
Overview
Guatemala, one of the founding countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), plays a key role in the institution's governance. As a shareholder country of the IDB, Guatemala appoints a Governor to represent its interests on the Board of Governors.
At the IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C., Guatemala is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This seat, which Guatemala shares with El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua, is held by an Executive Director. The Executive Director is elected for a three-year term by the Governors of these six countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Executive Director: Eddy Roberto Carpio Sam
ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):
- Karen Cis
ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
Total Contribution: 16,091,300
Number of votes: 81,863
of the institution's ownership
Address: 15 avenue 05-50, zone 15 Vista Hermosa III.
Business Center, SPAZIO Building. Office 1201, Guatemala
N/A
Phone Number: (T) (502) 2327-4300
E-mail: BIDGuatemala@iadb.org
Videos available in Spanish
Guatemala’s Country Strategy 2024-2028 aims to generate greater development impact through more focused and larger-scale interventions, with the goal of improving the living conditions of vulnerable populations while strengthening Guatemala's position as the largest economy in the Central American region. This will be achieved through three strategic pillars:
- Basic services for vulnerable populations, contributing to reducing social gaps and improving service delivery.
- Private sector development, enhancing the business climate and strengthening entrepreneurial capacities, particularly for MSMEs.
- Climate action and food availability, by expanding climate financing and adopting adaptation and mitigation measures in the agricultural and forestry sectors.

Overview
Guatemala, one of the founding countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), plays a key role in the institution's governance. As a shareholder country of the IDB, Guatemala appoints a Governor to represent its interests on the Board of Governors.
At the IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C., Guatemala is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This seat, which Guatemala shares with El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua, is held by an Executive Director. The Executive Director is elected for a three-year term by the Governors of these six countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Executive Director: Eddy Roberto Carpio Sam
ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):
- Karen Cis
ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
Total Contribution: 16,091,300
Number of votes: 81,863
of the institution's ownership
Address: 15 avenue 05-50, zone 15 Vista Hermosa III.
Business Center, SPAZIO Building. Office 1201, Guatemala
N/A
Phone Number: (T) (502) 2327-4300
E-mail: BIDGuatemala@iadb.org
Videos available in Spanish
Guatemala’s Country Strategy 2024-2028 aims to generate greater development impact through more focused and larger-scale interventions, with the goal of improving the living conditions of vulnerable populations while strengthening Guatemala's position as the largest economy in the Central American region. This will be achieved through three strategic pillars:
- Basic services for vulnerable populations, contributing to reducing social gaps and improving service delivery.
- Private sector development, enhancing the business climate and strengthening entrepreneurial capacities, particularly for MSMEs.
- Climate action and food availability, by expanding climate financing and adopting adaptation and mitigation measures in the agricultural and forestry sectors.
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