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Paraguay

The Country Office of Paraguay seeks to support the country's institutional and productive transformation, under criteria of sustainability, equity, and economic and social inclusion.

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Country Office
Alonso Chaverri Suárez - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Alonso Chaverri Suárez
IDB Country Representative in Paraguay
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Paraguay is a founding member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). As with all shareholders, Paraguay appoints a Governor to represent the country on the IDB Board of Governors.

At the IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Paraguay is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Bolivia and Uruguay, and is held by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay.

Paraguay's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Carlos Javier Charotti Ramirez

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Luis Alberto Porto Rizzo

ELECTED BY: Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Total Contribution: 14,625,900

Number of votes: 64,649

of the institution's ownership

Address: Calle Quesada 4616 esquina Legión Civil Extranjera.

Barrio Recoleta, Asunción, Paraguay
 

Casilla No. 1209

Asunción, Paraguay
 

Phone number: (595-21) 616-2000

E-mail:  [email protected]

Paraguay to Improve Rural Access to Services and Productive Markets with IDB support
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $75 million multiple-works loan to boost agricultural competitiveness and economic and social development in rural Paraguay by improving rural roads in the country’s Eastern Region. The operation, which has been approved by the IDB...
Paraguay to Expand Sanitation in Lake Ypacaraí Watershed to Improve Environment
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $154 million loan and $7.7 million grant from the IDB CLIMA program for a first round of construction under the Comprehensive Sanitation Plan for the Lake Ypacaraí Watershed in Paraguay. This project will improve environmental conditions in...
Mercosur Digital Citizen Initiative to Enhance Service Delivery and Simplify Procedures
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Network on Digital Government (GEALC Network) today unveiled Mercosur Digital Citizen, an initiative that will allow citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to use their national digital ID to carry out government...
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04:30 AM - 01:30 PM
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Aug 21, 2025
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12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
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Strategy and Projects

The new 2025-2029 Country Strategy, designed in collaboration with the Government, will support Paraguay in becoming a model of sustainable, private sector-driven economic growth that benefits the entire population and helps address global challenges. The new country strategy rests on three pillars:

  1. Green Paraguay: Expanding sanitation service coverage and strengthening water resource management, as well as promoting energy efficiency and diversifying the energy matrix toward cleaner and more sustainable sources.
  2. Productive Paraguay: Improve the business environment and promote private investment while strengthening transport and trade infrastructure to boost regional integration.
  3. Human Paraguay: Expanding access to the healthcare system and reducing the deficit of sustainable housing, as well as fostering the financial sustainability of the pension system.

Additionally, the strategy includes two cross-cutting areas: institutional strengthening, aimed at improving efficiency and transparency in the public sector through technological tools and enhanced fiscal convergence; and the promotion of inclusion and equal opportunities for vulnerable populations, ensuring access to basic services and labor market participation for women, persons with disabilities, and indigenous communities.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the indicated period, as they continue to be active during the preparation of the next strategy
 

IDB Group Country Strategy with Paraguay 2025-2029
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Acceptance of Partial Use of Country Procurement Systems
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
PR-L1205 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STI POLICY & INSTITUTIONS Business Innovation Program II 10,000,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1381 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support for the strengthening of government control processes of the Controller General of the Republic of Paraguay 280,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1389 FINANCIAL MARKETS BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT Support for Structuring and Implementing an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy for SMEs with AFD II 1,175,533.00 Preparation
PR-T1379 WATER AND SANITATION WATER SUPPLY RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Support for the Sustainability of Investments in the Drinking Water and Sanitation Program for Small Cities and Rural and Indigenous Communities II 600,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1387 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Support for the Sustainable Finance Alliance of Paraguay 400,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1391 FINANCIAL MARKETS BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT Towards productive financing of new growth engines in Paraguay 300,000.00 Preparation
TC7408174 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL POLICY Itaipu Hydro-Electric Complex 269,000.00 Closed Aug. 8, 1974
TC7907100 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADING Strength., Urban Planification System 245,000.00 Closed Dec. 20, 1979
PR-L1205 Business Innovation Program II
  • Sector: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 10,000,000.00
PR-T1381 Support for the strengthening of government control processes of the Controller General of the Republic of Paraguay
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 280,000.00
PR-T1389 Support for Structuring and Implementing an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy for SMEs with AFD II
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,175,533.00
PR-T1379 Support for the Sustainability of Investments in the Drinking Water and Sanitation Program for Small Cities and Rural and Indigenous Communities II
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
PR-T1387 Support for the Sustainable Finance Alliance of Paraguay
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
PR-T1391 Towards productive financing of new growth engines in Paraguay
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
TC7408174 Itaipu Hydro-Electric Complex
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 8, 1974
  • Financing: 269,000.00
TC7907100 Strength., Urban Planification System
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Dec. 20, 1979
  • Financing: 245,000.00
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Country Office
Alonso Chaverri Suárez - Country Representative - Inter American Development Bank - IDB
Alonso Chaverri Suárez
IDB Country Representative in Paraguay
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Paraguay is a founding member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). As with all shareholders, Paraguay appoints a Governor to represent the country on the IDB Board of Governors.

