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class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2018/10/10/the-force-of-the-sun-madagascar-embarks-on-renewable-energy-production"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/result_profile__355x200_/public/mg-the-force-of-the-sun-madagascar-embarks-on-renewable-energy-production-780x439_0.jpg?itok=SpbYmT5g" width="780" height="439" alt="Madagascar is building a solar plant to benefit from 2,800 hours of sunlight that it receives per year." title="Madagascar is building a solar plant to benefit from 2,800 hours of sunlight that it receives per year."/></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-country"> <div class="field-content">MADAGASCAR</div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2018/10/10/the-force-of-the-sun-madagascar-embarks-on-renewable-energy-production" target="_blank">Madagascar Embarks on Renewable Energy Production</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-content"> <div class="field-content"><p>Madagascar is building a solar plant to benefit from 2,800 hours of sunlight that it receives per year.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even col-md-4"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/03/11/stepping-up-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-in-africa"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/result_profile__355x200_/public/stepping-up-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-in-africa-780x439.jpg?itok=_PV-EJAV" width="780" height="439" alt=""/></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-country"> <div class="field-content">Africa</div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/03/11/stepping-up-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-in-africa" target="_blank">Stepping up Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Africa</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-content"> <div class="field-content"><p>In Zambia, support from the Africa Climate Business Plan has led to climate-smart agriculture investments, increasing food security for rural poor people through crop diversification.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last col-md-4"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2018/11/29/fostering-connectivity-and-private-sector-led-growth-to-boost-employment-and-improve-lives"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/result_profile__355x200_/public/tj-pumping-station-780x439.jpg?itok=Dq3VCN-p" width="780" height="439" alt="Fostering Connectivity and Private Sector–Led Growth to Boost Employment and Improve Lives" title="Fostering Connectivity and Private Sector–Led Growth to Boost Employment and Improve Lives"/></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-country"> <div class="field-content">Tajikistan</div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2018/11/29/fostering-connectivity-and-private-sector-led-growth-to-boost-employment-and-improve-lives" target="_blank">Private Sector–Led Growth to Boost Employment and Improve Lives</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-content"> <div class="field-content"><p>IDA has worked with Tajikistan since 1993 to build critical infrastructure and institutions, promote agriculture growth, create jobs, stimulate social development, and increase living standards.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <section id="block-wb-ida-explore-other-countries" class="block block-wb-ida clearfix"> <div class="dropdown"> <button class="dLabel" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> Explore Other 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/sierra-leone">Sierra Leone</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/syrian-arab-republic">Syrian Arab Republic </a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/tanzania">Tanzania</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/togo">Togo</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/uganda">Uganda</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/vietnam">Vietnam</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://ida.worldbank.org/results/zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-testimonials voice-bg"> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-testimonials view-id-testimonials view-display-id-block container view-dom-id-fe8e72230ca974799c3329fa43f799a2"> <div class="view-header"> <h2>Voices</h2> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div id="flexslider-2" class="flexslider optionset-default"> <ul class="slides"><li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z89PpQXfm2U&index=6&list=PL6A79B12D02618711"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ethiopia has achieved most of the MDGs … we actually achieved the under-five mortality [goal] ahead of the 2015 deadline, and this is thanks to IDA.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ETHIOPIA, OCTOBER 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3geEE1mmU&feature=youtu.be"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA financing has yielded significant results. In the education sector, 86.8% of children attended primary school in 2014, compared to 81.9% in 2005. Seventy-three percent of pupils completed primary school, and the number of university matriculation increased by 52%.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">AMADOU BA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY, FINANCE AND PLANNING, SENEGAL, SEPTEMBER 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cGMgwPyBk&feature=youtu.be"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the five years alone, from 2005, we already graduated one million people out of poverty, which was very significant … and that is because of investment in [the] social sector from the IDA system.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">GATETE CLAVER</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, RWANDA, SEPTEMBER 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://youtu.be/T1-KaRJfWdw"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">“If I want to sum up what has IDA done [for] us, it would be like this: 1) IDA gave us additional resources when we needed it most; 2) IDA gave us knowledge, systems that we did not have in our country. We have imbibed them; now they’re our own. This is the area which has become much more important than it was before. Many technologists have been brought through IDA assistance.”</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">ABUL MAAL ABDUL MUHITH</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V----34Akhk&feature=youtu.be"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Support for IDA will directly benefit our efforts to reduce fragility, poverty and improve the lives of women, men and children in Afghanistan. It’s also a recognition of IDA’s catalytic role in our efforts to achieve resilience and self-reliance.