The IDA21 Replenishment

The International Development Association (IDA), which makes up one half of the World Bank, is the single largest source of grants and concessional finance for the world’s poorest countries. IDA's 21st funding cycle will be in full swing throughout 2024, culminating in a December pledging session.

CGD's experts are examining the big questions around the replenishment: how to get to a record size, but also setting the right policy commitments to meet critical challenges like gender equity, reducing fragility, private sector job creation, and supporting refugees.

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IDA Is and Must Continue to Be the Standard Setter for Responsible Lending
Clemence Landers
October 03, 2024
This year, donors will replenish IDA and much of the focus is rightly on IDA’s development effectiveness. But, IDA’s macro role in the broader development finance architecture is profoundly consequential. Here are some ideas on what IDA can do to help carry forward the Nairobi-Washington Vision and ...
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IDA and the Global Safety Net

Clemence Landers
et al.
October 01, 2024
Join CGD and Africatalyst for a discussion on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings on IDA’s performance in the current polycrisis and its new approach to results management. 
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Banga Shouldn’t Get His “Biggest” at the Cost of IDA’s Best
Charles Kenny
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Clemence Landers
September 18, 2024
If Banga’s $100 billion total replenishment target is met by making IDA more expensive, the champagne should remain corked. Far better for the World Bank’s president to declare that donors have failed the institution and the world’s poorest countries than to try to engineer a trainwreck to look like...
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The World Bank’s IDA Is a Vital Lifeline for Pacific Islands and Other Small States
Victoria Dimond et al.
September 04, 2024
A successful IDA21 replenishment is needed to sustain essential development and climate support in small states, but key policy reforms would also improve the World Bank’s effectiveness in these countries.
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