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The Country Office of Brazil supports efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth through increased competitiveness and productivity, with a government capable of efficiently providing public services for Brazilians, and it also addresses challenges related to gender and diversity.

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Annette Bettina Killmer
IDB Country Representative in Brazil
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Brazil is among the founding member countries of the IDB. As with all shareholders, Brazil appoints a Governor who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

At the Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Brazil holds a seat on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Suriname and is led by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Brazil and Suriname.

BRAZIL'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE IDB

Executive Director: Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Marta Viegas

ELECTED BY: Brazil and Suriname

Total Contribution: 358,626,000

Number of votes: 1,609,577

of the institution's ownership

Address: Setor de Embaixadas Norte Quadra 802

Conjunto F Lote 39 - Asa Norte. Brasília - DF, Brazil

Alameda Santos, 2300 Ed. Haddock Santos

2 andar Bairro Cerqueira Cesar. Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil

Phone number: (55-61) 3317-4200

E-mail:  [email protected]

IDB Provides $1 Billion for Reforms to Enhance Business Environment and Promote Investment in Brazil
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $1 billion (R$5.5 billion) loan to support Brazil’s ambitious policy reform agenda under its Ecological Transformation Plan. This operation is designed to unlock private investment by improving financial conditions and the business...
IDB and BRDE Execute $65 Million in Innovative Debt-Conversion Transactions
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul (BRDE) have successfully executed four debt-conversion transactions, totaling $65 million. These transactions strengthen BRDE’s debt-management strategy and establish a new benchmark for the IDB’s...
IDB Launches FX EDGE to Unlock Private Investment
SEVILLE — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched FX EDGE, a new platform to help countries attract more private investment in sustainable development.  Designed to provide tools to policymakers – a blended-finance and project-preparation facility, a liquidity facility, and an FX...
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Videos available in Portuguese

Aula 1: “Cidades Inteligentes no Brasil: Perspectivas e Experiências de Líderes Municipais”
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Fórum de Prefeitos 2023: Financiando o desenvolvimento sustentável das cidades
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Arte sem barreiras: Inclusão e acessibilidade nas indústrias criativas
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Strategy and Projects

Brazil’s country strategy for 2024-2027 is designed around three strategic pillars:

  1. Enabling the Green Transition and Strengthening Climate Resilience.
  2. Accelerating Growth Through Strong Institutions and Enhanced Productivity.
  3. Advancing a New Social Agenda for a Prosperous and Inclusive Country.

Additionally, the strategy provides cross-cutting support for challenges related to: (a) Gender Equality and the Inclusion of Diverse Population Groups; (b) Climate Action; and (c) Institutional Capacity, Rule of Law, and Citizen Security. The IDB Group has been mainstreaming environmental, climate, gender and diversity, and institutional capacity issues in its operations in Brazil.

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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Brazil and IDB Group Strategic Agreement – Country Strategy 2024-2027
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BR-T1671 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Aging Facility: Support to the Government of the State of Bahia to develop an intersectoral model of care for the elderly 200,000.00 Preparation
BR-L1664 ENERGY NEW POWER DISTRIBUTION & TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Energy Modernization Program for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina 305,636,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1656 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the Operational Strategy to Improve Climate Resilience and Risk Management in Transport Infrastructure in Brazil (focus on the Amazon) 900,000.00 Preparation
BR-L1658 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Management Modernization Program of Finance Ministry - PROFISCO III MF 305,800,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1645 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil 410,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1680 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Social Protection and Development Policies in Brazil 600,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1653 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL INCLUSION Strengthening Sustainable finance and financial innovation in Brazil through the Laboratory of Financial Innovation in Brazil - LAB 750,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1675 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL REGULATION AND SUPERVISION Support to creating institutional capacities for the implementation of the Foreign Private Capital Mobilization and Exchange Protection Program 440,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1671 Aging Facility: Support to the Government of the State of Bahia to develop an intersectoral model of care for the elderly
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
BR-L1664 Energy Modernization Program for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 305,636,000.00
BR-T1656 Support for the Operational Strategy to Improve Climate Resilience and Risk Management in Transport Infrastructure in Brazil (focus on the Amazon)
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 900,000.00
BR-L1658 Fiscal Management Modernization Program of Finance Ministry - PROFISCO III MF
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 305,800,000.00
BR-T1645 Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 410,000.00
BR-T1680 Strengthening Social Protection and Development Policies in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
BR-T1653 Strengthening Sustainable finance and financial innovation in Brazil through the Laboratory of Financial Innovation in Brazil - LAB
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 750,000.00
BR-T1675 Support to creating institutional capacities for the implementation of the Foreign Private Capital Mobilization and Exchange Protection Program
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 440,000.00
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Country Office
Annette Bettina Killmer portrait - Inter American Development Bank IDB - Country Offices
Annette Bettina Killmer
IDB Country Representative in Brazil
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Brazil is among the founding member countries of the IDB. As with all shareholders, Brazil appoints a Governor who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

At the Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Brazil holds a seat on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Suriname and is led by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Brazil and Suriname.

