Project profile — Inter-American Development Bank – Institutional Support - 9th General Capital Increase

2017 marked the second year that the Inter-American Development Group (IDB Group) consolidated its results reporting under a single Corporate Results Framework (CRF) for 2016-2019 with common indicators and many joint targets covering the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest (Inter-American Investment Corporation – IIC) and IDB Lab (Multilateral Investment Fund – MIF). Cumulative results achieved at the corporate level in 2016 and 2017 by the IDB Group through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors include: (1) supported approximately 6.2 million students through education projects; (2) provided about 9.4 million individuals with health services; (3) supported 8.3 million individuals through targeted anti-poverty programs; (4) provided access to new or improved sanitation to more than 662,000 households and drinking water to over 634,000 households; (5) improved housing for over 266,000 households; (6) supported approximately 627,000 women through economic empowerment initiatives; (6) created almost 175,000 jobs through IDB supported firms and provided on-the-job training to almost 544,000 individuals; (7) built, maintained or upgraded 4,181 km of roads; (8) ensured 100% of installed power generation capacity was from renewable energy and reduced close to 8.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions; (9) helped over 812,000 beneficiaries improve the management and sustainable use of natural capital; (10) trained or assisted over 62,000 public and private sector professionals in trade and investment; (11) financed more than 967,000 micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) and provided non-financial support to almost 184,000 MSMEs; (12) supported 123 government agencies to improve public service delivery through projects that strengthen technological and managerial tools; and (13) supported 470 subnational governments in Latin America and the Caribbean through citizen security projects.