THE MAIN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

The most important Multilateral Financial Institutions include:

1. World Bank Group

  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
  • International Development Association (IDA).
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC).
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
  • Other World Bank Group organisations:
    • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
    • Economic Development Institute (EDI).

2.  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF).
  • Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).

3. African Development Bank (AfDB)

  • African Development Fund.
  • Nigeria Trust Fund.

4.  Asian Development Bank (ADB)

  • Asian Development Fund.
  • Technical Assistance Special Fund.

5.  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

6.  Other Regional Banks

  • Andean Development Corporation (CAF).
  • Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
  • Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
  • Islamic Development Bank.
  • Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).
  • North American Development Bank (NADB).

7. Special funds

  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
  • World Environment Fund (WEF)
  • Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC).

Multilateral Agencies of a non-financial nature include the following:

1. Specialised agencies

  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
  • International Labour Organisation (ILO).
  • United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
  • World Health Organisation (WHO).
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEO).
  • World Tourism Organisation (WTO).
  • World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
  • International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
  • World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

2. Programmes and Funds

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNPF).
  • World Food Programme (WFP).
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

3. Humanitarian aid Agencies

  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
  • Department of Human Affairs (DHA).

4.  Other entities of interest

  • Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) dependent on the UNDP.
  • United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
  • United Nations Office in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna.