A Story of
Outcomes
IDA RESULTS

20
21

Improving Lives andEnsuring Sustainable
Development Outcomes
For more than 60 years, the World Bank’s International
Development Association (IDA) has been building the foundations
for long-term development gains in the world’s poorest countries.
To date, IDA has provided more than $458 billion to 114 countries, often as thelargest source of funds for essential social services. It works hand-in-hand withclient countries to tackle the most complex development challenges. Since its
inception, 37 countries have graduated from IDA support, many of which havebecome IDA donors.
IDA core support encompasses investments in human capital, jobs, genderequality, and key sectors, such as education, health, water, and sanitation. It
also has adapted to a changing global context and client needs to strategicallyaddress critical issues, such as pandemics, climate change, and conflict—finding innovative solutions and building resilience. IDA’s country-driven modelemphasizes ownership, alignment with national priorities, and improving the
lives of the people most in need.
IDA continuously enhances its implementation support to countries by building
client capacity, streamlining processes, strengthening operational policies
and systems, tracking and capturing outcomes through its pioneering results
measurement system (RMS), and drawing on lessons learned through selfassessments and independent evaluations.
Source: https://ida.worldbank.org/financing/ida-financing.

Since 1960, IDA
has provided morethan $458 billion to
114 countries

A Rapidly Changing WorldThe combined impacts of COVID-19, rising conflict, and growing
climate risks are exacerbating extreme poverty, undermining
growth, and jeopardizing the prospects of a resilient and inclusive
future, particularly for the world’s poorest countries.
With the number of poor in IDA countries estimated to reach 320 million in 2021
(compared to 245 million in 2015), 2020 marked the first year that poverty
increased in over two decades. Without comprehensive support and remediation,
temporary losses in IDA countries may become permanent.
The effects of COVID-19 underscored the urgent need to enhance countries’
ability to stage effective responses. It also amplified other importantvulnerabilities related to debt, human capital, disability, and technology, as well
as gaps related to jobs, gender, climate change, fragility, and governance. IDA’sswift response, firmly anchored in the support provided over successive IDA
cycles, has contributed to global efforts to mitigate the severity of the impacts.
During a challenging period when countries have needed support on issues ranging
from vaccine delivery to remote learning, from structural reforms to safety
nets, and from locust swarms to threats of famine, IDA has made a difference inthe lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. IDA’s unprecedented
response demonstrates the relevance, flexibility, and strength of its policy andfinancing framework, which ensured that it has largely stayed on track to deliveron long-term priorities while addressing countries’ emergency needs.

Source: IDA20: An Overview - Building Back Better from the Crisis: Towards a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future. Washington, DC.

53%$36.7 billion
in FY21 IDA commitments,
including $12.1 billion
in grants

of FY21 commitments
were dedicated to
COVID-19 response

Photo: Sierra Leone Ministry of Basicand Senior Secondary Education

Achieving Results Across IDA’s Special Themes
IDA’s ambitious agenda focuses on the most pressing
development challenges to help countries recover fromthe crisis and advance on a greener, more resilient, andmore inclusive path to development.
The pages that follow illustrate IDA’s strong track record ofresults in responding to the immediate health and economic
impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and building a foundation for
longer-term outcomes in each of IDA20’s special themes. While
IDA has been working in these areas for decades, with thetransition from IDA19 to IDA20, it will raise its ambitions acrossthe following special themes:

Climate Change
Gender and Development
Jobs and Economic Transformation
Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
Human Capital		Climate Change
IDA has ramped up its ambition to deliveron climate outcomes.
IDA helps countries cope with the impacts of climate change
and other shocks, while reducing their carbon emissions throughgreen investments in key sectors, including energy, food and landuse, transport, and urban systems. It finds innovative ways toharness energy from the sun, wind, and water to make industries
more efficient and sustainable. IDA also invests in strengthening
government capacity to implement strategies aligned withclimate goals and supports countries to design and implement
climate information systems for crisis preparedness, including
early warning systems for extreme weather events.

