Cumulative impact assessment and management is often cited by IDB Invest clients as one of the most difficult challenges both to ensure the environmental and social approval of projects, as well as to meet the requirements for their financing in Latin America and the Caribbean.

With this Guide, IDB Invest aims to help its clients, government entities and civil society to promote collaborative approaches for the management of cumulative impacts on valued ecosystem components that represent the interest of a wide range of interested parties who are pursuing a development of “green” infrastructure, maintaining the sustainability of the natural environment and the diverse livelihoods of all those who live in LATAM.