BRAZIL'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE IDB

Executive Director: Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Marta Viegas

ELECTED BY: Brazil and Suriname

Total Contribution: 358,626,000

Number of votes: 1,609,577

of the institution's ownership

Address: Setor de Embaixadas Norte Quadra 802

Conjunto F Lote 39 - Asa Norte. Brasília - DF, Brazil

Alameda Santos, 2300 Ed. Haddock Santos

2 andar Bairro Cerqueira Cesar. Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil

Phone number: (55-61) 3317-4200

E-mail:  [email protected]

IDB Provides $1 Billion for Reforms to Enhance Business Environment and Promote Investment in Brazil
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $1 billion (R$5.5 billion) loan to support Brazil’s ambitious policy reform agenda under its Ecological Transformation Plan. This operation is designed to unlock private investment by improving financial conditions and the business...
IDB and BRDE Execute $65 Million in Innovative Debt-Conversion Transactions
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul (BRDE) have successfully executed four debt-conversion transactions, totaling $65 million. These transactions strengthen BRDE’s debt-management strategy and establish a new benchmark for the IDB’s...
IDB Launches FX EDGE to Unlock Private Investment
SEVILLE — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched FX EDGE, a new platform to help countries attract more private investment in sustainable development.  Designed to provide tools to policymakers – a blended-finance and project-preparation facility, a liquidity facility, and an FX...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Brazil!
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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
Aug 26, 2025
Disinvesting for Better Health:Reflections from Colombia and the Dominican Republic
06:00 AM - 07:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Portuguese

Aula 1: “Cidades Inteligentes no Brasil: Perspectivas e Experiências de Líderes Municipais”
Learn More
Fórum de Prefeitos 2023: Financiando o desenvolvimento sustentável das cidades
Learn More
Arte sem barreiras: Inclusão e acessibilidade nas indústrias criativas
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

Brazil’s country strategy for 2024-2027 is designed around three strategic pillars:

  1. Enabling the Green Transition and Strengthening Climate Resilience.
  2. Accelerating Growth Through Strong Institutions and Enhanced Productivity.
  3. Advancing a New Social Agenda for a Prosperous and Inclusive Country.

Additionally, the strategy provides cross-cutting support for challenges related to: (a) Gender Equality and the Inclusion of Diverse Population Groups; (b) Climate Action; and (c) Institutional Capacity, Rule of Law, and Citizen Security. The IDB Group has been mainstreaming environmental, climate, gender and diversity, and institutional capacity issues in its operations in Brazil.

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

hands
Brazil and IDB Group Strategic Agreement – Country Strategy 2024-2027
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BR-T1671 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Aging Facility: Support to the Government of the State of Bahia to develop an intersectoral model of care for the elderly 200,000.00 Preparation
BR-L1664 ENERGY NEW POWER DISTRIBUTION & TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Energy Modernization Program for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina 305,636,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1656 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the Operational Strategy to Improve Climate Resilience and Risk Management in Transport Infrastructure in Brazil (focus on the Amazon) 900,000.00 Preparation
BR-L1658 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Management Modernization Program of Finance Ministry - PROFISCO III MF 305,800,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1645 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil 410,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1680 SOCIAL INVESTMENT POVERTY ALLEVIATION Strengthening Social Protection and Development Policies in Brazil 600,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1653 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL INCLUSION Strengthening Sustainable finance and financial innovation in Brazil through the Laboratory of Financial Innovation in Brazil - LAB 750,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1675 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL REGULATION AND SUPERVISION Support to creating institutional capacities for the implementation of the Foreign Private Capital Mobilization and Exchange Protection Program 440,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1671 Aging Facility: Support to the Government of the State of Bahia to develop an intersectoral model of care for the elderly
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
BR-L1664 Energy Modernization Program for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 305,636,000.00
BR-T1656 Support for the Operational Strategy to Improve Climate Resilience and Risk Management in Transport Infrastructure in Brazil (focus on the Amazon)
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 900,000.00
BR-L1658 Fiscal Management Modernization Program of Finance Ministry - PROFISCO III MF
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 305,800,000.00
BR-T1645 Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 410,000.00
BR-T1680 Strengthening Social Protection and Development Policies in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
BR-T1653 Strengthening Sustainable finance and financial innovation in Brazil through the Laboratory of Financial Innovation in Brazil - LAB
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 750,000.00
BR-T1675 Support to creating institutional capacities for the implementation of the Foreign Private Capital Mobilization and Exchange Protection Program
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 440,000.00
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