40 million
10.8 GW
increase in generation
capacity of renewableenergy (FY18–21)
Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

tCO2eq/year reduction
in greenhouse gas
emissions (FY18–21)

Managing Floods in Cameroon
CHALLENGESRESULTSIn 2012, Northern Cameroon received exceptionally high rainfall,
which caused floods in the North and Far North regions. In the Far
North region where poverty was already high, the floods caused
substantial damage to the hydraulic infrastructure, further
weakening the Maga dam.

2014–20

103,000
people, of which 30%
are women, directly
benefited fromthe project

SOLUTIONSThe Flood Emergency Project focused on protecting the local people
through fixing key hydraulic infrastructure. The project upgraded a
70-kilometer flood dyke along the Logone River and 27 kilometersof the Maga dam, which helped protect local communities fromfloods. It also rehabilitated the irrigation bulk water infrastructure,
helping ensure reliable and adequate bulk water supply for irrigation.
Traditional and religious leaders, who play a key role in society in the
Far North region, participated in supervision of the project, helping
communities take ownership of the rehabilitated infrastructure.

Source: World Bank. 2020. "Flood Management in the Far North of Cameroon: With the Rehabilitation of Logone Dyke
and Maga Dam, Local Families Are No Longer Afraid of Heavy Rains." Results Brief. Washington, DC.

70 km
8water use associations,created and consolidated
by the project, which
now have offices andequipment to maintaintertiary canalsof the Logone dyke, 27 kmof the Maga dam, andpartially 7,500 hectaresof irrigation schemes
rehabilitatedProtecting Pastoral
Livelihoods Across the Sahel
2015–20
Traditional pastoralist systems in the Sahel are under threat due toclimate change, instability, and large-scale development projects.
Transboundary animal diseases, shared rangelands and water
resources, cross-border trade, market information, and pastoral risks(including droughts and conflicts) cut across national borders and haveregional dimensions.
The Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support Project works to preserve
pastoral systems that provide livelihoods for over 20 million people
in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. The
project delivers public goods that address pastoralism challenges andopportunities, including the development of national strategic plans,
multi-actor management plans for natural resources, and criticalinfrastructure for animal health management. The project builds
resilience by strengthening crisis preparedness and response. It also
provides support to strengthen local management committees andpromote sustainable management practices,
technologies, and innovations.

5 million
hectares of pastoral areas
under sustainable
landscape management
Source: World Bank. 2020. "Improving Productivity for Pastoralists andAgro-pastoralists Across the Sahel." Results Brief. Washington, DC.

20,700people, of whom 88%
are women, supported
for diversification of
economic activities

Early
warningsystems developed,
and experts trained incrisis preventionAdapting to Climate ChangeCountries Supported Toward Institutionalizing
Disaster Risk Reduction as a National Priority
80

62

Number of Countries

60

46
40

41

39

26
20

20

0

8

8

FY18

FY19

Fragile and conflict-affected situations
All

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY20

FY21

IDA supports targeted
action to help
countries cope withclimate shocks, suchas developing early
warning systems andflood protection andintroducing heatresistant crops.

Gender and Development
IDA is helping close the gender gaps that
limit women and girls from achieving theirfull potential.
These efforts have become even more urgent, as the COVID-19
pandemic threatens to erode hard-won achievements, especiallyfor women and girls. IDA supports client countries to increase
girls’ education, improve women’s access to safety nets andessential services, combat gender-based violence, and advanceeconomic empowerment and financial inclusion for women.
Collectively these efforts are leading to increased economic
opportunities, voice, and agency for women.

13.2 million
female beneficiaries ofjob-focused interventions(FY18–21)
Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

Maximizing the Potential of
Women and Girls Across the Sahel
CHALLENGESRESULTS

Across 10 countries in the Sahel region, recent analysis suggests
more than 14 million adolescent girls are at risk of child marriage,
teenage pregnancy, and early school dropout. That amounts to
80 percent of all girls ages 10–19 in those countries.

