Public Information Center
The IDB provides copies of project documents (free of charge to nationals of the countries in which operations are implemented) through a system of Public Information Centers, which are administered by the Office of External Relations (EXR). There is a PIC at IDB headquarters in Washington DC and in each of its Country Offices, as well as in the IDB offices in Japan and Paris. Many people in Latin America report difficulty in obtaining information through the PICs in Country Offices, which is symptomatic of the organizational culture of non-disclosure, despite the IDB’s statements in favor of information disclosure. The IDB does not provide contact information to facilitate making information requests more specific than:
Annual Meetings
Each spring, the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation meet in one of the Bank’s member countries. Also represented are multilateral financial institutions, commercial and investment banks, and development agencies.
See below for recent meetings or find more information and a meeting archive at IDB's Annual Meetings page.
2007 IDB Annual Meeting, Guatemala City, Guatemala (IDB website)
2006 IDB Annual Meeting, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (IDB website)
2005 IDB Annual Meeting, Okinawa, Japan (IDB website)
2004 IDB Annual Meeting, Lima, Peru (IDB website)
2003 IDB Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy (IDB website)
2002 IDB Annual Meeting, Fortaleza, Brazil (IDB website)
2001 IDB Annual Meeting, Santiago, Chile (IDB website)
Externals
Connect to other networks working on these issues through the links below.
IFI Transparency Resource
Global Transparency Initiative
ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Transparency International