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THE
REGIONAL
MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT
BANKS
Of the five multilateral development
banks (MDBs), four are regional, covering Africa, Asia, Europe and Central Asia,
and Latin America. The fiscal years (FYs) of all the regional MDBs are
calendar years.
To go to the websites of these MDBs, click on the green buttons below.
To return
to this page from the websites, click on the back button of your browser. For
details of the lending of each of the Banks, click on the links to
the left.
The AfDB was established in 1966 and
has 77 members, of which 53 are regional holding 64% of Bank voting power (Nigeria holds 10.2%),
and 24
non-regional holding 36% (US holds 5.9%, Japan 4.9%). The
Bank's lending in FY 2006 was
equivalent to $3.4 billion. Its country operations are organized in five groups
of West, Central, East, North, and South. Officially its
headquarters is in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire,
but it is currently located in Tunis Belvedere, Tunisia.For lending
details,
click here.
The ADB was established in 1966, and has 67 members, of which 48 are regional
with 65% of Bank voting rights (of which Japan has 12.9%), and 19
non-regional with 35 % (US holds 12.9%). Its lending in FY 2007 was $10.1
billion. The ADB's country operations are organized in five regional groups – East
and Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Mekong Region, South Asia, and Pacific.
It's located in Manila,
Philippines. For lending details,
click here.
The EBRD, established in 1991 to
"foster transition" in Eastern Europe, operates in 27 countries
and has
60 members. The US has a10% share; France, Italy, Germany, UK, and Japan
have 8.5% each. Mongolia
has applied to join. The EBRD's commitments in FY 2005 were equivalent to $5.1 billion.
In FY 2005, 89% of its commitments went to private
projects. The EBRD has three country and
three business groups and is located in London, England. For lending
details, click here.
The IADB was established in 1959. It now has 47 members, including 26
regional borrowing members with 51.5% of Bank voting rights (Argentina
and Brazil 11.07% each), and 20 non-regional with 48.5% (US has 31.8%).
The Bank's lending in FY 2007
was $8.97 billion. Traditionally the IADB has been the most decentralized of
the MDBs.
Its country operations are organized in three regional operational groups
and it's located in
Washington, DC, USA. For lending details,
click here.
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