2015–20

SOLUTIONSWith IDA support, a flagship regional initiative is helping to build
life skills, reduce child marriage and teenage pregnancy, keep girls
in school, expand economic opportunities for young women,
and prevent gender-based violence. The project addresses
sensitive issues by facilitating peer-to-peer learning, sharingof good practices, collective action among a wide range ofstakeholders, and cross-border coordination.
girls and adolescentsreceived a scholarshipor other support to go
to school

160,000

Source: World Bank. 2020. "Accelerate Learning, Earnings and Agency of Adolescent Girls andYoung Women in and around the Sahel." Results Brief. Washington, DC.

20,000+6,400+
religious leaders engaged
in community dialogues,
speaking out in favor ofgirls’ secondary education
and against gender-based
violence

young women trained in
non-traditional professions
that offer higher income
earning opportunities

Empowering Rural
Women in Nepal
2014–18
Approximately 83 percent of Nepal's population lives in rural areas.
Nepal's topography and geology, combined with a sizable rural
population, significantly complicate efforts to provide all-weather
connectivity to many rural communities. Improving connectivity
throughout Nepal is a key consideration to ensure inclusive economic
growth. While providing year-round road infrastructure access forrural communities is the prime objective of the government of Nepal,
achieving it has remained a major challenge, especially in light ofinadequate resources and capabilities.
IDA support enhanced reliable transport connectivity for ruralcommunities in 36 participating districts by providing routine
maintenance for rural roads. The project prioritized recruitmentof poor women from socially marginalized and vulnerable groups,
including HIV-positive and differently abled individuals, residing
close to the road segments. In addition to employment opportunities,
rural women were provided with a host of other benefits
and opportunities, including free digital bank accounts,
capacity building trainings, and credit links tocooperatives for income-generating activities.

2.5 million

Source: World Bank Group. 2021. Results, Recovery, Resilience: 20 Stories on the Road to IDA20.
Washington, DC.

workdays of paid
employment forrural workers

2,870
road maintenance worker
groups engaged, out of
which over 70% are womenbelonging to vulnerable
and deprived segments oflocal communities

Advancing Gender Equality
IDA deepened its commitment to inclusion, a key element of the World Bank Group’s Green, Resilient,
Inclusive Development (GRID) agenda, by helping countries advance gender equality. In fiscal year
2021, IDA operations benefited an increasing number of women and girls.
Projects Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Women Reached with Financial Services
4

70

60

57

3.1
3

38

40

32

32
30

MillionNumber

50

2
1.6

19

20
12

15

1

10
0.1

7
0

0.2

0
FY18

FY19

All
Fragile and conflict-affected situations
Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY20

FY21

FY18

FY19

FY20

FY21

Jobs and Economic Transformation
Supporting countries to create more andbetter jobs remains a top priority for IDA.
Jobs provide an opportunity to escape poverty and are critical tosustainable, inclusive growth. Improving development outcomesfor poor and vulnerable groups requires that people be employedin jobs that provide them with the necessary resources to afford
a decent quality of life, and that employment be maintained
during and beyond the pandemic. IDA is supporting countries
to generate growth and employment in a quickly evolving world
economy through green infrastructure investments and reforms
in key enabling sectors, with participation of the private sector.
This means building the conditions for private investment andincreasing the capacity of workers and entrepreneurs to raise
their productivity and enhance access to job opportunities.

42.2 million
Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

beneficiaries of job-focusedinterventions in IDA
countries (FY18–21)

8 million
farmers adopted improved
agricultural technology(FY18–21)

Mobilizing Private Investment andCreating Better Jobs in Bangladesh
CHALLENGESRESULTS

During the 1990s, increases in agricultural productivity
prompted millions to migrate to cities in search of newopportunities. However, a shortage of land for greenfield
investments hindered the country’s economic transformation.
The government looked to special economic zones for its
industrial growth and to create desperately needed jobs.

