Social Inclusion Trust Fund Annual Report 2005: Summary Report 2003-2005

The Social Inclusion Trust Fund (the Fund), created in 2003 with support from the Royal Norwegian Foreign Ministry and Great Britain (DFID), is compelled at the end of its first three-year period, to review its accomplishments and the remaining challenges to the promotion of social inclusion both within the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This report is comprised of both an annual report reviewing activities and projects supported in 2003-2005 and a cumulative review of the advances made and challenges being faced by the Fund in carrying out its objectives. Also included are lessons learned from raising awareness and experiences in the region.