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The Country Office of Belize is committed to support robust, inclusive, and sustainable growth in Belize strengthening fiscal sustainability, revamping the role of the private sector as an engine for growth, and improving the human capital, with a gender perspective and strengthening resilience to climate change.

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Rocío J Medina-Bolívar Representate país Belice Desarrollo Sostenible - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Rocío J Medina Bolívar
IDB Country Representative in Belize
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Belize, like all shareholders, appoints a Governor who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day operations at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Belize is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and is led by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of these countries.

Belize's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Karen Cis

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Xiomara Salome Martinez Ascencio

ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Total Contribution: 1,851,290

Number of votes: 16,651

of the institution's ownership

Address: 1024 Newtown Barracks 101 1st

Floor Marina Towers Building, Belize City, Belize
 

P.O.Box 1853 101 1st

Phone number: (501) 221-5300

E-mail:  [email protected]

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05:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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05:00 AM - 12:30 AM
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Strategy and Projects

The IDB Group's Country Strategy with Belize for 2022-2025 aims to help Belize recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and support efforts towards achieving resilient, inclusive, and sustainable long-term growth. The strategy focuses on three key areas:

  1. Fiscal sustainability and management
  2. Private sector productivity and sustainable growth, particularly for MSMEs
  3. Human capital, with dialogues on migration and citizen security

Additionally, cross-cutting issues such as gender and diversity, institutional capacity, rule of law, digital transformation, and climate change and disaster risk management will be integrated into these priority areas.
This strategy has been developed through extensive dialogue with Belizean authorities and civil society, addressing the urgent need for faster, sustainable, and inclusive growth to mitigate crisis impacts and tackle longstanding development challenges.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

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IDB Country Strategy with Belize 2022-2025
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BL-T1190 SOCIAL INVESTMENT MIGRATION & MIGRANTS Support for the Digital Transformation of Immigration Services of the Ministry of Immigration 300,000.00 Preparation
BL-T1192 SOCIAL INVESTMENT LABOR POLICY Support to the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government for the Promotion of Green and Blue Jobs and to improve labor force participation and employability in Belize 700,000.00 Preparation
BL-T1196 HEALTH HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING Support to Belize for enhanced healthcare efficiency and capacity building 300,000.00 Preparation
TC9403099 HEALTH HEALTH Support Policy Planning Unit M. Health 2,000,000.00 Closed Oct. 26, 1994
TC9906010 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT Port Sector Modernization 1,500,000.00 Closed Sep. 22, 1999
TC9602120 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT RESULTS Improvement in Tax Administration 17,000.00 Closed Feb. 29, 1996
TC9808116 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Coastal Environmental Monitoring 100,000.00 Closed Aug. 15, 1998
TC9406150 - - Support Ambergris Caye Development 30,000.00 Closed Aug. 2, 1994
BL-T1190 Support for the Digital Transformation of Immigration Services of the Ministry of Immigration
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
BL-T1192 Support to the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government for the Promotion of Green and Blue Jobs and to improve labor force participation and employability in Belize
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
BL-T1196 Support to Belize for enhanced healthcare efficiency and capacity building
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
TC9403099 Support Policy Planning Unit M. Health
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Oct. 26, 1994
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
TC9906010 Port Sector Modernization
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Sep. 22, 1999
  • Financing: 1,500,000.00
TC9602120 Improvement in Tax Administration
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Feb. 29, 1996
  • Financing: 17,000.00
TC9808116 Coastal Environmental Monitoring
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 15, 1998
  • Financing: 100,000.00
TC9406150 Support Ambergris Caye Development
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 2, 1994
  • Financing: 30,000.00
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Country Office
Rocío J Medina-Bolívar Representate país Belice Desarrollo Sostenible - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Rocío J Medina Bolívar
IDB Country Representative in Belize
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Belize, like all shareholders, appoints a Governor who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day operations at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Belize is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and is led by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of these countries.