2011–21

SOLUTIONSIDA support helped facilitate the establishment of the
Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority and the Bangladesh
High-Tech Park Authority. This included institutional
capacity building and infrastructure development together
with firm- and employee-level support. The project
also helped Bangladesh develop an investment pipeline
through land development and investment promotion andfacilitation.

Source: World Bank. 2021. "Special Economic Zones in Bangladesh: Mobilizing Private Investment and Creating
Better Jobs." Results Brief. Washington, DC.

$3.9 billion
facilitated by the project indirect private investment
in economic zones

41,000jobs created (24%of which are held
by women)

500,000
workers served through asocial and environmental
counselor program in Export
Processing Zones

Developing theLivestock Sector in
Uzbekistan

5,000
new jobs werecreated in rural areas,
benefiting farmers andagribusinesses

2017–21
Uzbekistan is a net importer of meat and milk. The country’s
livestock sector, employing roughly 3.6 million agricultural
workers, is currently characterized by low productivity. Its
modernization will not only increase productivity but will also
create a significant number of better paid jobs in rural areas,
improve food and nutrition security, and increase access tointernal and external markets.
With IDA financing, the Livestock Sector Development Projectis supporting the development of a vibrant, private sector–led
livestock sector. The project helps build the capacity of public
institutions, including the State Committee for Veterinary andLivestock Development and four agricultural research institutes.
It also provides loans through participating Uzbek banks tofarmers and agribusinesses, which invest in subprojects thatenhance the competitiveness of livestock value chains acrossthe country.

Source: World Bank in Uzbekistan overview, https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/uzbekistan.

500
loans that boosted
investments in thedevelopment of the dairy,
poultry, beef, fishery, andapiculture industries

28,800+heads of cattle, 16,500 small ruminants,
405 camels, 305 horses, and over 110
units of farm machinery and equipment
were purchased by beneficiaries,
allowing them to expand businesses,
create jobs, improve product quality,
and increase productivity

Expanding Job Opportunities

Beneficiaries of Job-Focused Interventions in IDA Countries

20

16.8

Million

15

9.9

10

6.5

5

0

FY19

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY20

FY21

IDA support is helping
countries build theconditions for job-creating
private investment
and increasing thecapacity of workers andentrepreneurs to raise
their productivity andenhance access to job
opportunities.

Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
IDA is supporting countries to address
the drivers of fragility, conflict, andviolence (FCV) and bolstering resilience
factors, especially for the most vulnerable
populations.

9 FCS
countries are enhancing
project implementationand coordination with fieldappropriate digital tools forcollection and analysis of
geo-tagged data (FY21)

Reversals of progress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
have been particularly challenging to countries affected by FCV,
which are home to an increasing share of the extreme poor.
The combined effects of the pandemic, climate change, risinginequality, forced displacement, and demographic shifts arecontributing to a complex global fragility landscape. In response,
as of FY20, approximately 30 percent of IDA resources are
directed to fragile and conflict situations (FCS). IDA is helping
countries address risks and grievances before tensions turninto crises, delivering critical services, strengthening core state
institutions, and enabling private sector growth.

26 FCS

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

countries are institutionalizing
disaster risk reduction asa national priority with IDA
support, an increase from
20 in FY20

129.3 million
people have received
essential health, nutrition,and population services in
FCS (FY18–21)

Strengthening Recovery andPeacebuilding in North-East Nigeria
CHALLENGESRESULTS

Violent activities of Boko Haram and the armed conflict since 2009
have deeply affected North-East Nigeria and the lives of 15 million
people across the region. Affected communities have experienced
severe damage to their social fabric, significant socioeconomic
harms, and extensive destruction of infrastructure.

2017–20

SOLUTIONSIDA is supporting the government’s response to the acutehumanitarian and forced-displacement crisis in Borno, Adamawa,
and Yobe states. The project is rehabilitating critical service delivery
infrastructure, enhancing livelihood opportunities for conflictaffected and displaced communities, and strengthening social
cohesion across the North-East.

