Established in 1958, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funds cooperative efforts "to promote the economic and social development of Latin America." Current data on the economies, political systems, and cultures of the Americas is available from the IDB's economic, trade, and social databases with estimates of balance of payments, income distribution, and non-financial public sector statistics in comma-delimited format for downloading. Recent working paper series on sectral topics (1996-present) are also available, as well as IDB country reports with statistical tables and graphs.