InterAmerican Development Bank: Overview

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Inter-American Development BankOverview

Isabel Hagbrink Public Information Officer Office
of External Relations
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OVERVIEW

• Founded in 1959, oldest and largest of the
  regional
• multilateral development banks
• Largest source of development finance for Latin
  America
• 47 Member countries
• - 26 Borrowing
• - 21 Non-borrowing (Republic of Korea, 2004)
• 1961-2005 approved 137 billion in loans
• Total cost of projects 325 billion
• 2005 lending 7.1 billion,
• technical assitance grants 164 million
• Paid-in vs. Callable capital bonds to raise
  money

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OPERATIONS

• IDB provides 90 of its loans to the public
  sector with sovereign guarantee investment,
  policy-based and emergency loans
• http//www.iadb.org/
• Also lends directly to the private sector through
  the
• Private Sector Department (up to 10 of loans
  outstanding), primarily for infrastructure and
  capital markets projects
• http//www.iadb.org/pri/
• Inter-American Investment Corporation SME loans
  lt10 million
• Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) provides
  grants for microfinance, training, business
  regulation and deregulation loans and equity
  funds. Remittances. http//www.iadb.org/mif/

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HISTORICAL PRIORITIES

• Poverty Reduction Social Equity
• Sustainable Development Growth

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KEY AREAS

• Competitiveness
• Support for the Private Sector
• Social Sector Reform
• Integration

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CAPITAL SHARE VOTING POWER
Capital Shares and Voting Power
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30
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5
50
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
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REGIONAL OPERATIONS DEPTs
Regional Departments
(3)
Country Division
Country Office
Finance and
Social Program
State Civil
Env. Natural
Basic
Division
Social
Res. Manag.
Infrastructure Div.
Progr. Division
Division
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SECTORS OF ACTIVITY
Finance Basic Infrastructure Sectors Energy Tran
sportation Telecommunications
Productive Agriculture Industry
Social Education Health Urban Development Environ
ment Water Sanitation
Reform Modernization of state and decentralization
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Project Cycle
Negotiation and Approval
Execution and Supervision
Analysis
Programming
Identification
Preparation
Borrower Bank
Borrower Bank
Borrower Bank
Bank
Borrower Bank
Borrower Bank
Project Concept Document
Project Report
PROJECT OUTLINE
PROCUREMENT PLAN
1-2 Years
4-8 Years
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Business Opportunities at IDB

• Public Sector Projects
• Preparation of Projects
• Contact Bank staff / team leader for
  feasibility studies and project preparation
• Implementation of Projects
• Contact Executing Agencies (Government
  Ministries) for procurement requirements, bidding
  documents, contract information, procedures
  payments
• Private Sector Projects
• Contact PRI, IIC and MIF for due diligence
  contracts

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Business Opportunities

• IDB
• Procurement contracts with IDB as client, mainly
  in consulting services, in support of project
  preparation (smaller value short term usually
  sole source or short-list, typically
  preparatory phase feasibility studies, due
  diligence) 5
• In-country
• Competitively-bid procurement contracts with IDB
  borrowing country government as client (larger
  value, longer term, formal competitive bids,
  typically implementation phase goods, civil
  works, equipment contracts) 95
• Subcontracts with other firms (as partner, as a
  team member, as a supplier).

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WINNING CONTRACTS

• Make thorough assessment of competitive advantage
  to determine priority / niche markets in region
• Frequent and careful review of most promising
  projects
• Sign up for RSS on IDB Procurement Portal
• Check IDB Web-site for new projects / news
• Subscription to UN Development Business
• Local newspapers (National Competitive Bidding)
• Emphasize in-country/regional experience
• Invest in language capability essential tool,
  proof of commitment

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WINNING CONTRACTS

• Review Country Strategies Policy Documents
• Network Meet with investment officers / country
  coordinators for project info and feasibility
  studies
• Visit IDB Country Office
• Meet with country government officials
• Make alliances with local partners
• partnership on international bids,
• local knowledge,
• legal assistance, language skills etc
• Know (or join!) your competition
• Word of Mouth news travel fast

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New IDB Procurement Policies

• Approved by the Board of Executive Directors on
  January 19, 2005
• As part of the harmonization process, almost
  identical to those used by the World Bank
• Differences basically only in eligibility -
  nationality and origin of goods
• Effective immediately on new projects and at the
  request of Borrowers in existing projects

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Sources of Information from your computer

• IDB Homepage www.iadb.org
• General
• Basic Facts www.iadb.org/info/
• Annual Report www.iadb.org/aboutus/I/hi_ar.cfm?la
  nguageEnglish
• Sectors and Topics www.iadb.org/exr/topics/index.
  htm
• Projects
• Project Information Procurement notices
  http//condc05.iadb.org/idbppi/asp/mainpage.asp
• Project Documents and Public Information Center
  http//www.iadb.org/exr/pic/?languageenglish
• Events
• IDB Business Seminars http//www.iadb.org/biz/
• IDB-sponsored events www.iadb.org/NEWS/DISPLAY/ev
  ents.cfm?LanguageEnglish

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MORE INFORMATION - PROJECTS
 
http//www.iadb.org/projects/
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MORE INFO PROCUREMENT/RSS
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MORE INFORMATION BY COUNTRY
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MORE INFORMATION - STATISTICS
http//www.iadb.org/projects/
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MORE INFORMATION - PROJECTS
http//www.iadb.org/projects/
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MORE INFO - PRESS RELEASES
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MORE INFO - PSLOs
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OTHER SOURCES OF BIZ OPS

• On borrowing countrys procurement sites eg
  Mexico http//www.compranet.gob.mx/

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GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• External Relations/Public Information
• Isabel Hagbrink 202-623-1546 isabelh_at_iadb.org
• Hiroko Miyakawa 202-623-2652 hirokom_at_iadb.org
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• General Inquiries BUSINESS_at_IADB.ORG