The IDB manages special technical cooperation trust funds from non-regional countries. Each fund has special conditions such as Canada’s Canadian Technical Assistance Program (CANTAP). CANTAP enables executingagencies or IDB officers to sponsor pre-feasibility studies as catalysts for larger projects. Studies for up to $100,000 USD are applicable for this funding. Consultants should register in DACON and SPECTRUM databases managed by World Bank and IDB.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The IMF is like a credit union whose members have access to a common pool of resources (the sum total of their individual contributions) to assist them in times of need. Although under special and highly restrictive circumstances the IMF borrows from official entities (but not from private markets), it relies principally on its quota subscriptions to finance its operations. The IMF is a cooperative institution that 181 countries have voluntarily joined to maintain a stable system of buying and selling their currencies. The IMF lends money to members having trouble meeting financial obligations to other members, but only on condition that they undertake economic reforms to eliminate these difficulties for their own good and that of the entire membership.

Project Funding - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The IMF is like a credit union whose members have access to a common pool of resources (the sum total of their individual contributions) to assist them in times of need. Although under special and highly restrictive circumstances the IMF borrows from official entities (but not from private markets), it relies principally on its quota subscriptions to finance its operations. The IMF is a cooperative institution that 181 countries have voluntarily joined to maintain a stable system of buying and selling their currencies. The IMF lends money to members having trouble meeting financial obligations to other members, but only on condition that they undertake economic reforms to eliminate these difficulties for their own good and that of the entire membership.

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Trade Development - Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

JETRO's programs and activities aimed at expanding the volume and variety of Japan's imports -- in support of the Japanese government's commitment to foster mutually beneficial economic and trade partnerships with other countries -- have helped many foreign companies develop exports to Japan.

North American Development Bank (NADBank)

North American Development Bank (NADBank)

The purpose of North American Development Bank (NADBank), a partnership between the U.S. and Mexico, is to be a financial partner and catalyst with a focus on the United States-Mexico border. With a capitalization of $3Billion USD, it’s priorities are environmental infrastructure. Concurrent with the establishment of the NADBank, the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) was created to ensure community participation in determining environmental priorities and to certify projects seeking financial support from the Bank. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, it offers financial support to projects certified by the BECC. The NADBank and the BECC provide assistance to authorities at all levels of government in the United States and Mexico, as well as the private sector, concerning appropriate ways to formulate and structure the financial aspects of environmental infrastructure projects in the border region.

Loan and Guarantee Policies - North American Development Bank (NADBank)

The Bank operates by securing needed equity, grants and/or other forms of financing from a variety of public and private sources on a project-by-project basis. There is no particular fund established to handle the transactions. Risk-sharing with other institutions and entities is essential to the success of the Bank and is expected that other participants will provide a substantial portion of the financing required for each project. The Bank may extend financing through direct loans and guaranties. Its lending policies are designed to provide financing that: 1) complements commercial financing; or 2) cannot be obtained from other sources on reasonable terms and conditions on a timely basis.

Technical Assistance Program - North American Development Bank (NADBank)

The BECC provides assistance to project sponsors in the form of grants which are generally used to hire technical consultants to carry out the project development activities. To ensure attainment of the BECC's objectives for preserving, protecting, and enhancing the environment of the border region, only certain projects and activities are eligible to receive technical assistance grants.

United Nations (UN)

United Nations (UN)

The United Nations is an organization of sovereign nations, not a world government. It provides the machinery to help find solutions to disputes or problems, and to deal with virtually any matter of concern to humanity. It does not legislate like a national parliament. But in the meeting rooms and corridors of the UN, representatives of almost all countries of the world -- large and small, rich and poor, with varying political views and social systems -- have a voice and vote in shaping the policies of the international community.

