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Some countries were still voting on the issue, but sufficient
support was reached to proceed with the investigation, two of
the sources said.
IDB directors met twice last week to discuss allegations that
Claver-Carone had carried out an intimate relationship with a
staff member, Reuters reported exclusively.
A spokesperson for the Latin American regional development bank
declined to comment about the vote.
At an online event on Friday, Claver-Carone said he was the
target of an "anonymous political media campaign" and hoped to
have the opportunity to defend himself. He could not be
immediately reached for comment about the board vote on
Thursday.
Claver-Carone did not directly address the specific allegations,
which were made in an anonymous letter.
It was not immediately clear which firm would be engaged to
carry out the investigation.
An anonymous email sent to the board of directors of the bank
and the bank's ethics officer at the end of March accused
Claver-Carone of carrying out a relationship with a senior
strategist who reported to him, according to the bank source
with direct knowledge of the meeting. Reuters has not seen the
email.
The email also accused Claver-Carone and the staffer of misusing
IDB funds, one source said, without giving more detail.
The IDB's ethics code on its website states: "You cannot
participate in any employment-related decisions about someone
with whom you have an intimate relationship."
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal in Washington and Cassandra Garrison
in Mexico City; editing by Diane Craft and Stephen Coates)
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