Inter-American Development Bank
Requests: Send requests to the External Relations Advisor at IADB headquarters, or to country offices. No specific contact point is specified there. General information on contacting the IADB is available on its website. Public information requests may be directed here:
Public Information Center in Washington, D.C.
Tel (202) 623-2096
Fax (202) 623-1928
Email pic@iadb.org
Procedures: No deadlines are in place. Normally no fees will apply. Any request for a final determination regarding access to information under this policy should be addressed to the External Relations Advisor. The page on the transparency policy is quite general.
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6 January 2012
International financial institutions (IFIs) have “overbroad regimes of exceptions” in their transparency policies, according to a report issued by the Centre for Law and Democracy.
Particularly troublesome are the exceptions relating to internal deliberations and third-party commercial information, according to…
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13 May 2010
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) May 12 approved a new “Access to Information Policy” likely to increase the level of transparency at the institution.
The changes largely track reforms recently adopted by the World Bank.
The IDB set an international…
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4 May 2010
The Inter-American Development Bank has released a proposed disclosure policy and is on a fast track to approve it in mid-May. The unexpected speed, shortchanging plans for a public consultation period, was motivated by a desire to bolster its case for a capital increase. The Board of Governors in March set a number of conditions on [...]
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1 April 2010
The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank on March 21 made several commitments to improve transparency at the IDB. The Board’s statements go slightly beyond those contained in a recently proposed outline of potential changes to the disclosure policy. Just before the Board meeting in Cancun, Mexico, the IDB released a “Policy Profile” that …
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19 March 2010
The Inter-American Development Bank March 16 quietly announced a “comprehensive review” of its information disclosure policy. The Bank invited public comments on a 15-page “policy profile” that outlines a proposed new policy…
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24 February 2010
In advance of a key March meeting of the Board of Governors for the Inter-American Development Bank, more than 100 civil society organizations have called for more transparency and other reforms. The calls for transparency begin with a demand that the IDB disclose its proposal for recapitalization, saying the lack of disclosure and consultation “implies a violation…
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19 April 2007
The Inter-American Development Bank has received $4.9 million from the government of Norway to conduct projects concerning transparency and anticorruption efforts.
According to a Feb. 26 memorandum of understanding, the IDB will establish a new trust fund, the Anticorruption Activities…
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19 April 2007
The Inter-American Development Bank is moving toward the start of a review of its disclosure policy, according to officials at the institution. First, a paper is being drafted by the Office of External Relations about issues and potential remedies. That…
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21 July 2004
The protection of whistleblowers at four major multilateral development banks is deficient, according to a report by The Government Accounting Project.
Using a 24-point checklist, the Washington-based nongovernmental organization said none of the four institutions merited a passing grade. Out…
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5 December 2003
The Inter-American Development Bank and Plan Puebla-Panama
Journalist Wendy Call reports on the controversy over the IDB’s multi-billion-dollar development plan for southern Mexico and Central America, with specific attention to information access, public consultation, and participation of stakeholders (and the…
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1 December 2003
The Inter-American Development Bank on November 26 agreed to publish the minutes of its executive board meetings, the first development bank to do so.
The disclosure of minutes was the main advance made as the IDB board revised its entire…
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1 August 2003
The Inter-American Development Bank Aug. 4 modified its proposal for a new disclosure policy, making changes that appear to cut in both directions.
The bank’s revised 14-page draft is available at: http://www.iadb.org/exr/pic/consultation.htm
On the positive side, the IADB appears to…
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1 April 2003
Evidence of the collaboration between development policy NGOs and FOIA-oriented groups is seen in letters sent to the Inter-American Development Bank about its proposed new information disclosure policy.
The IDB has extended the comment period until April 15. A series…
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1 January 2003
The Inter-American Development Bank Jan. 14 announced a public “electronic consultation” on a major rewrite of its Policy on Information Disclosure.
The Bank issued a 16-page description of its proposed policies, the first significant revision since 1994. The changes “would…
