Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Development: The IDB and the Environment: 1992-2002

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) welcomes the opportunity that the World Summit on Sustainable Development offers the development community to reflect on regional trends and the major challenges facing our member countries in environmental sustainability. The IDB prepared this document with a particular focus on the environment and this document sets forth the essential elements of the institution's environment strategy in order to obtain feedback from the development community gathered in Johannesburg on the occasion of this milestone for global sustainability.