IDB Access to Information (ATI) Document Disclosures: 1970-2026
Metadata & use
| Identifier | https://doi.org/10.60966/az7bj9xp |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
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| Citation |
Inter-American Development Bank (2026). IDB Access to Information (ATI) Document Disclosures: 1970-2026. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/az7bj9xp |
| Published date | 2026-08-07 |
| Modified date | 2026-08-13 |
| Tags/Keywords | information policy · transparency · accountability · document disclosure |
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| Temporal coverage | 1970-2026 |
| Country |
Brazil
Colombia
Panama
El Salvador
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Chile
Haiti
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Belize
Argentina
Suriname
Guyana
Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago
Bahamas
Venezuela
Canada
Japan
Spain
United Kingdom
Peru
Switzerland
China
France
Portugal
Italy
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Bolivia
Sweden
Israel
Cuba
Finland
Denmark
Slovenia
India
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Ecuador
Croatia
Philippines
Armenia
New Zealand
St. Lucia
Grenada
Aruba
Romania
Senegal
Singapore
Uruguay
Ireland
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Morocco
Malaysia
Honduras
Mexico
Paraguay
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| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Publisher |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| Author |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| Data collection type | Administrative Data |
| Statistical type | Cross-sectional Data |
| Data structure | Structured Data |
| Data notes |
What is this dataset?It is the public disclosure log of the Inter-American Development Bank's Access to Information Policy: one row for every document the Bank has released, with the operation it belongs to, a direct link, the document type, the countries concerned, the language, the creation and disclosure dates, and the policy classification that governs it. What does it contain?Over 300,000 document records across nine columns: project number, document name, document URL, document activity, country, language, created date, disclosure date and access to information policy classification. The records come from more than 18,900 distinct IDB operations. Which countries are covered?More than 60 countries appear in the log. Coverage is concentrated in the Bank's borrowing member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean — Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela — and extends to non-borrowing members such as Canada, Japan, Spain and the United States. Many documents concern more than one country, and those rows list each country separated by semicolons; documents that are regional or Bank-wide rather than country-specific are labelled accordingly. What time period does it cover?Documents created between 1970 and June 2026, with disclosure dates running through 23 June 2026. Volume is thin in the early decades and grows steadily from the mid-1990s onward, reflecting the progressive expansion of the Bank's disclosure practice rather than a change in what the log records. What kinds of documents are included?More than 400 activity categories, including annual project audited financial statements, technical cooperation abstracts and documents, general and specific procurement notices, notices of contract award, publications, results matrices, terms of reference, procurement plans and electronic links to project material. In what languages are the documents?Chiefly English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, which together account for the large majority of records. A small number of documents appear in other languages, including Japanese, Italian and Korean. How was the data collected?Records are generated administratively as documents move through the Bank's disclosure workflow. They are not survey or sample data: each row is a byproduct of an actual disclosure event, maintained by the Access to Information Section in the Office of the Secretary. How can it be used?For research on transparency and accountability at multilateral development banks, for analysing how disclosure practice varies across countries, sectors and time, and for bulk discovery of IDB project documentation. Because every record carries a resolvable URL, the log can be used directly as an index into the Bank's public document repository. What are its limitations?Coverage is uneven over time, with far fewer records before the mid-1990s. Some fields are incomplete: roughly half the rows have no country value, and project number, document activity and the two date columns each have gaps. The language column mixes full language names with occasional locale codes, and a small number of date values are evidently erroneous. The country field is multivalued, so it must be split on semicolons before being counted. Records classified as confidential or as subject to delayed disclosure are not published here — they are withheld by the Access to Information Section, so the log covers publicly disclosed documents only. In what format is it available?As a structured table in the IDB Open Data DataStore, queryable through the CKAN DataStore API and downloadable as CSV. Under what licence is it published?Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may share and adapt the data for any purpose, including commercially, provided you give appropriate credit. How do I cite it?Inter-American Development Bank (2026). IDB Access to Information (ATI) Document Disclosures: 1970-2026. IDB Open Data. |