Actors / Development bank · Multilateral
Inter-American Development Bank
Appears in 11 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galápagos debt-for-nature swap | Guarantor ($85m) | Ecuador | 2023–2041 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Mareña Renovables wind farm (Mexico) | Lender to Eólica del Sur | Mexico | 2014–2018 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| El Salvador debt-for-nature swap | Official quoted on the size of the first five swaps | El Salvador | 2024–2025 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Chico Mendes murder (Brazil) | Financier of the BR-364 highway, which Mendes lobbied against in 1987 | Brazil | 1988–2024 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Bahamas debt-for-nature swap | Provider of a partial guarantee | Bahamas | 2024 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| NYSE natural asset company proposal withdrawn | Founding investor in IEG | United States | 2021–2024 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| Barbados debt-for-nature swap | Guarantor (US$100m) | Barbados | 2022 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Hidroituango dam and the Ríos Vivos defenders (Colombia) | Development bank; provided US$550m in 2016 | Colombia | 2016–2022 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Panama moves 1,351 people off Gardi Sugdub island to the mainland | Supported the relocation from 2018 to 2023 | Panama | 2008–2024 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Galápagos debt-for-nature swap used US$656 million of US political risk insurance | Guarantor (US$85 million) | Ecuador | 2023 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| Isthmus of Tehuantepec wind farms, including Mareña, faced local opposition | Lender to Eólica del Sur | Mexico | 2012–2022 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
Appears alongside
Credit Suisse (now UBS) ×3US International Development Finance Corporation ×3The Nature Conservancy ×3Government of Ecuador ×2AXA XL ×2Chubb Global Markets ×2Macquarie ×2Mitsubishi Corporation ×2PGGM ×2Pew Bertarelli Ocean LegacyOceans Finance CompanyJPMorgan ChaseCAF (development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation)Standard CharteredNew York Stock ExchangeIntrinsic Exchange GroupRockefeller FoundationUS Securities and Exchange CommissionIdaho Attorney GeneralCIBC FirstCaribbeanEmpresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM)IDB InvestCDPQICBCKfW IPEX-BankMovimiento Ríos VivosAIDA (Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense)Panama Housing MinistryGENISAMareña RenovablesÉlectricité de FranceHeinekenFEMSAWalmartCoca-Cola bottling companiesNestlé
Terms used on this page
Bonds and banking
- Guarantee
- A commitment by a third party, often a development bank, to pay if the borrower does not.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Debt-for-nature swap
- A deal in which a government's debt is bought back or refinanced at a discount, and part of the savings is committed to conservation.