Discover how our innovative instruments catalyze change in public management through knowledge initiatives that drive sustainable development and institutional capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean.
We transfer pioneering management and operational tools to governments to simplify procedures and processes that ensure the effective delivery of public services.
We work with public institutions to improve the experience of both internal users (public servants handling procedures and processes) and external users (citizens and businesses) of their services.
We connect the knowledge and practical experience of the best organizational leaders by developing public-private coaching and mentoring schemes to develop the strategic and technical skills necessary to catalyze changes and institutional reforms that endure over time.
K4R works in synergy with a multi-stakeholder hub of companies, universities, and public agencies, reaching over 250 organizations that seek efficiency and results-driven impact in the public sector as a cornerstone of development effectiveness.
K4R interventions have reached 8 countries in the region, improving institutional management areas that can be implemented in any working sector of the IDB Group, generating results-driven impact in reducing poverty and inequality, addressing climate change, and strengthening sustainable growth.
The K4R initiative supports the Bank's project portfolio in its different stages (dialogue, design, execution, and evaluation). This has enabled leveraging significant regional development programs in the area of institutional capacity of the state.
The Knowledge for Results (K4R) initiative is supported by funding from the Institutional Capacity Strengthening Fund (ICSF) and the Japanese Trust Fund (JTF) for technical cooperation.
K4R aligns closely with other key Inter-American Development Bank initiatives, including the Governance Center (CdG), Management for Results (GxR), and Mapainversiones.
The K4R is composed of a hub of companies and top-level multinational operational nodes such as RedEAmérica, as well as faculties of economics, management, and political sciences from prestigious universities like EAFIT in Colombia and Universidad del Pacífico in Peru.
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