International Development Association

14 publications relevant to IDA · Institution-specific research shown first

• IBRDIDA28 Oct 2026Capital and funding
  UK announces World Bank guarantees and IDA grant for Ukraine ↗

  The Treasury announces up to £5.5bn of World Bank guarantees and a £500m UK grant to IDA’s crisis facility, intended to mobilise £1.5bn of support for Ukraine. These are separate forms of backing within the government’s three-year economic support package. The announcement does not establish guarantee execution or grant payment.

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• BIIIDA27 Oct 2026Research release
  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2025–26 overview ↗

  Reviews FCDO’s responsibilities, spending and financial risks, including its BII investment, multilateral financing and guarantees. The overview distinguishes guarantee exposure from its valuation and stresses the information and expertise needed to oversee performance, development impact and value for money. It also discusses IDA within the department’s spending priorities.

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• IBRDIDAIFC14 Oct 2026Strategy and policy
  UK Governor reiterates priorities for multilateral bank reform ↗

  At the Annual Meetings, the UK Governor to the World Bank set out priorities covering debt, private investment, financial resilience and conflict-affected countries. The speech renewed calls to use multilateral banks’ capital more effectively and improve coordination between institutions. These are UK policy priorities, building on its April position, rather than reforms already adopted by the banks.

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• AfDFIDAIFAD13 Oct 2026Governance
  Draft orders for three multilateral funds laid before Parliament ↗

  Four draft orders laid on 13 October cover the African Development Fund’s seventeenth replenishment, debt-relief arrangements for that fund and the World Bank’s International Development Association, and IFAD’s thirteenth replenishment. The parliamentary record confirms the drafts were laid for approval. It does not establish that they have been approved or that contributions have been paid.

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• IDAIFC8 Oct 2026Research release
  CGD examines who builds investment pipelines for local capital ↗

  Attridge examines the costs and incentives facing local intermediaries that prepare investments. She asks when concessional support could build lasting origination capacity and discusses IDA’s Private Sector Window and IFC as part of that debate.

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• BIIIBRDIDAIFCMIGAEBRDAIIBADBAfDBIDBIDB Invest1 Oct 2026Research release
  Development banks revise how they measure mobilisation and private finance ↗

  BII, through EDFI, and UK-backed multilateral banks are covered by a new joint methodology package. It updates mobilisation rules and adds a separate generation measure for institution-backed finance; work on catalysation continues. The guides require these different indicators to remain separate. No new UK financial commitment is announced.

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• IBRDIDAIFCMIGA29 Sept 2026Research release
  CGD paper proposes stronger approval tests for private-sector support ↗

  Álvaro S. González proposes clearer tests of market failure, instrument effectiveness and additionality across World Bank Group financing. His analysis of selected appraisal documents concerns the case made before approval, rather than realised project outcomes.

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• BIIADBAfDBAIIBEBRDIBRDIDAIDBIDB InvestIFCMIGA23 Sept 2026Research release
  OECD examines how shareholders can strengthen private capital mobilisation ↗

  New OECD research examines mandates, risk frameworks and staff incentives across development banks and DFIs, including BII and UK-backed multilaterals. It argues that mobilisation targets need to account for additionality and harder markets.

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• IBRDIDA22 Sept 2026Strategy and policy
  UK reiterates World Bank reform priorities ahead of annual meetings ↗

  In a speech delivered on 21 September, the Foreign Secretary said the UK would continue to support reform of multilateral development banks, wider use of guarantees and private capital, and a stronger voice for countries affected by global decisions. He said he would pursue this agenda at the World Bank annual meetings. No new UK financial commitment was announced.

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• IDA17 Sept 2026Capital and funding
  UK-supported trust fund helps finance Malawi social-protection programme ↗

  The World Bank announced approval of Malawi’s INSPIRE-O programme, including $110m from IDA. A trust fund supported by FCDO and other donors is expected to provide $46.7m in cofinancing. The UK share is not specified, and the appraisal document makes later trust-fund financing dependent on further donor receipts.

• IDA8 Dec 2025Parliament
  Minister reconfirms £1.98bn IDA21 commitment ↗

  A parliamentary committee considered the replenishment order; the minister set out a 40% increase over IDA20.

• IDA29 Nov 2024Capital and funding
  World Bank welcomes increased UK IDA pledge ↗

  The World Bank reported the UK's early £1.98bn pledge to the 21st replenishment.