Inter-American Development Bank

IADB, or IDB, (Spanish: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, BID), is a
regional financial institution which helps accelerate economic and social
development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Bank was established
in 1959 (began operations in October 1960); headquarters are in Washington,
D.C. The twenty-eight regional members include: Argentina, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname,
Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The IDB also
includes 16 non-regional members: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.