Source: World Bank. 2020. "Strengthening Recovery and Peacebuilding in North-East Nigeria." Results Brief. Washington, DC.

105,000
beneficiaries (of which 49%
are women) have gained
access to rehabilitatedinfrastructure, including
roads, hospitals, schools,
and water, sanitation, andhygiene facilities

13,50042,000households (51% led by
women) have received direct
support, including non-fooditems, agricultural and nonagricultural kits, and small
ruminants

households havebenefited frompsychosocial
support services

Providing Opportunities
for All in Haiti
2017–21
Haiti’s geography, people, and history provide it with many
opportunities. However, social unrest and natural disasters have
prevented the country from realizing its potential, keeping it as one ofthe poorest and least equal countries in the world. Recurrent shocks,
natural and man-made, have compounded Haiti’s many development
challenges, and exacerbated the cycle of fragility and violence.
IDA support has helped respond to emergency needs and strengthen
service delivery, while tackling some of the key institutional andpolicy challenges to build long-term resilience. IDA has focusedon building human capital through increased access to educationand health and controlling the outbreak of cholera. In parallel, tosustain development outcomes, IDA has supported the government
to improve transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in public
investment, while strengthening institutional capacity to produce
key data, manage sectors, set evidence-based policy priorities, andbuild fiscal sustainability.

240,000
children gained access toquality primary education
Source: World Bank. 2020. "Haiti: Providing Opportunities to all Haitians."Results Brief. Washington, DC.

1.2 million
people received increased
access to maternal andchild health services

233,000
people have benefited fromexpanded access to electricity
and over 2 million people havebenefited from all-weather roads
Photo: UNOPS/Stuart Craig

Enhancing Resilience in the
Most Vulnerable Contexts
People who Have Received Essential Health, Nutrition, andPopulation Services in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

40

31.6

Millions of People

30

22.2
20

20.2

14.4
9.4

10

8.8

5.9
3.7
0.7

4.4

2.5

FY18

FY19

FY20

5.5

0

Number of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel
Women and children who have received basic nutrition services

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY21

Children immunized

IDA is helping all
countries, including
the most vulnerable,
by delivering criticalservices, addressing
risks, strengthening
core state institutions,and enabling private
sector growth.

Human Capital
IDA is committed to accelerating
investments in human capital to enablepeople to realize their full potential as
productive members of society andpromote inclusive economic growth.
Vulnerable populations have been disproportionally affected by
the impacts of the pandemic and are struggling to prevent theloss of human capital gains achieved over previous years. IDA
has pursued a dual-track approach, responding to the COVID19 emergency, while driving a robust recovery. IDA is supportingthe continuity of essential health services, preventing setbacks
in food security, and accelerating learning recovery. At thesame time, IDA’s longer term ambition remains focused on fasttracking human capital accumulation beyond pre-crisis levels.

183.5 million
39.1 million
people provided with accessto improved water sources(FY18–21)
Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

36.9 million
people provided with new or
improved electricity service(FY18–21)

women and children have received
basic nutrition services (FY18–21)

Restoring Hope and Saving Lives in Yemen
CHALLENGESRESULTS

Years of conflict in Yemen have taken a massive toll on its alreadyvulnerable health system. Only half the country’s health facilities
remain open, with many lacking essential requirements such as
water, fuel, and oxygen. COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation,
further limiting health access to people in need.

2020–21

Source: World Bank. 2021. "Restoring Hope, Saving Lives: COVID-19 Response Project in Yemen." Washington, DC.

rapid response teams
were enabled to incorporate
COVID-19 responses into
their day-to-day
surveillance activities

84

SOLUTIONS
Based on the Yemen National COVID-19 Preparedness andResponse Plan, IDA is working in partnership with the World HealthOrganization to fill critical gaps by supporting surveillance andrapid response capacities, strengthening national laboratories, andequipping isolation units for the treatment of severe cases. The
project also emphasizes health system strengthening, particularly
at the district level, and supports capacity building, infection
prevention and control at health facilities, and sanitation andmedical waste management.

