Country Strategy

Together, IDB staff and Brazil determine how Brazil’s priorities coincide with the Bank’s development strategies for the region. The product of that process is the IDB country strategy with Brazil 2012-2014, approved by the Board of Executive Directors in May 2012.

Country strategies include an overview of the country’s current economic situation. They draw on analytical work conducted by the Bank and other parties on a wide range of economic and social sectors, such as rural and urban development, health, education, government modernization, transportation, trade, and the environment, among others

Country Strategy with Brazil 2012-2014

The strategy reflects priorities shared between the government (multiyear plan – PPA) and the IDB Group (the IDB-9 Capital Increase) and strikes a balance among the following six major strategic objectives: (i) stimulate social and productive inclusion; (ii) improve the condition of the country’s infrastructure; (iii) promote the development of sustainable cities; (iv) improve the institutional capacity of public entities; (v) increase the sustainable management of natural resources and climate change mitigation and adaptation actions; and (vi) promote development through the private sector.

The Bank will work with the three levels of government, focusing on subnational agencies in particular.  Issues such as regional cooperation and integration, respect for biodiversity, and efforts to reduce regional economic inequalities, with greater emphasis on the Northeast and North, will provide a crosscutting orientation to the Bank’s action in Brazil. The strategy’s respect for diversity in Bank-financed operations and activities, taking gender and racial factors into account, is one of its key guiding criteria.