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The Country Office of Mexico works on initiatives for inclusive and sustainable development, aiming to generate a positive impact on health, the economy, climate action, productive infrastructure, and social conditions, among other areas, to improve the lives of Mexican citizens.

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Laura Ripani - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Laura Ripani
IDB Country Representative in Mexico
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Mexico, as one of the founding member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), plays a pivotal role in its governance. Like all IDB shareholders, Mexico appoints a Governor to represent the country on the IDB Board of Governors.

At the IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Mexico is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with the Dominican Republic. The chair is occupied by an Executive Director, who is elected for a three-year term by the Governors of both Mexico and the Dominican Republic. This representation ensures that Mexico has a key voice in the IDB’s daily operations and decision-making processes.

MEXICO'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE IDB

Executive Director: Mario Alejandro Gaytan Gonzalez

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Ernesto Alejandro Selman Mejia

ELECTED BY: Dominican Republic and Mexico

Total Contribution: 200,719,000

Number of votes: 1,034,744

of the institution's ownership

Address: Avenida Paseo de la Reforma Nº 222 Piso 11

Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc

Mexico City, Mexico
 

Avenida Paseo de la Reforma Nº 222 Piso 11

Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc

Mexico City, Mexico
 

Phone number: (T) (52-55) 9138-6200

(F) (52-55) 9138-6229

E-mail:  [email protected]

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Identification Initiatives from Four Countries Win 2025 Gobernarte Award
Six initiatives submitted by subnational governments in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico won the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2025 Gobernarte Contest—Pablo Valenti Award. The contest “Gobernarte: the art of good government” identifies, documents, and honors the most innovative practices in...
IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program...
IDB Lab Announces the Results of the Sargassum Innovation Quest to Build Resilient Coastal Ecosystems
The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, have announced the results of their Sargassum Innovation Quest: Building Resilient Coastal Ecosystems...
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Jun 12, 2025
Learn to implement the open-source Mifos platform for financial inclusion
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
Jun 16, 2025
EconNet: Pricing Under Distress
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
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Jun 23, 2025
EconNet: Efficiency, equity, and cost-recovery trade offs in municipal water pricing
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Spanish

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Strategy and Projects

The primary goal of the IDB Group’s Country Strategy with Mexico for the 2019-2024 period is to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growth while enhancing productivity. 

This strategy is closely aligned with the Government’s National Development Plan 2019-2024 and focuses on three key areas:

  • Supporting Equitable and Sustainable Access to Social Services: Ensuring that all segments of the population have fair and sustainable access to essential social services. 
  • Encouraging Increased Investment: Promoting a more dynamic investment climate to stimulate economic activity and growth. 
  • Fostering Balanced and Sustainable Regional Development: Advancing regional development in a way that is balanced and sustainable across various regions.

To maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of initiatives funded by the IDB Group, the strategy emphasizes the integration of key themes such as institutional quality and transparency, innovation and the digital agenda, climate change, and gender equality and diversity. These cross-cutting themes will be incorporated into various sectors to ensure comprehensive and impactful results.

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IDB Group Country Strategy with Mexico 2019-2024
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
ME-T1546 WATER AND SANITATION INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Strategic integration of innovative solutions for water, sanitation and solid waste operators in Mexico 1,200,000.00 Preparation
TC9003039 - - Transp. & Telecommunic.sectorial Program 30,000.00 Closed Jun. 18, 1990
TC9702342 WATER AND SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION Water & Sewer System Policies & Procedures 14,000.00 Closed Feb. 2, 1997
TC7909297 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADING Ar's Cooper. for An Educative Program 7,400.00 Closed Sep. 21, 1979
TC9206196 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Science & Technology Program Development 16,000.00 Closed Oct. 5, 1992
TC9804239 EDUCATION EDUCATION Establishment InstitutoTecnología Educativa 100,000.00 Closed May. 15, 1998
TC8604432 - - Program for Project Evaluation 21,000.00 Closed Jul. 14, 1986
TC9503047 WATER AND SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION Mexico Sanitation Project 5,300.00 Closed Mar. 24, 1995
ME-T1546 Strategic integration of innovative solutions for water, sanitation and solid waste operators in Mexico
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,200,000.00
TC9003039 Transp. & Telecommunic.sectorial Program
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jun. 18, 1990
  • Financing: 30,000.00
TC9702342 Water & Sewer System Policies & Procedures
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Feb. 2, 1997
  • Financing: 14,000.00
TC7909297 Ar's Cooper. for An Educative Program
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Sep. 21, 1979
  • Financing: 7,400.00
TC9206196 Science & Technology Program Development
  • Sector: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Oct. 5, 1992
  • Financing: 16,000.00
TC9804239 Establishment InstitutoTecnología Educativa
  • Sector: EDUCATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: May. 15, 1998
  • Financing: 100,000.00
TC8604432 Program for Project Evaluation
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 14, 1986
  • Financing: 21,000.00
TC9503047 Mexico Sanitation Project
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Mar. 24, 1995
  • Financing: 5,300.00
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Country Office
Laura Ripani - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Laura Ripani
IDB Country Representative in Mexico
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Mexico, as one of the founding member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), plays a pivotal role in its governance. Like all IDB shareholders, Mexico appoints a Governor to represent the country on the IDB Board of Governors.

