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.
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.
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]
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:
- Fiscal sustainability and management
- Private sector productivity and sustainable growth, particularly for MSMEs
- 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.
| Project Number | Sector | Subsector | Project Title | Financing | Project Status | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL-L1053 | FINANCIAL MARKETS | BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT | Guarantee Fund for MSMEs Growth in Belize. | 15,000,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-T1203 | OTHER | OTHER | Action Plan C&D | 369,690.00 | Implementation | Jan. 5, 2026 |
| BL-T1199 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | Community Centered Circular Solutions: Transforming Sargassum and Waste in Belize | 480,194.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-L1052 | REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE | REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT | Support to Civil Service Modernization | 9,000,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-G1011 | AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT | SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Market integration of potential deforestation free value chains in Sustainable and Inclusive Belize Project | 1,425,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-T1201 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | GENDER EQUALITY & WOMENS EMPOWERMENT | Activating the Innovation Ecosystem in Belize via Academia | 1,100,000.00 | Implementation | Nov. 17, 2025 |
| BL-T1190 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | MIGRATION & MIGRANTS | Support for the strengthening of Belize’s migration management through improving MOI operations, migration policy, and migrant data collection | 300,000.00 | Implementation | Oct. 31, 2025 |
| BL-T1196 | HEALTH | HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING | Support to Belize for enhanced healthcare efficiency and capacity building | 150,000.00 | Implementation | Aug. 18, 2025 |
- Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 15,000,000.00
- Sector: OTHER
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Jan. 5, 2026
- Financing: 369,690.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 480,194.00
- Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 9,000,000.00
- Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 1,425,000.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Nov. 17, 2025
- Financing: 1,100,000.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Oct. 31, 2025
- Financing: 300,000.00
- Sector: HEALTH
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Aug. 18, 2025
- Financing: 150,000.00
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.
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]
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:
- Fiscal sustainability and management
- Private sector productivity and sustainable growth, particularly for MSMEs
- 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.
| Project Number | Sector | Subsector | Project Title | Financing | Project Status | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL-L1053 | FINANCIAL MARKETS | BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT | Guarantee Fund for MSMEs Growth in Belize. | 15,000,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-T1203 | OTHER | OTHER | Action Plan C&D | 369,690.00 | Implementation | Jan. 5, 2026 |
| BL-T1199 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | Community Centered Circular Solutions: Transforming Sargassum and Waste in Belize | 480,194.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-L1052 | REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE | REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT | Support to Civil Service Modernization | 9,000,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-G1011 | AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT | SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT | Market integration of potential deforestation free value chains in Sustainable and Inclusive Belize Project | 1,425,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BL-T1201 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | GENDER EQUALITY & WOMENS EMPOWERMENT | Activating the Innovation Ecosystem in Belize via Academia | 1,100,000.00 | Implementation | Nov. 17, 2025 |
| BL-T1190 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | MIGRATION & MIGRANTS | Support for the strengthening of Belize’s migration management through improving MOI operations, migration policy, and migrant data collection | 300,000.00 | Implementation | Oct. 31, 2025 |
| 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 | 350,000.00 | Implementation | Oct. 29, 2025 |
- Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 15,000,000.00
- Sector: OTHER
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Jan. 5, 2026
- Financing: 369,690.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 480,194.00
- Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 9,000,000.00
- Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 1,425,000.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Nov. 17, 2025
- Financing: 1,100,000.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Oct. 31, 2025
- Financing: 300,000.00
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Oct. 29, 2025
- Financing: 350,000.00
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