At the IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Paraguay is represented on the Board of Executive Directors. This position is shared with Bolivia and Uruguay, and is held by an Executive Director elected to a three-year term by the Governors of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay.

Paraguay's representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Carlos Javier Charotti Ramirez

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Luis Alberto Porto Rizzo

ELECTED BY: Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Total Contribution: 14,625,900

Number of votes: 64,649

of the institution's ownership

Address: Calle Quesada 4616 esquina Legión Civil Extranjera.

Barrio Recoleta, Asunción, Paraguay
 

Casilla No. 1209

Asunción, Paraguay
 

Phone number: (595-21) 616-2000

E-mail:  [email protected]

Paraguay to Improve Rural Access to Services and Productive Markets with IDB support
WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $75 million multiple-works loan to boost agricultural competitiveness and economic and social development in rural Paraguay by improving rural roads in the country’s Eastern Region. The operation, which has been approved by the IDB...
Paraguay to Expand Sanitation in Lake Ypacaraí Watershed to Improve Environment
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $154 million loan and $7.7 million grant from the IDB CLIMA program for a first round of construction under the Comprehensive Sanitation Plan for the Lake Ypacaraí Watershed in Paraguay. This project will improve environmental conditions in...
Mercosur Digital Citizen Initiative to Enhance Service Delivery and Simplify Procedures
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Network on Digital Government (GEALC Network) today unveiled Mercosur Digital Citizen, an initiative that will allow citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to use their national digital ID to carry out government...
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Paraguay!
Subscribe
Aug 11, 2025
Connecting Care: Government-to-Government Learning Forum
04:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Mexico - Cidade do México
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

Videos available in Spanish

¿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
Integración y gobernanza: ¿cuál será el futuro de América Latina y el Caribe en el 2030?
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

The new 2025-2029 Country Strategy, designed in collaboration with the Government, will support Paraguay in becoming a model of sustainable, private sector-driven economic growth that benefits the entire population and helps address global challenges. The new country strategy rests on three pillars:

  1. Green Paraguay: Expanding sanitation service coverage and strengthening water resource management, as well as promoting energy efficiency and diversifying the energy matrix toward cleaner and more sustainable sources.
  2. Productive Paraguay: Improve the business environment and promote private investment while strengthening transport and trade infrastructure to boost regional integration.
  3. Human Paraguay: Expanding access to the healthcare system and reducing the deficit of sustainable housing, as well as fostering the financial sustainability of the pension system.

Additionally, the strategy includes two cross-cutting areas: institutional strengthening, aimed at improving efficiency and transparency in the public sector through technological tools and enhanced fiscal convergence; and the promotion of inclusion and equal opportunities for vulnerable populations, ensuring access to basic services and labor market participation for women, persons with disabilities, and indigenous communities.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the indicated period, as they continue to be active during the preparation of the next strategy
 

IDB Group Country Strategy with Paraguay 2025-2029
Download
Acceptance of Partial Use of Country Procurement Systems
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
PR-L1205 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STI POLICY & INSTITUTIONS Business Innovation Program II 10,000,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1381 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Support for the strengthening of government control processes of the Controller General of the Republic of Paraguay 280,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1389 FINANCIAL MARKETS BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT Support for Structuring and Implementing an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy for SMEs with AFD II 1,175,533.00 Preparation
PR-T1379 WATER AND SANITATION WATER SUPPLY RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Support for the Sustainability of Investments in the Drinking Water and Sanitation Program for Small Cities and Rural and Indigenous Communities II 600,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1387 FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Support for the Sustainable Finance Alliance of Paraguay 400,000.00 Preparation
PR-T1391 FINANCIAL MARKETS BANKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT Towards productive financing of new growth engines in Paraguay 300,000.00 Preparation
TC7412117 ENERGY NEW POWER DISTRIBUTION & TRANSMISSION PROJECTS Studies of Transmission Systems 400,000.00 Closed Dec. 19, 1974
TC8004202 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Advisory Services in Rural Development 15,000.00 Closed Mar. 19, 1980
PR-L1205 Business Innovation Program II
  • Sector: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 10,000,000.00
PR-T1381 Support for the strengthening of government control processes of the Controller General of the Republic of Paraguay
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 280,000.00
PR-T1389 Support for Structuring and Implementing an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy for SMEs with AFD II
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 1,175,533.00
PR-T1379 Support for the Sustainability of Investments in the Drinking Water and Sanitation Program for Small Cities and Rural and Indigenous Communities II
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
PR-T1387 Support for the Sustainable Finance Alliance of Paraguay
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 400,000.00
PR-T1391 Towards productive financing of new growth engines in Paraguay
  • Sector: FINANCIAL MARKETS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
TC7412117 Studies of Transmission Systems
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Dec. 19, 1974
  • Financing: 400,000.00
TC8004202 Advisory Services in Rural Development
  • Sector: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Mar. 19, 1980
  • Financing: 15,000.00
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