Approach Paper: Evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank's Governance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rose ◽  
Josette Arévalo ◽  
Thaís Soares ◽  
Andreia Barcellos
Keyword(s):  
Executive Directors ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Governance Arrangements

This approach paper defines the objectives, scope, and methodology for the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE) evaluation of the governance of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The evaluation is included in OVE's 2020-2021 work program (document RE-543) in response to a request by the Board of Executive Directors to evaluate the IDB's governance arrangements. Drawing from similar evaluations, these aspects will be evaluated in four dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and transparency, and voice.

Smart Territory Initiatives in an Emerging Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-212
Author(s):  
María de Carmen Gutiérrez-Diez ◽  
José Luis Bordas-Beltrán ◽  
Ana María de Guadalupe Arras-Vota
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The City ◽  
Operations Center ◽  
Expected Increase ◽  
Sense Of Urgency

In the last years, a sense of urgency for cities to become more livable and sustainable has arisen due to the expected increase in their population. This chapter describes different initiatives taking place in the city of Chihuahua in Mexico, using the framework developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with four dimensions: 1) Infrastructure for connectivity; 2) Sensors; 3) Integrated command and operations center; and 4) Communications technology. For each one of them, a description of the activities or projects is provided, along with a final SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats) analysis.

Integration between the Blue Ocean Strategy and the Value Chain and its Role in Achieving Competitive Advantage: An Applied Research in the International Development Bank

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atwar Khudhair Majeed Mustafa ◽  
Salma Mansour Saad Al-Rubaie
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
International Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
New Strategies

The research aims to demonstrate the role of integration between the blue ocean strategy and the value chain in achieving competitive advantage through their application in the International Development Bank, as economic units, including banks, face intense competition at the local and international levels within the contemporary work environment, therefore, they had to prepare and implement new strategies that enable them to withstand the challenges imposed by competition in order to maintain and achieve its goals, as technological developments and market changes stemming from changes in the tastes and desires of customers have led to the development of these strategies, including the blue ocean strategy, which derives its name from the concept of blue oceans, which are calm and clear because they are far from the atmosphere of competition. This strategy is implemented through its four dimensions (reduction, exclusion, increase, innovation). Nevertheless, to apply these dimensions, the value chain contributes to the analysis of activities into value-adding and non-value-adding activities, thus applying the dimensions of strategy at the level of each activity in order to achieve value for the economic unit and the customer. Furthermore, the research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is the integration between the blue ocean strategy and the value chain, a framework that contributes to reducing and excluding costs for activities that do not add value, in addition to creating advanced banking services for customers that achieve a competitive advantage for the bank.

Independent Country Program Review Trinidad and Tobago 2016-2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Khadr ◽  
Oliver Peña-Habib ◽  
Stefania De Santis
Keyword(s):  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Program Review ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Aggregate Information ◽  
Independent Country

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) covers the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's country strategy (CS) and program in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) over the period 2016-2020. ICPRs assess the relevance of a CS and, data permitting, provide aggregate information on the alignment and execution of the corresponding country program. ICPRs are primarily addressed to the IDB Group's Boards of Executive Directors (BoD). They seek to provide the BoD with relevant information, otherwise not readily available to them, to inform their consideration of the upcoming IDB Group CSs.

U.S.: Inter-American Development Bank Act Amendment (Increase of Resources of Fund for Special Operations; Audit of Accounts)

1967 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1229-1230
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Special Operations ◽  
Board Of Governors ◽  
Audit Reports

“SEC. 14. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director to propose the establishment by the Board of Executive Directors of a program of selective but continuing independent and comprehensive audit of the Inter-American Development Bank, in accordance with such terms of reference as the Board of Executive Directors itself (or through a subcommittee), may prescribe. Such proposal shall provide that the audit reports be submitted to the Board of Executive Directors and to the Board of Governors. The Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare for the Secretary of the Treasury the scope of the audit and the auditing and reporting standards for the use of the United States Executive Director in assisting in the formulation of the terms of reference.

scholarly journals Forests in common: Learning from diversity of community forest arrangements in Europe

AMBIO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-464
Author(s):  
Anna Lawrence ◽  
Paola Gatto ◽  
Nevenka Bogataj ◽  
Gun Lidestav
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Horizontal Connections ◽  
Communities Of Place ◽  
Common Learning ◽  
Governance Arrangements

AbstractEurope has a wealth of community forest arrangements. This paper aims to transcend the diversity of locally specific terms and forms, to highlight the value of considering them inclusively. Building on methods to make sense of diversity, we use reflexive grounded inquiry in fifteen cases in Italy, Scotland, Slovenia and Sweden. Within four dimensions (forest, community, relationships between them, and relationships with wider society), we identify 43 subdimensions to describe them collectively. Our approach shows how European arrangements contribute to wider discourses of collective natural resource management. Both tradition and innovation in Europe inform options for environmental governance. Arrangements challenge the distinction between ‘communities of place’ and ‘communities of interest’, with implications for social and environmental justice. They exemplify multilevel environmental governance through both vertical and horizontal connections. Emerging from long histories of political and environmental pressures, they have a role in enhancing society’s connection with nature and adaptive capacity.

The Fund's Lending Framework and Sovereign Debt-Further Considerations

Policy Papers ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Board Decision ◽  
Debt Crises

In discussing the June 2014 paper, Executive Directors broadly supported staff’s proposal to introduce more flexibility into the Fund’s exceptional access framework to reduce unnecessary costs for the member, its creditors, and the overall system. Directors’ views varied on staff’s proposal to eliminate the systemic exemption introduced in 2010. Many Directors favored removing the exemption but some others preferred to retain it and requested staff to consult further with relevant stakeholders on possible approaches to managing contagion. This paper offers specific proposals on how the Fund’s policy framework could be changed, presents staff’s analysis on the specific issue of managing contagion, and addresses some implementation issues. No Board decision is proposed at this stage. The paper is consistent with the Executive Board’s May 2013 endorsement of a work program focused on strengthening market-based approaches to resolving sovereign debt crises.

Approach Paper: Evaluation of IDB's Grant Facility for Haiti

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Linares ◽  
Eliane Clevy ◽  
Federico Fraga ◽  
Michelle Infanzón ◽  
Lucero Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Activity ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Work Program

This document defines the approach of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) to evaluate the Grant Facility (GRF) for Haiti. It outlines the evaluation's objectives, scope, evaluation questions, and methodology that OVE will apply to conduct the evaluation. OVE included this corporate evaluation in its 2020-2021 work program at the IDB and IDB Invest Boards' request. It focuses on the ten years of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group activity in Haiti using GRF resources, from January 1st, 2011--the start of IDB's formal commitment to transfer US$200 million per year to the GRF earmarked for Haiti-- to December 31st, 2020.

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