When the Chinese Premier Zhou En Lai was asked about the impact of the French Revolution, he reportedly said it is too early to tell. For a development bank such as the IDB, which lends more than US$12 billion a year, it is never too soon to know the impact of Bank-financed funded projects, or which policies have the best chances of success. And why does it matter? … [Read more...] about Development in Latin America: why it matters to know what projects work
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Welcome to the blog “Development that Works”
Ensuring that operations of the Inter-American Development Bank produce effective impacts on the developing countries of Latin America and the Caribbean is at the heart of the Bank’s ninth capital increase. The mission of the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness is to ensure that we meet this mandate, that we do the right things and that we do them … [Read more...] about Welcome to the blog “Development that Works”