Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank "was established in 1959 as a development institution with novel mandates and tools. Its lending and technical cooperation programs for economic and social development projects went far beyond the mere financing of economic projects that was customary at the time." 

In 1997, "Inter-American Development Bank President Enrique V. Iglesias has established a committee to seek the support of political and business leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean and around the world for the creation of a multilateral Foundation of the Americas." 

Directors (2005)
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 * Luis Linde
 * Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla
 * Rogério Studart
 * Hector E. Morales
 * Jaime Pinto Tabini
 * Luis Cosenza Jiménez
 * Jorge Crespo Velasco
 * Giorgio Leccesi
 * Roberto B. Saladín
 * Agustín García-López
 * Fernando Eleta Casanovas
 * Stewart Mills
 * Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg
 * Jan E. Boyer
 * Charles Bassett
 * Havelock Brewster
 * Germán Quintana
 * Tsuyoshi Agüero
 * Luis Guillermo Echeverri
 * Jerry Christopher Butler
 * Gustavo A. Palacio

Contact Information
Website: http://www.iadb.org

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Committee of 21
 * Inter-American Foundation
 * Organization of American States
 * Muni Figueres, was the external relations advisor for the Inter-American Development Bank from July 1992 to 2002.
 * Social Progress Trust Fund
 * Ricardo Hausmann