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Argentina

The national representation of Argentina focuses on supporting the country in promoting sustained economic growth led by the private sector, reducing poverty, and strengthening the sustainability and efficiency of the public sector.

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Country Office
Viviana Alva Smiling - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Viviana del Carmen Alva Hart
IDB Country Representative in Argentina
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Argentina is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, Argentina appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Argentina is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair, shared with Haiti, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Argentina and Haiti.

Argentina's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Miguel Braun

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Nicolas Camauer

ELECTED BY: Argentina and Haiti

Total Contribution: 353,907,000

Number of votes: 1,609,577

of the institution's ownership

Address: Esmeralda 130 19° (C1035ABD)

Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

Esmeralda 130 19° (C1035ABD)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone number: (T) (54-11) 4320-1800

E-mail:  [email protected]

Argentina to Expand Healthcare Benefits for Retirees and Pensioners with IDB Support
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $500 million Loan Based on Results to increase healthcare benefits for retirees and pensioners affiliated with the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners.   The operation, which has been approved by the...
IDB Group Ready to Significantly Increase Operations in Argentina Over the Next 15 Months
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) is working to significantly expand its operations in Argentina over the next 15 months to increase its support for the country. This support combines sovereign financing with private sector investments and mobilization, strengthening...
IDB Lab Announces Winners of WeXchange Women STEMpreneurs 2025
Five entrepreneurs will present their solutions on December 2 at GET Forum, the IDB Group’s flagship event on innovation and technology for development. WASHINGTON – IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), has announced the five women...
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Strategy and Projects

Argentina’s National Strategy for 2025–2028 focuses on three key pillars:

  1. Economic liberalization and productivity: Boosting private investment through regulatory reforms, productive modernization, infrastructure expansion, and integration into the global economy.
  2. Social protection and poverty reduction: Supporting vulnerable populations to reduce poverty, with an emphasis on improving and strengthening social protection systems, health, education, urban conditions, and citizen security.
  3. Fiscal efficiency and sustainability: Supporting fiscal reforms that promote sustainability and the technical and allocative efficiency of public spending, while also strengthening tax administration.

Additionally, the strategy includes institutional strengthening as a cross-cutting axis aimed at improving the efficiency and transparency of the public sector and promoting digitalization and innovation in public management.

National strategies remain valid for one year beyond the indicated period, as they stay active during the preparation of the next strategy.

Argentina and IDB Group Strategic Agreement – Country Strategy 2025 - 2028
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Acceptance of Partial Use of Country Procurement Systems
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
AR-L1420 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Urban Development and Habitat Improvement Program of Neuquen 150,000,000.00 Preparation
AR-O0032 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Urban revitalization and habitat improvement - Preparation
AR-T1401 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Argentina: Evaluation of Results, Operational Efficiency, and New Public-Private Collaboration Schemes 900,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1422 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established Conditional Cash Transfer: The Role of Design Changes 100,000.00 Implementation Nov. 4, 2025
AR-T1418 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and government centers 115,000.00 Implementation Oct. 6, 2025
AR-T1417 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support for the transformation and deregulation of the State 230,000.00 Implementation Oct. 31, 2025
AR-T1416 SOCIAL INVESTMENT PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System 170,000.00 Implementation Aug. 18, 2025
AR-T1398 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Support for capacity development to confront organized crime 200,000.00 Implementation Oct. 24, 2025
AR-L1420 Urban Development and Habitat Improvement Program of Neuquen
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 150,000,000.00
AR-O0032 Urban revitalization and habitat improvement
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
AR-T1401 Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Argentina: Evaluation of Results, Operational Efficiency, and New Public-Private Collaboration Schemes
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 900,000.00
AR-T1422 Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established Conditional Cash Transfer: The Role of Design Changes
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Nov. 4, 2025
  • Financing: 100,000.00
AR-T1418 Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and government centers
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 6, 2025
  • Financing: 115,000.00
AR-T1417 Support for the transformation and deregulation of the State
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 31, 2025
  • Financing: 230,000.00
AR-T1416 Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Aug. 18, 2025
  • Financing: 170,000.00
AR-T1398 Support for capacity development to confront organized crime
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 24, 2025
  • Financing: 200,000.00
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Country Office
Viviana Alva Smiling - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Viviana del Carmen Alva Hart
IDB Country Representative in Argentina
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Argentina is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, Argentina appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Argentina is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair, shared with Haiti, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Argentina and Haiti.

