This paper summarizes environmental considerations that the Bank should take into account in preparing its new country strategy with Bolivia (2011-2015). Some of these are already contemplated to a certain extent in the existing strategy. Following this introductory section, which briefly...

This discussion paper starts with a brief summary of several important existing Bank-supported environment-related interventions. It is followed by a review of pending issues associated with some of these initiatives, specifically those associated with possible new Bank-financed infrastructure...

In November 2008, as an input into the country strategy update that was being prepared, an Environmental Sectorial Note (ESN) was prepared by Bank technical staff. This paper examines the extent to which the concerns and priorities identified in the ESN were picked up in the country strategy...

This paper explores options for supporting the Government of Suriname's Green Vision and Strategy, with its corresponding policies and activities, as input for the Bank's 2011-2014 Country Strategy. It briefly describes Suriname's salient environmental and social characteristics and its major...

The purpose of this paper is to provide information and analysis on the environmental issues facing Peru so that the Bank can take into account potentially significant environmental risks as well as opportunities in the Peru Country Strategy and the subsequent programming activities. The...

This document has been prepared as an input to the Bank's Guyana Country Strategy (2012-2016). Its purpose is to identify key environmental issues in Guyana and provide recommendations for the Bank in terms of investments to anticipate risks related to sensitive sectors, programs, and projects...

Este documento de apoyo a estrategia de país de Colombia (2012-2014) presenta un resumen del plan de gobierno, política fiscal y de endeudamiento de Colombia para el período 2010-2014.

El presente documento ha servido de apoyo para el dialogo con el Gobierno Chileno en la preparación de la estrategia país del BID con Chile 2011-2014. Como parte de la implementación de la Estrategia para el Fortalecimiento y Uso de los Sistemas Nacionales (GN-2538), este documento presenta...

Este documento ha sido realizado para apoyar la elaboración de la estrategia de país del BID con Venezuela para el período 2011-2014. En este se dan a conocer las restricciones que pueden afectar la economía de Venezuela, a mediano y largo plazo, lo cual afecta en la reducción de la...

This document was created to support the elaboration of the Bank's country strategy with Colombia (2012-2014). This policy note measures and explores the relative incidence and magnitude of development gaps Colombia in twelve areas of economic and social development. Using two hundred and fifty...