The Inter-American Development Bank is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington,D.C.,United States of America. It serves as one of the leading sources of development financing for independent countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1959,IDB supports Latin American and Caribbean economic development,social development and regional integration by lending to governments and government agencies,including state corporations.
Enrique Valentín Iglesias García is a Spanish-Uruguayan economist. He served as the first president of the Central Bank of Uruguay from 1967 to 1969. He has also served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank from 1988 to 2005,an international institution dedicated to furthering economic development in the Western Hemisphere through investment and policy formulation. He was appointed as Special Adviser for Venezuela to Federica Mogherini,the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission,on 28 May 2019.
The United States embargo against Cuba has prevented U.S. businesses from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1958. Modern diplomatic relations are cold,stemming from historic conflict and divergent political ideologies. U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba are comprehensive and impact all sectors of the Cuban economy. It is the most enduring trade embargo in modern history.
Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020. He was also Colombia's Ambassador to the United States under President Andrés Pastrana Arango from 1998 to 2005,and is the former President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2011.
Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra is a Mexican biologist and the current Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico. She was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2023 to 2024 and previously served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from July 2008 to March 2022.
Andrés Velasco Brañes is a Chilean economist and professor who served as Minister of Finance in the first government of President Michelle Bachelet from March 2006 to March 2010. He is currently the Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics.
AndréMedici is a Brazilian health economist with a background in health strategy,public and private health financing in Latin America and the Caribbean,social security and pensions,economic reform,gender health issues,environmental protection,and globalization. He is currently a Senior Health Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank,in Washington,DC.
Antonio Ortiz Mena was a Mexican economist who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (1971–1988) and as Mexico's Secretary of Finance during the administrations of Adolfo López Mateos and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1958–1970).
Felipe Pazos Roque was a Cuban economist who initially supported the Cuban Revolution of Fidel Castro,but became disillusioned with the increasingly radical nature of the revolutionary government.
Laura Chinchilla Miranda is a Costa Rican political scientist and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the governing PLN candidate for president in the 2010 general election,where she won with 46.76% of the vote on 7 February. She was the eighth woman president of a Latin American country and the first and so far only woman to become President of Costa Rica. She was sworn in as President of Costa Rica on 8 May 2010.
David Robert Malpass is an American economic analyst and former government official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs under Donald Trump,having served as an economic advisor to Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential election;Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan;and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush. He was chief international economist at Bear Stearns from 1993 to 2002,and chief economist from 2002 to the firm's collapse in 2008.
Edwin McCammon Martin was an American economist and diplomat. He worked for the United States government from 1935 to 1975,first as an economist,then on the mobilization of the U.S. economy for World War II and finally as a diplomat both domestically and abroad.
Ilan Goldfajn is a Brazilian economist,former governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and former director of the International Monetary Fund's Western Hemisphere Department. In December 2022,he became president of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Mauricio Pozo Crespo is an Ecuadorian politician,banker and economist from Quito,Ecuador. Since 2020,he has been Minister of Economy and Finance.
Mario Marcel Cullell is a Chilean economist who has been serving as Chile Minister of Finance since 11 March 2022. He previously served as Governor of the Central Bank of Chile. He was named Governor in December 2016 and member of the Bank's Board from October 2015. He has been a close collaborator to the governments of the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy (1990–2010),and for six years held the position of Budget Director,where he played a key role in the design of the structural surplus rule.
Kimberly Breier is a former American diplomat. She served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from October 15,2018 until her resignation in August 2019.
Daniele Franco is an Italian economist,central banker and civil servant who served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mario Draghi from 2021 to 2022. From 2020 until 2021,he served as director-general of the Bank of Italy.
Miguel Braun Cortés is an Argentine economist and policymaker who served was Secretary of Commerce of the Ministry of Production (2015–2018) and Secretary of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Finance (2018–2019) of the Argentine Republic.
Jordan Schwartz is an American executive in the field of financing for emerging economies. He is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Inter-American Bank of Development (IDB) where he chairs the operations and policy committee.
Anabel González is an economic development expert. She is currently Vice President for Countries at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