33

1,134
individuals trained on casemanagement in 37 isolation
units supported by
the projecthigh-priority districts
benefited from the training
and deployment ofspecialized rapid response
teams to detect andrespond to COVID-19

Tackling Stunting for
Human Capital in Rwanda
2018–21
Rwanda has made remarkable progress on infant, child, and maternal mortality.
However, stunting remained stubbornly high at about 38 percent in 2015 andaffected nearly 50 percent of the poorest children. In 2017, the government made ahigh-level political commitment to drastically reduce stunting, recognizing it impeded
cognitive development, educational attainment, and lifetime earnings and deprived
the economy of critical human capital needed to attain middle-income status.
IDA is supporting a set of innovative supply- and demand-side interventions
targeting health, social protection, and agriculture. The program aims to raiseawareness and change behavior around stunting; increase the coverage andquality of high-impact health and nutrition interventions; revamp the flagshipCommunity Health Worker Program; support home-based early childhood
development, providing poor children basic food, early stimulation, and aprotective environment; and enhance accountability mechanisms throughincentive payments and district grants.

3.2 million
children screened
for malnutrition

8,000
early childhood development
sites in 13 priority districts,
benefiting over
162,000 children

Source: World Bank. 2021. "Tackling Stunting in Rwanda to Build Human Capital:
Early Achievements and Strategic Priorities." Results Brief. Washington, DC

31%
point increase in provisionof fortified blended food,targeting pregnant andlactating women from thelowest quintiles in
13 priority districts

Expanding Access to Social
Safety Nets
Beneficiaries of Social Safety Net Programs

160

124.6

Million

120

80

40
22.9

23.8

12.1
0
FY18

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY19

FY20

FY21

IDA has significantly
increased its support forsocial safety net programs
to protect families from theimpact of economic shocks,
natural disasters, and othercrises. Increasing access tosafety nets also plays a keyrole in building the humancapital needed to foster
inclusive growth and propel
economies forward.

Strengthening the Foundational Building
Blocks for Sustainable Development
IDA is prioritizing four cross-cutting issues that are
instrumental to progress toward more inclusion, greater
resilience to future shocks, higher levels of economic diversity
and productivity, and better prospects for future generations.
Governance andInstitutions

Crisis
Preparedness

Debt
IDA incentivizes countries
to move towards debt
transparency and fiscal
sustainability through its
Sustainable Development
Finance Policy.

IDA is helping countries
strengthen crisis preparedness
through an integrated approachthat utilizes analytics, financial
instruments, and reporting
systems.

Technology
IDA is working to increase
the adoption of digitaltechnology applications
by businesses, facilitate
the expansion of new
digital business models,
and revamp digitalskills and competency
frameworks.

IDA supports client
countries to build effective,
efficient, open, inclusive, andaccountable institutions
with the capacity to deliver
services to citizens andenable private sector
growth.

Supporting Clients to Deliver
Results in Cross-Cutting Areas
The Kyrgyz Republic
experiences more than 300
earthquakes a year. The
government is modernizing
infrastructure and retrofitting
nearly 3,000 schools
and preschools to keep 2.5
million students safe.

Since 2006, Bangladesh
has supported more than
4,600 municipalities
to improve planning,budgeting, accountability
and transparency. About
130 million people acrossthe country benefited
from these enhanced
governance measures.

Cameroon and Senegal
increased their debt
coverage in a Debt
Sustainability Analysis
prepared under thejoint World Bank-Fund
Debt Sustainability
Framework.

Malawi is modernizing its
digital infrastructure,including the national
payment system, and building
a comprehensive set of mobile
money services. As a result,the percentage of adults using
financial institutions rose from
19% in 2011 to 40% in 2018.

