In a comprehensive way, environmental and social safeguards in the context of projects financed by international financial institutions constitute a set of environmental and social requirements that must be implemented from the design of investment projects to their completion. The requirements include the assessment of the environmental and social risks and impacts of the projects, the definition of the tools to help comply with the identified environmental and social obligations and the mitigation of negative impacts, in addition to the aspects related to project monitoring, increased stakeholder participation, transparency, and governance, in order to boost prosperity in a sustainable way, with benefits for the environment and for the people.