, the Inter-American Development Bank created the Poverty and Inequality Unit within the Sustainable Development Department. The mission of the Unit is to provide technical leadership for the Bank and its member governments in the areas of poverty reduction and promoting social equity, and to contribute to enhancing the quality of the Bank's lending and non-lending activities so as to increase their impact on poverty reduction and social equity.
The Unit is also responsible for monitoring the Bank's portfolio with respect to how loans are targeted to assist the poor, and for providing support to improve poverty targeting mechanisms within operations. In addition, the Unit assists in knowledge-building, including fostering links to worldwide expertise and ensuring access by staff and clients to this knowledge infrastructure; and seeks to improve the quality of information and analysis of poverty and inequality.
For more information on the Poverty and Inequality Unit please contact us by e-mail at povunit@iadb.org, by regular mail: 1300 New York Avenue NW, Mail Stop E-421, Washington, D.C. 20577, USA, or by fax at (202) 623-3299.
