The Sustainable Development Department contributes to the fulfillment of the IDB’s goals by providing technical advisory support to the Inter-American Development Bank project teams and quality review of projects. In addition, SDS is the focus for the creation and dissemination of knowledge and information, and the design of pilot programs in innovative areas that can be mainstreamed into future Bank lending.
The structure of the Department falls along five main themes:
- Human Resources and Social Development
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Infrastructure, Financial Markets and Private Enterprise
- State, Governance and Civil Society and
- Information Technology for Development.
Links are provided for these five themes.
The SDS also promotes special events such as seminars, workshops, conferences and training events, and publishes technical papers, best practices reports, and strategy and policy papers as well as books and other special reports. Information is also available in videos and other media.