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">EKLIL AHMAD HAKIMI</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, AFGHANISTAN, JULY 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E13VDxLZySQ"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">IDA is the central feature, the central tool for fighting poverty and achieving the goal of shared prosperity. Regardless of the fact that we’re living in a world with an excess of global savings, many poor countries still don’t have access to the resources that they need. IDA’s resources act as a catalytic channel for bringing additional resources.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">CELESTIN MONGA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MANAGING DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO), JULY 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyzJq9al9m0"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">I really do think the replenishment of IDA is essential. IDA has played an absolutely central role in the development of these very poor countries … money provided to IDA can make a very big difference in the lives of literally hundreds of millions of people in the poorest countries of the world.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">JOSEPH STIGLITZ</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PROFESSOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, JUNE 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BABIYSCidiw"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">IDA was extremely helpful during the difficult period in Cote d’Ivoire, in post-crisis Cote d’Ivoire between 2011 and 2015. IDA helped boost school enrollment rates … The enrollment rate increased from 78% after the crisis to the current rate of 94.7%. IDA has also helped Cote d’Ivoire reduce the overall poverty rate … by almost five percentage points.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">DANIEL KABLAN DUNCAN</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRIME MINISTER, COTE D’IVOIRE, JUNE 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbMrujiPNeY"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">For Tajikistan, [IDA] played … a key role in bringing the GDP for the country from $150 per capita in the last 15 years to ten times that, to $1,150 per capita, which is a significant achievement. We have great hopes for IDA, to help us especially in critical sectors that are important for the development of our economy -- in increasing the GDP in areas of clean energy, hydroelectric energy, infrastructure and transport. We’re hopeful to achieve those goals very soon.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">UMED LATIFOV</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN, JUNE 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxicx3d6jxg"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">IDA is really an important vehicle for my country and countries similarly placed, who for many years didn’t have the opportunity to go to the market.  They are low-income countries, and IDA is the most effective vehicle in terms of addressing … the many development challenges that we have.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">DENNY KALYALYA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">GOVERNOR, BANK OF ZAMBIA, JUNE 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73x1GVb0S8"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">IDA is particularly important given the challenges that we face in a world which is increasingly fragile, increasingly ridden by conflict and therefore increasingly vulnerable.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">ALEEM WALJI</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">CEO, AGA KHAN FOUNDATION, APRIL 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Osd-gdaj8"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">For more than 50 years, the [IDA] assistance which we have received has hugely benefited India.  It benefited us in many poverty alleviation programs. It helped us in combating natural disasters. It helped us in building infrastructure …  I am sure that the underprivileged sections of society the world over are going to hugely benefit from this initiative.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">ARUN JAITLEY</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, INDIA, APRIL 2016</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5rz8duQaw"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the World Bank and IDA for supporting and developing basic education as well as Education For All in Lao PDR.  We consider education a key to development and overcoming poverty. We hope that IDA will continue its support so that we can improve the quality of education.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">LYTOU BOUAPAO</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">VICE MINISTER, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS, LAO PDR, OCTOBER 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsPnivZYc20"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Bank and IDA have made a tremendous difference in the reconstruction of my country. As you know Liberia went through many years of conflict as a matter of fact, about 32 years of economic decline and collapse. What we need to do now is to increase IDA allocation to Liberia so that we can transform the economy to invest more in roads and energy, so we can expand the economy and create more jobs and opportunities for Liberians.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">AMARA M.KONNEH</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, LIBERIA, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UQFea44SUU"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Our main goal is to create jobs in our country, and in order to create jobs we have to improve investment climate. And investment climate is rule of law, anti-corruption measures and access to infrastructure. We believe that IDA resources could be used in all these directions.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">DJOOMART OTORBAEV</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">FIRST VICE PRIME MINISTER, KYRGZ REPUBLIC, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHrM0ADrrg"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA has been a key government partner in Kenya, the leading government partner in Kenya, and they have really supported us in addressing the most important challenge that we face in the country, which is to reduce poverty and eventually eliminate it.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">GEOFFREY MWAU</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">ECONOMIC SECRETARY, KENYA, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzY_yXoSjMc"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA really helped a lot for Niger in achieving its development goal. The first point which I could say is our human development index was one of the lowest in Africa. And, thanks to IDA we have made a lot of improvement.