Sources: IDA Ideas, Action, Impact, https://ida.worldbank.org/ida19-brochure; World Bank. 2021. "Providing Opportunities for all Haitians, Promoting Debt Transparency – Because
the SDGs Depend on It." "Innovation and Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector in Malawi." "Enhancing School Safety in Kyrgyz Republic." Results Briefs. Washington, DC.

Managing for
Outcomes
Improvements in operational andorganizational effectiveness haveenabled IDA to adapt to changing
global needs, with a focus on country
contexts and managing toward
meaningful development outcomes.
Rising trends in independent assessment of outcomesin IDA operations show improvements in the quality andrelevance of services for clients. The quality of monitoringand evaluation (M&E) in IDA operations reached its
highest point ever, closing in on the corporate target
and still climbing. Using evidence to better implement
operations is central to IDA’s outcome orientation and isa likely contributor to improving development outcomes.
Client feedback on IDA's effectiveness and knowledge
remained high and above target.
IDA acts with openness and accountability to its donors,
clients, and beneficiaries, including by publicly disclosing
its results and operational and financial data. The Aid
Transparency Index places IDA in its highest category,ranking it among the most transparent development
institutions. And all IDA investment operations are
informed by consultations with civil society.

A Pioneer in Results
Management
IDA has established itself as a leader in defining, delivering,monitoring, and communicating the results of its development
program. IDA’s Results Measurement System (RMS), which
was introduced in 2002, allows IDA to measure its role inhelping countries grow and reduce poverty. It has since evolved
into a robust accountability and management frameworkthat reports aggregated results achieved by IDA during each
replenishment cycle, thereby enabling monitoring of long-term
progress and outcomes. It also provides a snapshot of IDA’sorganizational and operational effectiveness.
Over the years, the RMS has been enhanced to reflect
the changing nature of IDA’s business and incorporate
lessons learned from implementation. The IDA20 RMS for
example, provides increasing alignment with the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), the indicators capture more
outcomes and offer more disaggregation, and there are new
indicators on topics of special importance like inclusion.

Independent EvaluationsShow Sustained Strong
Performance
Satisfactory Outcomes of IDA Operations
100

80

76

76

Percent

72
60

77
76

79
78

63

40

20

0
FY18

FY19

All
Fragile and conflict-affected situations

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY20

FY21

IDA operations
demonstrate sustained
improvement inresults, even in themost difficult fragile
and conflict-affected
situations.

. . . and Client Feedback
Confirms the Trend
Client Feedback in IDA Countries on World Bank Group
Effectiveness and Impact on Results (scale from 0–10)1098Client Survey Rating

7

6.9

7.1

7.4

7.5

FY20

FY21

6
5
4
3
2
1
0

FY18

Source: IDA Results Measurement System.

FY19

Client feedback
from annual country
opinion surveys showsincreasing satisfaction
with IDA’s effectivenessand impact on results,
responsiveness, andstaff accessibility,
and with IDA as adevelopment partner.

Building back betterfrom the crisis: Toward
a green, resilient, andinclusive future
IDA remains committed to helping
the world’s poorest countries address
the challenges arising from theongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reverse
development losses, and get backon track toward the SDGs and theWorld Bank Group Twin Goals to end
extreme poverty and promote sharedprosperity in a sustainable manner.

This document summarizes results
reported in the IDA Results Measurement
System. For more information visit
https://ida.worldbank.org/results/rms
For the Results Briefs featured, visit
https://www.worldbank.org/en/results© 2021 World Bank
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11, 27, 31, Getty images; page 3, Sierra Leone Ministry of
Basic and Senior Secondary Education; pages 5, 9, 13, 15, 17,
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page 8, Boris Balabanov/World Bank; pages 10, 25, 28,
Vincent Tremeau/World Bank; page 14, Flore de Preneuf/World
Bank; page 19, Stuart Craig/UNOPS; page 22, Bill Lyons/World
Bank; page 23, A'Melody Lee/World Bank; page 32, Arne Hoel/
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