CLR Review - Independent Evaluation Group - Country Partnership Framework Completion and Learning Review

Jul 19, 2026

This Independent Evaluation Group CLR Review assesses the World Bank Group Completion and Learning Review for Indonesia covering the CPF period FY16-20, based on activities from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020. It synthesizes context, development outcomes, and WBG performance ratings, and aligns CPF design with the 2015 SCD pathways and the government’s medium-term development objectives. It presents lessons and recommendations emphasizing strengths for post-pandemic recovery, revised priorities on environment and regional inequalities, scaling successful operations, and stronger linkage between interventions and outcomes.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages53

Reading Time2 h 14 min

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Executive Summary

Strategic Focus

Relevance of the WBG Strategy

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized For Official Use Only CLR Review Independent Evaluation Group | 1. CPS/CPF Data | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Country: Republic of Indonesia | | | | | CPS/CPF Year: FY 16 | | CPS/CPF Period: FY 16 – FY20 | | | CLR Period: FY 16 – FY20 | | Date of this review: April 29, 2021 | | | 2. Ratings | | | | | | CLR Rating | | IEG Rating | | Development Outcome: | Satisfactory | | Moderately Satisfactory | | WBG Performance: | Good | | Good | | 3. Executive Summary | | | | | i. This review of the World Bank Group (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) FY16-20, as updated in the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) . The review covers WBG activities since July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020 and not since July 1, 2016 as stated in the CLR.
ii. Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous nation, with a population of 271 million (2019) across over 6000 inhabited islands. During the CPF period (and up to the COVID pandemic) the economy grew steadily, underpinned by solid macro-economic fundamentals, with an annual GDP growth rate (2016-19) of 5.1 percent. The 2020 SCD Update notes that the poverty rate declined to an all-time low of 9.4 percent in early 2019 and that incomes for the lower 40 percent have climbed, but that the pace of poverty reduction has been only 0.3 percentage points per year post 2010, against 0.6 percentage points per year in 2003-2010. Indonesia’s Gini coefficient declined from 38.6 in 2016 to 37.8 in 2018.
iii. The 2015 SCD identified three key pathways to shared prosperity: strong economic and jobs growth, improved access to key services, and better natural resource management. The CPF was well aligned with the SCD, as well as with the government’s objectives as set out in its Medium-term Development Plan 2015-2019. The overall CPF objective was to operationalize WBG support to the government to eliminate extreme poverty, generate prosperity and share it more widely. For infrastructure projects, Indonesia’s own systems and organizational structures were to be used. The program was organized around six engagement areas: Infrastructure, Sustainable energy and universal access; Maritime connectivity; Delivery of local services and infrastructure; Sustainable landscape management; and Collecting more and spending better (budgets) . There were also two supporting beams: Leveraging the private sector– investment, business climate and functioning of markets; and Shared Prosperity, equality and inclusion. However, there was not much operational difference between the objectives and indicators identified under the engagement areas and those under the beams .
iv. During this period, the Bank approved a total of 32 new operations, including one supplemental financing and three unplanned projects, for a total of US$9.0 billion, well above the US$7.5 billion | | | | 1 As perthe CPF, although Annex Table 2 shows planned lending operations fora total of US$8 billion . | ix. The CLR presents its lessons in the form of recommendations, with four main recommendations and a number of underpinning lessons, observations, and recommendations. IEG has reformulated the main recommendations as lessons that stress the importance for the WBG to:
• Build on its strengths to help the country in post-pandemic recovery, and in particular by maintaining a medium-term focus and prioritizing addressing economic fragilities.
• Reshape its priorities in light of recent developments; consider focusing on environment and climate change and addressing regional inequalities.
• Be able to scale up successful operations; and
• Strengthen linkages between interventions and outcomes at the country level.
x . In addition, IEG draws the following additional lesson that has also been touched on in the CLR:
• The platform approach has been useful for scaling up of efforts a

FAQs

What period does the CLR Review cover for Indonesia under the CPF?

It covers the CPF period FY16-20, reviewing WBG activities from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020.

How are the main lessons and recommendations presented in the CLR Review?

They are structured as four main recommendations reformulated into lessons, supported by additional lessons and observations.

What focus areas does the review highlight for improving future WBG support?

It stresses maintaining medium-term focus, prioritizing economic fragilities in recovery, reshaping priorities around environment and climate change, addressing regional inequalities, scaling successful operations, and strengthening country-level results linkage.

Jul 19, 2026

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