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">AMADOU BOUBACAR CISSE</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF ECONOMIC PLANNING, NIGER, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=110SC5jAS3w"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA has been very important in areas of human development in health, education, in water resources. It has worked with our state governments in order to improve delivery of services in these areas. And we are beginning to see results. We are working with IDA now on a presidential initiative called 'Saving One Million Lives' to improve statistics on maternal and child mortality.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">COORDINATING MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, NIGERIA, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWcdyecW21E"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span style="background-color:#000000;">IDA funds are very helpful for a country like Senegal that needs to finance its infrastructure. For over 40 years, the World Bank has been involved in Senegal, and many important accomplishments, be they in terms of roads, or irrigation improvements, have been realized with tangible support from IDA.</span></span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">AMADOU KANE</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, SENEGAL, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VHnMIfOPM"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA is our largest single external financing resource for Pakistan. It has played a key role in achieving, in helping Pakistan achieve its development goals.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD ARBAB</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, PAKISTAN, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7uBqvPv0MI"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I can say that during the last 10 years, IDA has provided substantial support to the development of Vietnam, especially in the field of hunger elimination and reducing poverty. A lot of projects in Vietnam have received active support from IDA, for example, medical, educational and rural environmental hygiene projects.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">TRAN VAN</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET, VIETNAM, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBXhyxiFAU"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bolivia was one of the first countries in the region to benefit from World Bank resources, after its inception. During the past century, the World Bank and IDA resources have been among the most important components for the promotion of development and social policies.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">VIVIANA CARO</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, BOLIVIA, JUNE 2013</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aO_1k3S8UE"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">What I like specifically about IDA is that they base their intervention on the country assistance strategy. They look at your priorities. This is very important [because] when they look at our priorities they really address the real problems of the country. Our country likes this strategy of intervention - based on the priority of the country.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">MARIE-JOSEE KANKERA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, RWANDA, APRIL 2012</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>We reiterate our commitment to completing an ambitious replenishment for the concessional lending facilities of the MDBs [Multilateral Development Banks], especially the International Development Association, to help ensure that LICs [Low-Income Countries] have access to sufficient concessional resources.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">LEADERS OF THE GROUP OF 20</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content"> SEOUL SUMMIT DOCUMENT, NOVEMBER 2010</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>We are committed to meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and will reinforce our efforts to this end, including through the use of the Official Development Assistance. We reaffirm our commitment to an ambitious replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE MEETING OF FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS, OCTOBER 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5P2wy9k54" rel="prettyPhoto"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Poor countries like Bhutan need a lot of resources. And of course there are other bilateral development partners who do help us. But the World Bank’s IDA has been also one of the instrumental ones and it has helped us to finance a lot of social, economic infrastructure. I hope that IDA will continue to help us small countries especially, poor countries, such that there is no gap in between, because when there are gaps then the developments that have taken place before lose momentum.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">WANGDI NORBU</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, FINANCE MINISTER BHUTAN, OCTOBER 2010</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHC_UdjYbTU" rel="prettyPhoto"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">IDA has funded many projects and results can be really noticed. In the health sector, education and mainly, for example, for HIV programs, we have good results with IDA funds. And of course, IDA has many benefits for our country, small country like Djibouti and very poor. We hope that really the fund for IDA can be increased because we see that the results are very important and very encouraging with IDA funds.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">SIMON MIBRATHU</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">SECRETARY GENERAL OF MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, FINANCE, AND PLANNING, DJIBOUTI, OCTOBER 2010</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/30/malaria-african-union-summit"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Most importantly, IDA support is built on our own development programs, reflecting our priorities when responding to our needs... It is the fund that works very well for Africa.</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THE GUARDIAN, JULY 30, 2010</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>Fragile states like my own will need the help of the Bank to enable us to build a foundation that is already in place, a foundation based upon sound economic policies, efficiency in resource allocation, as well as capacity development... We would like to commend the Bank for all that they have done to put Liberia on the road to recovery, and all the partners who have supported the Bank in this endeavor.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA AT A PANEL DISCUSSION, JUNE 30, 2010, BAMAKO, MALI</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>It is simple-the IDA is essential. Its loans provide a crucial tool for nations that seek to escape from poverty to sustain growth. It serves our fundamental values, as well as our economic interests, by lowering trade and investment barriers, supporting private sector growth, opening the markets of tomorrow and giving people a chance to succeed.