IDA21 Third Replenishment Meeting - Co-Chairs’ Summary - Kathmandu, Nepal

Jul 19, 2026

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Third meeting of the IDA21 Replenishment in Kathmandu, Nepal (June 18–21, 2024), hosted by the Government of Nepal, convened senior government officials, World Bank managers, and task team leaders to review IDA’s development support and regional priorities. Sessions covered site visits linking IDA support to Nepal’s Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Strategy, updates on IDA20 delivery and results, and regional perspectives on demand. Participants discussed IDA21 policy and financing architecture, including proposed policy commitments, vulnerability focus, financing scenarios, and terms, based on extensive consultations.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time25 min

Introduction

IDA21 meeting scope and remarks

Site visits and alignment with priorities

IDA21 Policy Architecture

Overview of the IDA21 policy framework

Shared understanding and visualization approach

Focus Areas, Lenses, and policy commitment design considerations

IDA21 THIRD REPLENISHMENT MEETING CO-CHAIRS’ SUMMARY Kathmandu, Nepal — June 18-21, 2024 Public Disclosure Authorized INTRODUCTION 1. The Government of Nepal hosted the third meeting of the IDA21 Replenishment in Kathmandu, Nepal from June 18-21, 2024. The Right Honorable Prime Minister, His Excellency the Minister of Finance and a representative of Nepal’s private sector addressed the Participants, emphasizing the importance of IDA in Nepal’s development. Participants also heard from World Bank Managers and Task Team Leaders who offered brief remarks on IDA’s support for development in the South Asia Region. A pre-recorded address from the Secretary General of the United Nations and an overview of the IDA for Africa Heads of State Summit highlighted the importance of the IDA21 Replenishment to global development, and a representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil’s Ministry of Finance spoke about opportunities to align IDA and the G20 Global Alliance on Poverty and Hunger. Participants observed IDA in action through site visits that showcased WBG and IDA support for Nepal’s home-grown Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Strategy, and the strategy’s alignment with IDA priorities. Following an update on IDA20’s operational delivery and results, a panel provided regional perspectives on priorities and demand for IDA resources, touching also on implications for IDA borrowers of balancing top-down commitments and country needs. Participants and Management warmly thanked the Government of Nepal for its generous hospitality. Participants discussed the proposed IDA21 policy architecture, financing architecture, including IDA’s approach to addressing vulnerability and IDA21 financing scenarios, financing terms and other financing arrangements. Management thanked Participants for the extensive consultations including IDA Deputies, Borrowers, development partners and civil society that informed the proposals, along with the 22 non-papers that had been distributed and carefully considered. IDA21 POLICY ARCHITECTURE Overview of the IDA21 Policy Framework 2. Management provided an overview of the IDA21 policy package. Management observed that IDA policy commitments (PCs) had grown in number and complexity over recent IDA cycles. Three factors had informed the approach to shaping IDA21’s policy architecture. First, the challenging global context for IDA21 requires scale, flexibility, and impact. Second, client feedback has called for simplification. And third, aligning with the World Bank Group (WBG) Evolution offers an opportunity for IDA21 to contribute to, and benefit from, WBG reforms. Management observed that discussions since the first meeting had helped to clarify the broad scope of the IDA21 delivery framework: how proposed PCs complement the WBG Scorecard, how thematic strategies and Global Challenge Programs connect to IDA and complement PCs, and how IDA contributes to, and benefits from, Better Bank commitments. Management noted that, in addition to proposed PCs, Evolution priorities, Better Bank commitments, and sectoral strategies (including the WBG Strategy for Fragility, Conflict and Violence and the new WBG Gender Strategy) form an integral part of the IDA21 policy package and support for their implementation will be key to delivering results for clients during IDA21. Participants underscored the importance of reporting on progress in all complementary elements of the IDA21 policy architecture. 3. To further clarify the shared understanding of the IDA21 policy package, Management presented a visualization. The visualization illustrated how progress on each Focus Area and Lens can be observed more comprehensively through institutional planning (country partnership frameworks and institutional strategies), implementation (IDA21 PCs and WBG Better Bank commitments) and achieving results (corporate outcome targets and outcome reporting through the new Scorecard) . Visualizations were included in p

FAQs

Who hosted the IDA21 Third Replenishment meeting and when and where did it take place?

The Government of Nepal hosted the meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal from June 18–21, 2024.

What topics were covered during the introduction and discussions?

Participants reviewed IDA’s development support, heard remarks from senior officials and World Bank teams, discussed site visits related to Nepal’s development strategy, and considered priorities and demand for IDA resources.

How was the IDA21 policy architecture structured and clarified?

Management presented an overview of the IDA21 policy package, explaining how proposed policy commitments connect with frameworks such as the WBG Scorecard, thematic strategies, Global Challenge Programs, and Better Bank commitments, and introduced visualizations to support shared understanding of results delivery.

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