Belize's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Karen Cis

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Xiomara Salome Martinez Ascencio

ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Total Contribution: 1,851,290

Number of votes: 16,651

of the institution's ownership

Address: 1024 Newtown Barracks 101 1st

Floor Marina Towers Building, Belize City, Belize
 

P.O.Box 1853 101 1st

Phone number: (501) 221-5300

E-mail:  [email protected]

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SEVILLE — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest are scaling up financial solutions to help countries and companies manage disaster-related risks and strengthen long-term resilience. This expansion includes an increase in disaster-risk coverage and new instruments for both...
IDB Creates Fund to Strengthen Caribbean Integration, Provides R$1.6 billion to Haiti in Grants, and Prepares an Unprecedented Multi-Country Debt Exchange
BRASILIA – As part of the Brazil-Caribbean Summit, with the participation of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced new measures to support the region through development and integration.  In the IDB's view, the joint efforts of Brazil and...
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IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), has launched a call for participants in its Women STEMpreneurs Competition to fund women-led startups in Latin America and the Caribbean. The thirteenth edition of the regional competition will...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Belize!
Subscribe
Jul 28 - 29, 2025
IDB- ECLAC International Seminar Keys to Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
05:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Guatemala - Cidade da Guatemala
Jul 29 - 31, 2025
Caribbean Investment Forum 2025
05:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Jamaica - Outro
Aug 11, 2025
Connecting Care: Government-to-Government Learning Forum
04:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Mexico - Cidade do México
Flood mitigation: stemming the tide in Belize City
Learn More
What does it mean to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean? Development with impact
Learn More
Axes for an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive regional integration in the Americas
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

The IDB Group's Country Strategy with Belize for 2022-2025 aims to help Belize recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and support efforts towards achieving resilient, inclusive, and sustainable long-term growth. The strategy focuses on three key areas:

  1. Fiscal sustainability and management
  2. Private sector productivity and sustainable growth, particularly for MSMEs
  3. Human capital, with dialogues on migration and citizen security

Additionally, cross-cutting issues such as gender and diversity, institutional capacity, rule of law, digital transformation, and climate change and disaster risk management will be integrated into these priority areas.
This strategy has been developed through extensive dialogue with Belizean authorities and civil society, addressing the urgent need for faster, sustainable, and inclusive growth to mitigate crisis impacts and tackle longstanding development challenges.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

hands
IDB Country Strategy with Belize 2022-2025
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BL-T1190 SOCIAL INVESTMENT MIGRATION & MIGRANTS Support for the Digital Transformation of Immigration Services of the Ministry of Immigration 300,000.00 Preparation
BL-T1192 SOCIAL INVESTMENT LABOR POLICY Support to the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government for the Promotion of Green and Blue Jobs and to improve labor force participation and employability in Belize 700,000.00 Preparation
BL-T1196 HEALTH HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING Support to Belize for enhanced healthcare efficiency and capacity building 300,000.00 Preparation
TC9403099 HEALTH HEALTH Support Policy Planning Unit M. Health 2,000,000.00 Closed Oct. 26, 1994
TC9906010 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT Port Sector Modernization 1,500,000.00 Closed Sep. 22, 1999
TC9602120 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT RESULTS Improvement in Tax Administration 17,000.00 Closed Feb. 29, 1996
TC9808116 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Coastal Environmental Monitoring 100,000.00 Closed Aug. 15, 1998
TC9406150 - - Support Ambergris Caye Development 30,000.00 Closed Aug. 2, 1994
BL-T1190 Support for the Digital Transformation of Immigration Services of the Ministry of Immigration
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
BL-T1192 Support to the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government for the Promotion of Green and Blue Jobs and to improve labor force participation and employability in Belize
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
BL-T1196 Support to Belize for enhanced healthcare efficiency and capacity building
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
TC9403099 Support Policy Planning Unit M. Health
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Oct. 26, 1994
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
TC9906010 Port Sector Modernization
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Sep. 22, 1999
  • Financing: 1,500,000.00
TC9602120 Improvement in Tax Administration
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Feb. 29, 1996
  • Financing: 17,000.00
TC9808116 Coastal Environmental Monitoring
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 15, 1998
  • Financing: 100,000.00
TC9406150 Support Ambergris Caye Development
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 2, 1994
  • Financing: 30,000.00
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