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">BILL CLINTON</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1995 ANNUAL MEETINGS</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>IDA provides critically needed finance for social infrastructure and human resource development as well as associated assistance in the design of development policies and programs in the poorest countries of the world. If the international community is serious about eradicating the blight of poverty from our planet, IDA must be supported and adequately funded.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">MANMOHAN SINGH</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">MINISTER OF FINANCE, INDIA, 1994 ANNUAL MEETINGS</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>The United Kingdom has always been a strong supporter of IDA, which we regard as a highly efficient means of channeling resources to the poorest countries.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">NIGEL LAWSON</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, UNITED KINGDOM, 1983 ANNUAL MEETINGS</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>The establishment of the International Finance Corporation and the International Development Association, is manifest evidence of the fact that international financial cooperation has grown in substance and strength from year to year.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">HAYATO IKEDA</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, 1964 ANNUAL MEETINGS</div> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-quote"> <div class="field-content"><p>It is recognized, however, that there are many development projects which, though economically sound, cannot be financed by existing international institutions. To meet this situation, the United States Governor of the Bank has proposed the creation of an International Development Association as an affiliate of the Bank.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content">DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-source"> <div class="field-content">PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1959 ANNUAL MEETINGS</div> </div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-interactive"> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-interactive view-id-interactive view-display-id-block_1 interactive view-dom-id-7a3d6347f59b0187f4cd5e87c74ab261"> <div class="view-header"> <h2>Interactive</h2><div class="sub-header"><em>Watch our latest videos and slideshows on IDA’s impact</em></div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 column interactive-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="interactive-wapper" name="#00ccff"> <img class="img-responsive" 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pane-views pane-timelinejs hidden-xs"> <h2 class="pane-title"> IDA Timeline </h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-timelinejs view-id-timelinejs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-9827c8d66e90334d3eb310d304263287"> <div class="view-content"> <div id="carousel-controls" class="flexslider optionset-main-rotations"> <ul class="slides"><li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ebola_0.jpg?itok=SrsTHcBL" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2015</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA mobilizes $1.17 billion for Ebola recovery</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA has mobilized $1.17 billion to help stop the spread of infections, improve public health systems, and assist countries in coping with the economic impact.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/pandemics">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/romania_0.jpg?itok=k6xJ3tcq" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Apr 2014</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Romania Joins World Bank’s Fund for the Poorest</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Romania’s membership in IDA underscores the increasing role emerging economies are playing in the development of poorer countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/04/12/romania-joins-world-bank-fund-for-the-poorest">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida17.jpg?itok=2WZkx-sb" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record Support to End Extreme Poverty</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Despite tough economic times, a global coalition of developed and developing countries pledged $52 billion for IDA to accelerate the fight to end extreme poverty.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/12/17/world-bank-fight-extreme-poverty-record-support">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/endpovertynow.jpg?itok=bWZHd3AK" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">The Time to End Poverty Is Now</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The world continues to look to IDA to address big problems — from relief for highly indebted countries, to reconstruction in Afghanistan, to the recent global food and economic crises.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/time-end-poverty-now">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/fragile_0.jpg?itok=5SJsnFww" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">20 Fragile States Make Progress on MDGs</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Despite enduring political and economic challenges, 20 fragile and conflict-affected states have recently met one or more MDG targets. Much of the Bank’s work in fragile and conflict-affected states is supported by IDA.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/05/01/twenty-fragile-states-make-progress-on-millennium-development-goals">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/endpoverty_0.jpg?itok=9RWfSxsh" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Mar 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>President Kim calls on the international community to seize the historic opportunity to end extreme poverty by 2030. The International Development Association (IDA) is central to the tremendous effort needed to make this happen.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2013/04/02/jim-kim-world-can-end-extreme-poverty">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/myanmar_1.jpg?itok=rGpXdY9g" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Myanmar and the World Bank Fully Re-engage</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>An $80 million IDA grant will help add 120 megawatts of electricity—enough power for an additional 5 million people—transforming lives and the economy in a country where only one in four people currently have electricity.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/11/22/myanmar-wb-reengaging-through-cdd-to-tackle-poverty-in-rural-villages">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/crisis.jpg?itok=6UnUXq2Z" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Taking Stock and Looking to Next Steps</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>A $1.3 billion Pilot Crisis Response Window is created for the remainder of the IDA15 period (Jan. 2010 to June 2011) to protect low-income countries from crises. