IDA19 Mid-Term Review - Graduation Prospects for IDA Countries - Discussion and analysis

Jul 19, 2026

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IDA19 Mid-Term Review analyzes graduation prospects for IDA countries and how the World Bank Group manages the transition from IDA to IBRD financing. It outlines IDA’s flexible graduation policy, the graduation process and support for recent graduates, and evaluates how COVID-19 has reshaped development conditions, poverty, and debt risks in blend countries. The review also examines World Bank support arrangements, including focus areas such as resource-rich, resource-poor, federal, small, fragile-pocket, and market-transition contexts, and discusses issues for decision-making.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages37

Reading Time1 h 33 min

Executive Summary

Introduction

The IDA Graduation Process and Recent Graduates

IDA’s Graduation Process

Support to IDA’s Recent Graduates

World Bank Support to Blend Countries

Blend Countries: Characteristics, Development Challenges and COVID-19

World Bank’s Support to Blend Countries’ Development Challenges

Graduation Outlook Following COVID-19

Contractual Acceleration Clause

Issues for Discussion

References

List of Annexes

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized IDA19 MID-TERM REVIEW: GRADUATION PROSPECTS FOR IDA COUNTRIES Development Finance Corporate IDA and IBRD (DFCII) November 1, 2021 ACRONYMSAND ABBREVIATIONS Fiscal Year (FY) = July 1 to June 30 Calendar Year (CY) = January 1 to December 31 CEMAC CPIA CPF CRW DPO GDI GDP GNI GST HCI IBRD IDA IMF LIC DSA MTR OECS PF PPP SDFP SDR SIEE SUW WBG WDI Central African Economic and Monetary Community Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Country Partnership Framework Crisis Response Window Development Policy Operation Graduation Discussion Income Gross Domestic Product Gross National Income Goods and Services Tax Human Capital Index International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Development Association International Monetary Fund Low-Income Countries Debt Sustainability Analysis Mid-Term Review Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Petroleum Fund Purchasing Power of Parity Sustainable Development Financing Policy Special Drawing Rights Small Island Economies Exception Scale-Up Window World Bank Group World Development Indicators TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................1 I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1 II. THE IDA GRADUATION PROCESS AND RECENT GRADUATES .........................2 A. IDA’s Graduation Process ............................................................................................2 B. Support to IDA’s Recent Graduates ..............................................................................3 III. WORLD BANK SUPPORT TO BLEND COUNTRIES ................................................4 A. Blend Countries: Characteristics, Development Challenges and COVID-19..................4 B. World Bank’s Support to Blend Countries’ Development Challenges ...........................9 i. Resource-Rich Blend Countries ..............................................................................9 ii. Resource-Poor Large-and Medium-size Countries .................................................9 iii. Federal Countries: ................................................................................................. 10 iv. Small Countries .................................................................................................... 10 v. Countries with Pockets of Fragility ....................................................................... 10 vi. Countries in Transition to a Market Economy ....................................................... 11 IV. GRADUATION OUTLOOK FOLLOWING COVID-19.............................................12 V. CONTRACTUAL ACCELERATION CLAUSE..........................................................16 VI. ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION..........................................................................................17 REFERENCES........................................................................................................................18 LIST OF ANNEXES Annex 1: Eligibility to IDA Financing....................................................................................... 19 Annex 2: IBRD and IDA Terms of Financing............................................................................21 Annex 3: The Impact of COVID-19 on Blend Countries ...........................................................23 Annex 4: The Small Island Economies Exception .....................................................................28 Annex 5: IDA Graduations ........................................................................................................30 TABLE OF BOXES, FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES Boxes Box 2. 1. Stages of IDA’s Graduation Process ....................................

FAQs

What are the three aspects of IDA-to-IBRD transition programs described in the review?

The review describes the design of country programs, rules for accessing financing, and the terms of IDA financing.

How has COVID-19 affected graduation prospects and development conditions in blend countries?

COVID-19 caused output contractions and increased poverty levels across IDA’s blend countries, changing the context for graduation.

What does the review cover regarding support to recent IDA graduates and blend countries?

It summarizes IDA’s graduation process, the support provided to recent graduates, and how World Bank support is tailored to different types of blend countries and their development challenges.

Jul 19, 2026

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