"The general principles which will guide the Bank's activities with regard to tribal and other people inhabiting natural environment areas are:

"The need for indigenous people directly or indirectly affected by bank financed operations, to be consulted and to participate in the identification, design, analysis, execution and evaluation stages; recognizing as interlocutors the representatives of indigenous peoples, or, in the case of groups that are not organized, the entity they designate as their representative." (p. 4)

-"Recognition of the individual and collective rights of indigenous populations, [including]: (1) the right of indigenous people to decide their own priorities and to control[...] their own economic, cultural and social development; and (2) the right of possession and property of the lands they traditionally inhabit and the natural resources found there within." (p. 4)

-"The principle that in general the IDB will not support projects that involve unnecessary or avoidable encroachment onto territories used or occupied by tribal groups or projects affecting tribal lands, unless the tribal society is in agreement with the objectives of the project and they affect the tribe." (p. 4)

"The necessity to support the institutional strengthening of [...] the indigenous organizations or other non-governmental agencies that provide support and assistance to the tribal and other populations concerned." (p. 5)

Bank actions:

"Design of project components aimed at protecting indigenous population groups, [including] depending on the specific needs and priorities of the groups concerned, measures to demarcate and title tribal lands, including relocation of non-tribal settlers, measures in the areas of health, education and support for productive activities." (p. 5)

("If properly designed and executed, resettlement can act as a catalyst for long-term integrated area development.")

"These projects [involving displacement] require [...] active participation by the affected population, in all stages of design and implementation." (p. 6)

"The importance of community consultation and participation in all stages of project design and execution, is essential for successful project execution and outcome." (p. 6)