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Guatemala

Guatemala

The Country Office of Guatemala seeks to contribute to the strengthening of public institutions, the closing of social gaps in vulnerable groups, as well as the promotion of the private sector to achieve greater, more inclusive, and sustainable growth. This is done under a gender and diversity perspective, addressing climate change, and embracing digital transformation.

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Country Office
Ignez – Tristao Representante país Guatemala Desarrollo Sostenible - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Ignez M. Tristao
IDB Country Representative in Guatemala
BIDGuatemala@iadb.org

 

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.

Country representation

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

Guatemala to Increase Electricity Coverage in Rural Areas with IDB Support
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $250 million loan to finance a program to increase electricity coverage in rural areas of Guatemala. The Rural Electrification Access Program, approved by the IDB Board of Executive Directors as a Loan for Multiple Works Programs, aims to increase...
Achieving Greater Scale and Impact for IDB Initiatives in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic
TELA, Honduras - The city of Tela, Honduras, hosted the 38th Meeting of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) governors from the countries of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, including finance and economy ministers from the region. The February 10 gathering is in the lead-up to...
IDB Unveils 'América en el Centro'
"América en el Centro" is a regional program for Central America and the Dominican Republic that will promote productivity and regional integration, climate adaptation and resilience, and social development for youth. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presented the regional program "América...
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May 19, 2025
EconNet: Information and Macroeconomic Expectations: Global Evidence
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2025
Planes de inversiones en salud: ¿en qué invertir y cómo hacerlo?
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 26 - 27, 2025
The 15th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network (TIGN)
05:00 AM - 05:00 AM
Uruguay - Montevidéu

Videos available in Spanish

Integración y gobernanza: ¿cuál será el futuro de América Latina y el Caribe en el 2030?
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¿Qué significa mejorar vidas en América Latina y el Caribe? Desarrollo de impacto con sello BID
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¿Cuáles son los ejes para una integración regional inteligente, sostenible e inclusiva?
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Strategy and Projects

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:

  1. Basic services for vulnerable populations, contributing to reducing social gaps and improving service delivery.
  2. Private sector development, enhancing the business climate and strengthening entrepreneurial capacities, particularly for MSMEs.
  3. 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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IDB Country Strategy with Guatemala 2024-2028
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
GU-L1188 WATER AND SANITATION SANITATION RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Environmental sanitation program in the Motagua River basin - Stage I 250,000,000.00 Preparation
GU-G1022 WATER AND SANITATION WATER SUPPLY RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Water and Sanitation Program in Scattered Rural Communities in Guatemala - Phase II 1,479,689.00 Preparation
GU-T1371 WATER AND SANITATION INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Strengthening of technical, financial and administrative capacities of INFOM 400,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1368 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Support the facilitation of sustainable investments and international trade in Guatemala 400,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1367 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE FISCAL POLICY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH Strengthening Public Financial Management for Transparent and Efficient public spending 150,000.00 Implementation May. 2, 2025
GU-T1373 OTHER OTHER Action Plan C&D 572,539.00 Implementation Jan. 6, 2025
GU-T1365 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING HOUSING Operational and institutional of design strategies to address the housing deficit in Guatemala 600,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1362 PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Pay for Results to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of SMEs and Startups in Guatemala 2,610,000.00 Implementation Nov. 21, 2024
GU-L1188 Environmental sanitation program in the Motagua River basin - Stage I
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 250,000,000.00
GU-G1022 Water and Sanitation Program in Scattered Rural Communities in Guatemala - Phase II
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,479,689.00
GU-T1371 Strengthening of technical, financial and administrative capacities of INFOM
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
GU-T1368 Support the facilitation of sustainable investments and international trade in Guatemala
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
GU-T1367 Strengthening Public Financial Management for Transparent and Efficient public spending
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: May. 2, 2025
  • Financing: 150,000.00
GU-T1373 Action Plan C&D
  • Sector: OTHER
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Jan. 6, 2025
  • Financing: 572,539.00
GU-T1365 Operational and institutional of design strategies to address the housing deficit in Guatemala
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
GU-T1362 Pay for Results to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of SMEs and Startups in Guatemala
  • Sector: PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Nov. 21, 2024
  • Financing: 2,610,000.00
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Country Office
Ignez – Tristao Representante país Guatemala Desarrollo Sostenible - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Ignez M. Tristao
IDB Country Representative in Guatemala
BIDGuatemala@iadb.org

 

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.

