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El Salvador
El Salvador

The Country Office of El Salvador aims to contribute to generating sustainable and inclusive economic growth, capable of facing current challenges and providing better opportunities and access to basic services for the population, thereby contributing to reducing levels of poverty and inequality.

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Country Office

The objective of the IDB Group country strategy with El Salvador for the period 2021-2024 is to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the country’s prospects for recovery and to achieve more vigorous, inclusive, and sustainable growth over the medium term. To support this objective, the proposed approach for the years ahead responds to the country’s most immediate needs deriving from the health crisis and its social and economic impacts, while supporting the process of fiscal consolidation and the restructuring of production. In this regard, three priority areas have been identified to guide the IDB Group’s support for the government program:

(i) fiscal sustainability and efficiency;

(ii) reducing social vulnerability; and

(iii) revitalizing and restructuring production. Gender, diversity, climate change, and natural disasters will be addressed in a cross-cutting way. The country strategy has been the outcome of an extensive dialogue with the country authorities and civil society, and it has taken into account how the global impacts of the pandemic are evolving and its short-to-medium term repercussions for El Salvador as well as the structural challenges the country faces.

Margarita Libby Hernandez Rep El Salvador
Margarita Libby Hernández
Representative, a.i.
BIDElSalvador@iadb.org

 

Our team on the Ground

Address: Edificio WTC, piso 4 89 Avenida Norte y Calle El Mirador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Mailing Address: Edificio WTC, piso 4 89 Avenida Norte y Calle El Mirador, San Salvador, El Salvador

(T) (503) 2233-8900

(F) (503) 2233-8921

Country representation

Executive Director: Eddy Roberto Carpio Sam

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Karen Cis

ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Total Contribution: 12,351,600

Number of votes: 64,649

of the institution's ownership

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February 20, 2024
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects of up to $180 million and an initial $93 million individual loan under that credit line to help El Salvador make a just energy transition. The operation also seeks to reach universal electricity...
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Strategy and Projects

El Salvador is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, El Salvador appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., El Salvador is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair shared with Costa RicaBelizeGuatemalaHonduras, and Nicaragua, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

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IDB Country Strategy with El Salvador 2021-2024
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Country Office

The objective of the IDB Group country strategy with El Salvador for the period 2021-2024 is to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the country’s prospects for recovery and to achieve more vigorous, inclusive, and sustainable growth over the medium term. To support this objective, the proposed approach for the years ahead responds to the country’s most immediate needs deriving from the health crisis and its social and economic impacts, while supporting the process of fiscal consolidation and the restructuring of production. In this regard, three priority areas have been identified to guide the IDB Group’s support for the government program:

(i) fiscal sustainability and efficiency;

(ii) reducing social vulnerability; and

(iii) revitalizing and restructuring production. Gender, diversity, climate change, and natural disasters will be addressed in a cross-cutting way. The country strategy has been the outcome of an extensive dialogue with the country authorities and civil society, and it has taken into account how the global impacts of the pandemic are evolving and its short-to-medium term repercussions for El Salvador as well as the structural challenges the country faces.

Margarita Libby Hernandez Rep El Salvador
Margarita Libby Hernández
Representative, a.i.
BIDElSalvador@iadb.org

 

Our team on the Ground

Address: Edificio WTC, piso 4 89 Avenida Norte y Calle El Mirador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Mailing Address: Edificio WTC, piso 4 89 Avenida Norte y Calle El Mirador, San Salvador, El Salvador

(T) (503) 2233-8900

(F) (503) 2233-8921

Country representation

Executive Director: Eddy Roberto Carpio Sam

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Karen Cis

ELECTED BY: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Total Contribution: 12,351,600

Number of votes: 64,649

of the institution's ownership

BIDAcademy Launches Podcast on How to Combat Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
The new series will explore inequality, how it intersects with factors including gender and race, and how it impacts access to education or employment. BIDAcademy, the knowledge and learning platform of the IDB Group – which consists of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest and IDB...
April 11, 2024
Costa Rica and Panama Inaugurate Innovative Border Crossing Backed by the IDB
The presidents of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, and of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, today inaugurated the Integrated Control Center in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica, which will process the crossing of goods and people entering the country from Panama. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) provided...
February 20, 2024
IDB Backs Program for Universal Access to Electricity in El Salvador
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects of up to $180 million and an initial $93 million individual loan under that credit line to help El Salvador make a just energy transition. The operation also seeks to reach universal electricity...
October 11, 2023
May 16, 2024
The Green Turn: Latin America and the Caribbean's New Trade Agenda
05:00 AM - 07:00 AM
May 23, 2024
Reshaping Retirement: Navigating Latin America's Pension Systems after COVID-19
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM
United States - Washington, D.C.
May 06, 2024
Aging Well in Asia | 2024 Asian Development Policy Report
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
United States - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Spanish

Integración y gobernanza: ¿cuál será el futuro de América Latina y el Caribe en el 2030?
Learn More
¿Qué significa mejorar vidas en América Latina y el Caribe? Desarrollo de impacto con sello BID
Learn More
¿Cuáles son los ejes para una integración regional inteligente, sostenible e inclusiva?
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

El Salvador is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, El Salvador appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., El Salvador is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair shared with Costa RicaBelizeGuatemalaHonduras, and Nicaragua, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

hands
IDB Country Strategy with El Salvador 2021-2024
Download
hands
Acceptance of Partial Use of Country Procurement Systems
Download
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Subscribe
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