IDA19 - Ten Years to 2030: Growth, People, Resilience - Chair Summary - February 11, 2020

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Chair Summary records Executive Directors’ approval of the IDA19 report, recommending Board of Governors adoption of the attached IDA19 Resolution. Directors commend partners and management for the successful IDA19 replenishment and link it to the 2030 development agenda. Key emphasis includes integrating cross-cutting issues—especially debt sustainability—and focusing delivery on jobs and economic transformation, gender and development, climate change, fragility and conflict, and governance and institutions.

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Chair Summary

Approval and board recommendation

Priority themes and cross-cutting issues

Program enhancements and financial windows

Partner support and planned reviews

Implementation, supervision, staffing, and instruments

Additions to IDA Resources: Nineteenth Replenishment IDA19: Ten Years to 2030: Growth, People, Resilience February 11, 2020 Chair Summary* Executive Directors approved the report entitled IDA19: Ten Years to 2030: Growth, People, Resilience and recommended that the Board of Governors adopt the IDA19 Resolution attached to thereport. Directors commended IDA partners and management for the successful IDA19 replenishment, which advances the international community’s 2030 development agenda, while building on the transformational IDA18 . They noted the importance of incorporating cross-cutting issues, including enhancing debt sustainability. They called for a strong focus on impact in the delivery of ambitious policy commitments under IDA 19 Special Themes: jobs and economic transformation; gender and development; climate change; fragility, conflict and violence; and governance and institutions. Directors welcomed the enhanced attention to jobs and economic transformation, the development of the new FCV envelope and the significant scale-up and refinements to the Regional Window. They also welcomed the preparations for the forthcoming Sustainable Development Finance Policy and the evolution of the Crisis Response Window to support early responses to slower-onset crises related to food insecurity and disease. They appreciated that IDA19 builds upon the IDA18 features to increase benefits to small states and maximize the flow of concessional resources to the poorest. Directors recognized the robust support from contributing partners – notably increases from many of them, commitments from new partners, and re-engagement of others – which is the critical lynchpin to making this record $82 billion replenishment available to IDA clients. They looked forward to the agreed reviews to be conducted to inform the IDA19 Mid-term Review, including IDA’s structural gap, local currency solution products, early experience of the PSW, as well as updates related to the FCV Envelope and the Window for Host Communities and Refugees. Directors called for strong and timely preparations, supervision, and staffing to support IDA clients, for effective implementation. They also noted the use of tailored financial instruments to ensure results and good country outcomes. The importance of fostering south-south approaches and enhancing the Bank’s capacity in the field to support clients in fragile and conflict-affected situations was also noted. *This summary is not an approved record.

FAQs

What did Executive Directors approve in the Chair Summary?

They approved the IDA19 report titled “Ten Years to 2030: Growth, People, Resilience” and recommended that the Board of Governors adopt the attached IDA19 Resolution.

Which cross-cutting issue was highlighted as especially important?

Enhancing debt sustainability was singled out as a key cross-cutting issue.

What delivery areas under IDA19 were emphasized by Directors?

Directors emphasized impact delivery under IDA19 Special Themes: jobs and economic transformation; gender and development; climate change; fragility, conflict and violence; and governance and institutions.

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