At the IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Mexico is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with the Dominican Republic. The chair is occupied by an Executive Director, who is elected for a three-year term by the Governors of both Mexico and the Dominican Republic. This representation ensures that Mexico has a key voice in the IDB’s daily operations and decision-making processes.

MEXICO'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE IDB

Executive Director: Mario Alejandro Gaytan Gonzalez

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Ernesto Alejandro Selman Mejia

ELECTED BY: Dominican Republic and Mexico

Total Contribution: 200,719,000

Number of votes: 1,034,744

of the institution's ownership

Address: Avenida Paseo de la Reforma Nº 222 Piso 11

Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc

Mexico City, Mexico
 

Avenida Paseo de la Reforma Nº 222 Piso 11

Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc

Mexico City, Mexico
 

Phone number: (T) (52-55) 9138-6200

(F) (52-55) 9138-6229

E-mail:  [email protected]

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Identification Initiatives from Four Countries Win 2025 Gobernarte Award
Six initiatives submitted by subnational governments in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico won the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2025 Gobernarte Contest—Pablo Valenti Award. The contest “Gobernarte: the art of good government” identifies, documents, and honors the most innovative practices in...
IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program...
IDB Lab Announces the Results of the Sargassum Innovation Quest to Build Resilient Coastal Ecosystems
The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, have announced the results of their Sargassum Innovation Quest: Building Resilient Coastal Ecosystems...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Mexico!
Subscribe
Jun 12, 2025
Learn to implement the open-source Mifos platform for financial inclusion
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
Jun 16, 2025
EconNet: Pricing Under Distress
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
Jun 23, 2025
EconNet: Efficiency, equity, and cost-recovery trade offs in municipal water pricing
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Spanish

¿Cómo mitigar la deforestación y degradación de suelos? Desarrollo sostenible desde Jalisco, México
Learn More
¿Cuáles son los ejes para una integración regional inteligente, sostenible e inclusiva?
Learn More
Integración y gobernanza: ¿cuál será el futuro de América Latina y el Caribe en el 2030?
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

The primary goal of the IDB Group’s Country Strategy with Mexico for the 2019-2024 period is to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growth while enhancing productivity. 

This strategy is closely aligned with the Government’s National Development Plan 2019-2024 and focuses on three key areas:

  • Supporting Equitable and Sustainable Access to Social Services: Ensuring that all segments of the population have fair and sustainable access to essential social services. 
  • Encouraging Increased Investment: Promoting a more dynamic investment climate to stimulate economic activity and growth. 
  • Fostering Balanced and Sustainable Regional Development: Advancing regional development in a way that is balanced and sustainable across various regions.

To maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of initiatives funded by the IDB Group, the strategy emphasizes the integration of key themes such as institutional quality and transparency, innovation and the digital agenda, climate change, and gender equality and diversity. These cross-cutting themes will be incorporated into various sectors to ensure comprehensive and impactful results.

hands
IDB Group Country Strategy with Mexico 2019-2024
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
ME-T1546 WATER AND SANITATION INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Strategic integration of innovative solutions for water, sanitation and solid waste operators in Mexico 1,200,000.00 Preparation
TC8703218 INDUSTRY INDUSTRY Br's Coop, Administration of Enterprises 9,500.00 Closed May. 20, 1987
TC9507205 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION Citizenry Participation Comission 20,000.00 Closed Aug. 11, 1995
TC9907013 INDUSTRY INDUSTRY Model Implementation of Iso 14001 in Sme 790,000.00 Closed Nov. 9, 1999
TC6904165 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Agricultural Productivity Program 1,290,000.00 Closed Apr. 20, 1969
TC9101106 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT "sarh" Animal Health Studies 30,000.00 Cancelled Jan. 24, 1991
TC9709447 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Emergency From Paulina Hurricane 50,000.00 Closed Oct. 30, 1997
TC8309024 EDUCATION COMPENSATORY EDUCATION Advising to Fonatur, Project Evaluation 21,000.00 Closed Jun. 2, 1983
ME-T1546 Strategic integration of innovative solutions for water, sanitation and solid waste operators in Mexico
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,200,000.00
TC8703218 Br's Coop, Administration of Enterprises
  • Sector: INDUSTRY
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: May. 20, 1987
  • Financing: 9,500.00
TC9507205 Citizenry Participation Comission
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 11, 1995
  • Financing: 20,000.00
TC9907013 Model Implementation of Iso 14001 in Sme
  • Sector: INDUSTRY
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Nov. 9, 1999
  • Financing: 790,000.00
TC6904165 Agricultural Productivity Program
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Apr. 20, 1969
  • Financing: 1,290,000.00
TC9101106 "sarh" Animal Health Studies
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Cancelled
  • Approval Date: Jan. 24, 1991
  • Financing: 30,000.00
TC9709447 Emergency From Paulina Hurricane
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Oct. 30, 1997
  • Financing: 50,000.00
TC8309024 Advising to Fonatur, Project Evaluation
  • Sector: EDUCATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jun. 2, 1983
  • Financing: 21,000.00
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