Country representation

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

Guatemala to Increase Electricity Coverage in Rural Areas with IDB Support
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $250 million loan to finance a program to increase electricity coverage in rural areas of Guatemala. The Rural Electrification Access Program, approved by the IDB Board of Executive Directors as a Loan for Multiple Works Programs, aims to increase...
Achieving Greater Scale and Impact for IDB Initiatives in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic
TELA, Honduras - The city of Tela, Honduras, hosted the 38th Meeting of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) governors from the countries of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, including finance and economy ministers from the region. The February 10 gathering is in the lead-up to...
IDB Unveils 'América en el Centro'
"América en el Centro" is a regional program for Central America and the Dominican Republic that will promote productivity and regional integration, climate adaptation and resilience, and social development for youth. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presented the regional program "América...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Guatemala!
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May 19, 2025
EconNet: Information and Macroeconomic Expectations: Global Evidence
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2025
Planes de inversiones en salud: ¿en qué invertir y cómo hacerlo?
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 26 - 27, 2025
The 15th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network (TIGN)
05:00 AM - 05:00 AM
Uruguay - Montevidéu

Videos available in Spanish

Integración y gobernanza: ¿cuál será el futuro de América Latina y el Caribe en el 2030?
Learn More
¿Qué significa mejorar vidas en América Latina y el Caribe? Desarrollo de impacto con sello BID
Learn More
¿Cuáles son los ejes para una integración regional inteligente, sostenible e inclusiva?
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

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:

  1. Basic services for vulnerable populations, contributing to reducing social gaps and improving service delivery.
  2. Private sector development, enhancing the business climate and strengthening entrepreneurial capacities, particularly for MSMEs.
  3. Climate action and food availability, by expanding climate financing and adopting adaptation and mitigation measures in the agricultural and forestry sectors.
hands
IDB Country Strategy with Guatemala 2024-2028
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
GU-L1188 WATER AND SANITATION SANITATION RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Environmental sanitation program in the Motagua River basin - Stage I 250,000,000.00 Preparation
GU-G1022 WATER AND SANITATION WATER SUPPLY RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Water and Sanitation Program in Scattered Rural Communities in Guatemala - Phase II 1,479,689.00 Preparation
GU-T1371 WATER AND SANITATION INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Strengthening of technical, financial and administrative capacities of INFOM 400,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1368 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Support the facilitation of sustainable investments and international trade in Guatemala 400,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1367 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE FISCAL POLICY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH Strengthening Public Financial Management for Transparent and Efficient public spending 150,000.00 Implementation May. 2, 2025
GU-T1373 OTHER OTHER Action Plan C&D 572,539.00 Implementation Jan. 6, 2025
GU-T1365 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING HOUSING Operational and institutional of design strategies to address the housing deficit in Guatemala 600,000.00 Preparation
GU-T1362 PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Pay for Results to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of SMEs and Startups in Guatemala 2,610,000.00 Implementation Nov. 21, 2024
GU-L1188 Environmental sanitation program in the Motagua River basin - Stage I
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 250,000,000.00
GU-G1022 Water and Sanitation Program in Scattered Rural Communities in Guatemala - Phase II
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,479,689.00
GU-T1371 Strengthening of technical, financial and administrative capacities of INFOM
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
GU-T1368 Support the facilitation of sustainable investments and international trade in Guatemala
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
GU-T1367 Strengthening Public Financial Management for Transparent and Efficient public spending
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: May. 2, 2025
  • Financing: 150,000.00
GU-T1373 Action Plan C&D
  • Sector: OTHER
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Jan. 6, 2025
  • Financing: 572,539.00
GU-T1365 Operational and institutional of design strategies to address the housing deficit in Guatemala
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
GU-T1362 Pay for Results to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of SMEs and Startups in Guatemala
  • Sector: PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Nov. 21, 2024
  • Financing: 2,610,000.00
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