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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 46 nations, including non-regional members.
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Turner, B. (2005). Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271340_83
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