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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]

IDB Approves 2025-2028 Country Strategy for Argentina
The plan, developed in close collaboration with the government of Argentina, aims to foster sustained economic growth led by the private sector, reduce poverty, and strengthen the sustainability and efficiency of the public sector. WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved...
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Identification Initiatives from Four Countries Win 2025 Gobernarte Award
Six initiatives submitted by subnational governments in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico won the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2025 Gobernarte Contest—Pablo Valenti Award. The contest “Gobernarte: the art of good government” identifies, documents, and honors the most innovative practices in...
IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program...
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Aug 11, 2025
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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-T1422 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established CCTs: The Role of Design Changes 200,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1417 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support to the transformation and deregulation of the State 460,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1418 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and center of government 230,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1416 SOCIAL INVESTMENT PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System 340,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1398 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Support for capacity development to confront organized crime 400,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1399 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MODERNIZATION & ADMINIST OFJUSTICE Support for the defederalization of drug micro-trafficking 250,000.00 Preparation
AR-L1418 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Logistics Infrastructure Program for the Regional Integration of Salta: Bioceanic Corridor - Preparation
AR-L1419 FINANCIAL MARKETS RISK FINANCING Contingent Loan for Natural Disaster Emergencies - Support for the Flood Emergency Response in Bahía Blanca 0.00 Closed Jun. 11, 2025
AR-T1422 Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established CCTs: The Role of Design Changes
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
AR-T1417 Support to the transformation and deregulation of the State
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 460,000.00
AR-T1418 Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and center of government
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 230,000.00
AR-T1416 Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 340,000.00
AR-T1398 Support for capacity development to confront organized crime
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
AR-T1399 Support for the defederalization of drug micro-trafficking
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 250,000.00
AR-L1418 Logistics Infrastructure Program for the Regional Integration of Salta: Bioceanic Corridor
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
AR-L1419 Contingent Loan for Natural Disaster Emergencies - Support for the Flood Emergency Response in Bahía Blanca
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jun. 11, 2025
  • Financing: 0.00
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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]

IDB Approves 2025-2028 Country Strategy for Argentina
The plan, developed in close collaboration with the government of Argentina, aims to foster sustained economic growth led by the private sector, reduce poverty, and strengthen the sustainability and efficiency of the public sector. WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved...
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Identification Initiatives from Four Countries Win 2025 Gobernarte Award
Six initiatives submitted by subnational governments in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico won the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2025 Gobernarte Contest—Pablo Valenti Award. The contest “Gobernarte: the art of good government” identifies, documents, and honors the most innovative practices in...
IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Argentina!
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Aug 11, 2025
Connecting Care: Government-to-Government Learning Forum
04:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Mexico - Cidade do México
Aug 21, 2025
Code4Dev | Learn to Implement the Open Source Tool OpenCRVS
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
United States of America - Outro
Aug 25 - 27, 2025
Focus on the Americas at World Water Week 2025
04:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Sweden - Estocolmo

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-T1422 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established CCTs: The Role of Design Changes 200,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1418 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and center of government 230,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1417 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support to the transformation and deregulation of the State 460,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1416 SOCIAL INVESTMENT PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System 340,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1398 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Support for capacity development to confront organized crime 400,000.00 Preparation
AR-T1399 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MODERNIZATION & ADMINIST OFJUSTICE Support for the defederalization of drug micro-trafficking 250,000.00 Preparation
AR-L1418 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Logistics Infrastructure Program for the Regional Integration of Salta: Bioceanic Corridor - Preparation
AR-L1419 FINANCIAL MARKETS RISK FINANCING Contingent Loan for Natural Disaster Emergencies - Support for the Flood Emergency Response in Bahía Blanca 0.00 Closed Jun. 11, 2025
AR-T1422 Strengthening Co-Responsibilities in Established CCTs: The Role of Design Changes
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
AR-T1418 Strengthening provincial capacities in project execution and center of government
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 230,000.00
AR-T1417 Support to the transformation and deregulation of the State
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 460,000.00
AR-T1416 Challenges and Opportunities of the Social Security System
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 340,000.00
AR-T1398 Support for capacity development to confront organized crime
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
AR-T1399 Support for the defederalization of drug micro-trafficking
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 250,000.00
AR-L1418 Logistics Infrastructure Program for the Regional Integration of Salta: Bioceanic Corridor
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
AR-L1419 Contingent Loan for Natural Disaster Emergencies - Support for the Flood Emergency Response in Bahía Blanca
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jun. 11, 2025
  • Financing: 0.00
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