Argentina's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Miguel Braun

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Nicolas Camauer

ELECTED BY: Argentina and Haiti

Total Contribution: 353,907,000

Number of votes: 1,609,577

of the institution's ownership

Address: Esmeralda 130 19° (C1035ABD)

Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

Esmeralda 130 19° (C1035ABD)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone number: (T) (54-11) 4320-1800

E-mail:  [email protected]

Argentina to Expand Healthcare Benefits for Retirees and Pensioners with IDB Support
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $500 million Loan Based on Results to increase healthcare benefits for retirees and pensioners affiliated with the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners.   The operation, which has been approved by the...
IDB Group Ready to Significantly Increase Operations in Argentina Over the Next 15 Months
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) is working to significantly expand its operations in Argentina over the next 15 months to increase its support for the country. This support combines sovereign financing with private sector investments and mobilization, strengthening...
IDB Lab Announces Winners of WeXchange Women STEMpreneurs 2025
Five entrepreneurs will present their solutions on December 2 at GET Forum, the IDB Group’s flagship event on innovation and technology for development. WASHINGTON – IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), has announced the five women...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Argentina!
Subscribe
Nov 09 - 10, 2025
LAC–EU Business Forum
04:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Colombia - Santa Marta
Nov 10, 2025
EconNet | Do Health Insurers Matter for Health Outcomes? Evidence from a Large Natural Experiment in Colombia
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
United States - Washington, D.C.
Nov 17, 2025
EconNet | Fintech Entry, Firm Financial Inclusion, and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Emerging Economies
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
United States - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Spanish

Cómo la jornada escolar extendida promueve el desarrollo integral de los estudiantes
Learn More
Capítulo 5 Mujeres Aguas Arriba: Historias de vida en el sector de AyS y Residuos Sólidos.
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

Argentina’s National Strategy for 2025–2028 focuses on three key pillars:

  1. Economic liberalization and productivity: Boosting private investment through regulatory reforms, productive modernization, infrastructure expansion, and integration into the global economy.
  2. Social protection and poverty reduction: Supporting vulnerable populations to reduce poverty, with an emphasis on improving and strengthening social protection systems, health, education, urban conditions, and citizen security.
  3. Fiscal efficiency and sustainability: Supporting fiscal reforms that promote sustainability and the technical and allocative efficiency of public spending, while also strengthening tax administration.

Additionally, the strategy includes institutional strengthening as a cross-cutting axis aimed at improving the efficiency and transparency of the public sector and promoting digitalization and innovation in public management.

National strategies remain valid for one year beyond the indicated period, as they stay active during the preparation of the next strategy.

Argentina and IDB Group Strategic Agreement – Country Strategy 2025 - 2028
Download
Acceptance of Partial Use of Country Procurement Systems
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
AR-L1420 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Urban Development and Habitat Improvement Program of Neuquen 150,000,000.00 Preparation
AR-O0032 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Urban revitalization and habitat improvement - Preparation
AR-T1401 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Argentina: Evaluation of Results, Operational Efficiency, and New Public-Private Collaboration Schemes 900,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1422 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established Conditional Cash Transfer: The Role of Design Changes 100,000.00 Implementation Nov. 4, 2025
AR-T1417 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support for the transformation and deregulation of the State 230,000.00 Implementation Oct. 31, 2025
AR-T1418 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and government centers 115,000.00 Implementation Oct. 6, 2025
AR-T1416 SOCIAL INVESTMENT PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System 170,000.00 Implementation Aug. 18, 2025
AR-T1398 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Support for capacity development to confront organized crime 200,000.00 Implementation Oct. 24, 2025
AR-L1420 Urban Development and Habitat Improvement Program of Neuquen
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 150,000,000.00
AR-O0032 Urban revitalization and habitat improvement
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
AR-T1401 Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Argentina: Evaluation of Results, Operational Efficiency, and New Public-Private Collaboration Schemes
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 900,000.00
AR-T1422 Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established Conditional Cash Transfer: The Role of Design Changes
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Nov. 4, 2025
  • Financing: 100,000.00
AR-T1417 Support for the transformation and deregulation of the State
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 31, 2025
  • Financing: 230,000.00
AR-T1418 Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and government centers
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 6, 2025
  • Financing: 115,000.00
AR-T1416 Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Aug. 18, 2025
  • Financing: 170,000.00
AR-T1398 Support for capacity development to confront organized crime
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 24, 2025
  • Financing: 200,000.00
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