Includes steps involved in establishing a local office.

The IDB Group itself has no specific rules on foreign firms working through a local office in order to participate in IDB funded projects.

Relative to engagement with the IDB (and other MDBs), it can be useful for a firm to designate an IDB outreach coordinator and possibly establish an office in the Washington D.C. area to perform “market development” activities.

Each country has its own laws governing the establishment of an in-country office of a foreign firm. Many governments offer special programs to attract foreign firms to open offices in their countries. To learn about these laws and programs in countries of interest to your firm see the “Establishing an Office” section of each country’s Country Commercial Guide. For background information on the political and economic environment of individual IDB borrowing member countries, please read U.S. Department of State Background Notes, as well as World Bank Group publications like the annual Doing Business reports and Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI).

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