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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

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The Statesman’s Yearbook 2008

Part of the book series: The Statesman’s Yearbook ((SYBK))

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The IDB, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Bank’s original membership included 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries and the USA. Today, membership totals 47 nations, including non-regional members.

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Barry Turner

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© 2007 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Turner, B. (2007). Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2008. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74024-6_83

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