United Nations Development Programme - United Nations (UN)

As the principal arm of the United Nations for the funding and coordination of technical assistance and development, UNDP has contributed to the development debate at both the conceptual and operational levels -- internationally and in the countries it serves. UNDP restructured its Bureau for Policy and Programme Support to include four thematic divisions, on social development and poverty elimination, management development and governance, sustainable energy and environment, and science and technology. The following are some of the programmes under this program: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); HIV and Development Programme; International Year for the Eradication of Poverty; UNDP Human Development Report Office (HDRO); UNDP Office of Development Studies (ODS); UNDP Management Development and Governance Division; Development Watch - Monitoring Sustainable Development.

UNDP Consultancies and Technical Assistance Information - United Nations (UN)

Consultants may register with the UN via internet on-line for consulting opportunities abroad. Employment opportunities are also listed under this URL.

World Bank Group

World Bank Group (WB)

The World Bank Group encompass four closely associated entities:

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Near Market Loans - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), makes loans to developing countries that have a minimum level of creditworthiness. There are two types of Bank lending. The first type is for developing countries that are able to pay near-market interest rates and the second type of loan goes to the poorest countries, which are usually not creditworthy in the international financial markets and are therefore unable to pay near-market interest rates on the money they borrow. Lending to the poorest countries is done by a World Bank affiliate, the InternationalDevelopment Association (IDA).

International Development Association (IDA)

International Development Association (IDA)

The International Development Association, IDA, is the World Bank Group's concessional lending window. It provides long-term loans at zero interest to the poorest of the developing countries. The overarching goals of IDA lending are to reduce poverty and foster sustainable, broad-based economic growth. An Interim Trust Fund (ITF) was created to bridge the funding gap for FY97 created by the absence of new United States funding for FY97. Only certain countries are eligible for this funding and details may be found on the IDA web site.

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the world's largest multilateral source of financing for private enterprise in emerging economies. Its mandate is to promote the growth of productive and profitable private enterprises in its developing member countries.

Equity Financing - International Finance Corporation (IFC)

IFC provide a full range of quasi equity finance, including convertible debentures, subordinated loans, loans with warrants and other instruments. These products are provided, whenever necessary, to ensure that a project is soundly funded. The loans are provided at fixed and variable rates in any of the leading currencies. Other financial products offered by IFC include credit and equity lines, venture capital, and leasing. IFC is investing in credit lines and private equity funds to make longer-term finance available to SMEs as they seek to enhance their competitiveness in more open economies around the world. Financial Products: Loans, Equity, Quasi Equity and Risk Management Services.

Portfolio Investments - International Finance Corporation (IFC)

IFC has promoted foreign portfolio investment in developing countries by helping to establish "country funds," venturecapital funds and debt funds that invest in emerging market securities issues. By pioneering and actively promoting such funds for developing countries, IFC has introduced many international portfolio investors to emerging markets such as the Emerging Markets Index Fund and a Latin American Index Fund. Resource Mobilization: Loan Participation’s, Capital Markets and Underwriting.

Technical Assistance Trust Funds Program - International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Advisory services are provided for a wide range of activities including project assistance, privatization and restructuring, capital markets development, foreign investment advice, and small and medium business development. The Corporation's project assistance services include financial as well as industry-specific issues, from the structuring and packaging of financial plans to engineering and technical advice. This includes markets, technical and feasibility studies, project preparation and implementation, partnership arrangements, locating appropriate technology and sources of funding, and providing financial and operational assistance. The TATF is one of the cornerstones of IFC's technical assistance effort. Through TATF, IFC hires consultants to conduct a broad range of technical assistance activities, from helping entrepreneurs develop project proposals to assisting with private sector institution-building.

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Investment Guarantees - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) was established on April 12, 1988 as a member of the World Bank Group. Its purpose is to encourage foreign direct investment in developing countries by providing: guarantees to foreign private investors (i.e., political risk insurance) against the risks of transfer restriction, expropriation, and war and civil disturbance in the host country; and investment marketing services to host governments on means to improve their ability to attract foreign direct investment. Technical assistance and advisory services are provided to developing member countries on means to promote private investment opportunities in their economies.