Papua New Guinea - Country Partnership Framework for FY26-31 - From Fragility to Resilience: Turning the Cycle Around

Jul 19, 2026

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Country Partnership Framework for Papua New Guinea (FY2026–FY2031) sets out a World Bank Group strategy to support a resilient, diversified economy driven by private sector-led job creation and growth. The framework aligns with Papua New Guinea’s Medium-Term Development Plan 2023–27 and Vision 2050, and supports reforms for stronger governance, human development, and inclusive growth around the 2027 elections. It addresses fragility, conflict risk, extractives dependence, weak human capital, and rural infrastructure constraints through four linked outcome areas and gender as a crosscutting priority.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages7

Reading Time18 min

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Overview and Purpose

Strategic approach and alignment

Development challenges and constraints

Outcomes and Priorities

Four intertwined outcome areas

Gender integration and action plan

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Country Partnership Framework Document of The World Bank Group FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. CPF0000017 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR THE PERIOD FY2026 – FY2031 [P500795] January 16, 2026 IBRD/IDA, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Country Management Unit East Asia and Pacific Region The International Finance Corporation, East Asia and Pacific Region The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank Group authorization. The date of the last Country Partnership Framework was May 2019 (Report No. 128471-PG) followed by a Performance and Learning Review in June 2023 (Report No. 179631-PG). CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Exchange rate as of November 30, 2025 Currency unit = Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK) US$1 .00 = PGK 4.24 FISCAL YEAR January 1 – December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS | ADB | Asian Development Bank | IMF | International Monetary Fund | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | | ABPE | Annual Business Planning Exercise | MSME | micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise | | CPF | Country Partnership Framework | OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | | DPO | Development Policy Operation | PNG | Papua New Guinea | | FCV | fragility, conflict, and violence | PPP | public-private partnership | | IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | PRA | Prevention and Resilience Allocation | | IDA | International Development Association | UN | United Nations | | IFC | International Finance Corporation | WBG | World Bank Group | | | World Bank | IFC | MIGA | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Vice Presidents: | Carlos Felipe Jaramillo | Sarvesh Suri | Ed Mountfield | | Directors: | Han Fraeters | Keiko Miwa | Sebnem Erol Madan | | Task Team Leaders: | Reshika Singh | Alexei Volkov | Eugeniu Croitor | COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA FY26–31 FROM FRAGILITY TO RESILIENCE: TURNING THE CYCLE AROUND The World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out a new strategy to support Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) efforts to develop a resilient, diversified economy through private sector-led job creation and growth. Anchored in a One WBG approach, the CPF spans two International Development Association (IDA) cycles. It aligns with PNG’s Medium-Term Development Plan 2023–27 (MTDP IV) and supports its bold ambition of creating 1 million jobs by 2027 . It also reflects PNG’s long-term vision as laid out in the Vision 2050, complemented by the PNG Reset@50 Roadmap, which articulates a reform agenda for stronger governance, accelerated human development, and inclusive growth. It covers the periods right before and after the 2027 national elections—a critical juncture given PNG’s history of electoral volatility and associated violence. This underscores the need for flexible, conflict-sensitive programming, and sustained engagement to safeguard progress during and after elections. PNG is a resource-rich yet highly fragile and conflict-affected lower-middle income country. Heavy reliance on extractives has generated macro-economic vulnerabilities, while its benefits have not translated into meaningful investments in people. Over four decades of resource-driven growth, per capita income grew by only 0.9 percent. Officially, the population stands at 10.2 million. An estimated three-quarters of the population is multidimensionally poor, although reliable data a

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Papua New Guinea Country Partnership Framework (FY2026–FY2031)?

It sets out a World Bank Group strategy to support Papua New Guinea’s efforts to develop a resilient, diversified economy through private sector-led job creation and growth.

Which main development plans and long-term visions does the framework align with?

It aligns with PNG’s Medium-Term Development Plan 2023–27 (MTDP IV) and its long-term Vision 2050, complemented by the PNG Reset@50 Roadmap.

How does the framework plan to respond to fragility and electoral risk around 2027?

It emphasizes flexible, conflict-sensitive programming and sustained engagement to protect progress during and after elections, given PNG’s history of electoral volatility and violence.

Jul 19, 2026

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