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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 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...
IDB Approves $2 Billion Credit Line to Strengthen Fiscal Management in Brazil
WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a conditional credit line of $2 billion to support the third phase of the Fiscal Management Modernization Program in Brazil, known as PROFISCO III. This initiative seeks to facilitate and strengthen tax compliance and enhance fiscal...
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Jul 28 - 29, 2025
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05:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Jul 29 - 31, 2025
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05:00 AM - 12:30 AM
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Aug 21, 2025
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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-T1645 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil 820,000.00 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-T1681 ENERGY NEW POWER DISTRIBUTION & TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Support for the Modernization Project for Energy Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina 400,000.00 Preparation
BR-U0002 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS CONSERVATION Concession Project for the Ecological Restoration of the Triunfo do Xingu Recovery Unit, Altamira - Pará - Preparation
BR-T1669 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING Support the Brazilian government in developing the platform and investment tools related to the Ecological Transformation Plan 300,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1667 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Integrated urban development and climate resilience in Brazilian cities 700,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1645 Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 820,000.00
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
BR-T1681 Support for the Modernization Project for Energy Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
BR-U0002 Concession Project for the Ecological Restoration of the Triunfo do Xingu Recovery Unit, Altamira - Pará
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
BR-T1669 Support the Brazilian government in developing the platform and investment tools related to the Ecological Transformation Plan
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
BR-T1667 Integrated urban development and climate resilience in Brazilian cities
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
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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 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...
IDB Approves $2 Billion Credit Line to Strengthen Fiscal Management in Brazil
WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a conditional credit line of $2 billion to support the third phase of the Fiscal Management Modernization Program in Brazil, known as PROFISCO III. This initiative seeks to facilitate and strengthen tax compliance and enhance fiscal...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Brazil!
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 21, 2025
Code4Dev | Learn to Implement the Open Source Tool OpenCRVS
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
United States of America - Outro

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-T1645 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CITIZEN SAFETY Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil 820,000.00 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-T1681 ENERGY NEW POWER DISTRIBUTION & TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Support for the Modernization Project for Energy Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina 400,000.00 Preparation
BR-U0002 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS CONSERVATION Concession Project for the Ecological Restoration of the Triunfo do Xingu Recovery Unit, Altamira - Pará - Preparation
BR-T1669 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING Support the Brazilian government in developing the platform and investment tools related to the Ecological Transformation Plan 300,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1667 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Integrated urban development and climate resilience in Brazilian cities 700,000.00 Preparation
BR-T1645 Strengthening the Effectiveness of Citizen Security and Justice Policies and Programs in Brazil
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 820,000.00
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
BR-T1681 Support for the Modernization Project for Energy Resilience and Sustainability in Santa Catarina
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
BR-U0002 Concession Project for the Ecological Restoration of the Triunfo do Xingu Recovery Unit, Altamira - Pará
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
BR-T1669 Support the Brazilian government in developing the platform and investment tools related to the Ecological Transformation Plan
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
BR-T1667 Integrated urban development and climate resilience in Brazilian cities
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
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