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/ida-meeting-takes-stock-of-progress-next-steps">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/food.jpg?itok=0clOI8Wr" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Delivering Support to Drought Victims</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>More than 17 million people in the Horn of Africa were hit hard by one of the worst droughts in 60 years with widespread hunger, deaths, and the loss of subsistence crops and livestock. To help mitigate the impacts, IDA allocated $250 million through its Crisis Response Window. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/X3SPDHLCE0">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/irm.jpg?itok=wZBtXRis" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2011</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA Speeds Up Delivery of Crisis Funding</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA adopted a new mechanism to expedite funding to countries in the immediate aftermath of a crisis or emergency. The Immediate Response Mechanism allows participating IDA countries immediate access to a portion of undisbursed balances of their IDA project portfolio in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23064731~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/aidflows.jpg?itok=sNOsobWV" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2011</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Global Leader in Transparency</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA was hailed as a global aid transparency leader by Publish What You Fund, a UK-based coalition of civil society organizations working on governance, aid effectiveness, and access to information. IDA was ranked #1 out of 58 donors in the index.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23047872~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/frontier.jpg?itok=s1S3DQ64" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2010</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA's Focus on Frontier Issues</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>During the IDA16 replenishment round, IDA deputies and borrowing country representatives agreed that IDA should focus more on delivering development results—with a special emphasis on the themes of gender, climate change, fragile and conflict-affected countries, and crisis response. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/12400383/special-themes-ida16">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida16.jpg?itok=AIT0BOnw" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2010</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Fund for Poorest Replenished</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA receives another record replenishment of $49.3 billion. Pledges from donors will help countries accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals over the next three years. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/F5A0QOJ8K0">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/korea.jpg?itok=1hdLmpqu" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2009</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Republic of Korea Prepays Outstanding Debt</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The Republic of Korea prepaid all of its outstanding debt of $33.5 million to IDA. It is the first former aid recipient to become a donor. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/ODJXGILC20">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/2crisis.jpg?itok=bofDYD6M" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2009</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Crisis Response</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>A $1.3 billion Pilot Crisis Response Window is created for the remainder of the IDA15 period (Jan. 2010 to June 2011) to protect low-income countries from crises. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22414315~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida15.jpg?itok=t7QQZkOZ" width="600" height="400" alt="Record Donor Pledges for IDA15" title="Record Donor Pledges for IDA15"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2007</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record Donor Pledges for IDA15</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA15 Replenishment sees record donor pledges of $25.1 billion for a total allocation of $41.6 billion. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21587453~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/liberia_0.jpg?itok=QANETRzj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2007</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Liberia Clears Arrears with IDA</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Liberia cleared all overdue debt service payments to the World Bank, thereby becoming eligible for full debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) programs. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21575885~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/mdri.jpg?itok=jjbY1yJ5" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2006</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) launched</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Under the MDRI, IDA is expected to provide about US$37 billion in debt relief over 40 years, in addition to some US$17 billion of debt relief already committed by IDA under HIPC. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20979153~menuPK:34464~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida14.jpg?itok=x7bwQKZi" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 2005</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Largest Expansion in Two Decades</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA14 Replenishment sees total commitments increase to $34 billion, with 40 donor countries accounting for $18 billion, a 25% increase over IDA13 replenishment. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20366053~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida12.jpg?itok=iyTROXoC" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2002</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Increased Participation for IDA12</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With 39 donor countries contributing $13 billion, an 18% increase over previous commitments, IDA12 Replenishment totals $23 billion. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20052314~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/rms.jpg?itok=sdAlhtf3" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 2002</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Results Measurement System Introduced</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>To measure the degree to which IDA is helping countries grow and reduce poverty, and show its effective use of donor funds, IDA introduces a system for measuring results. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/IDA/0,,contentMDK:20189503~menuPK:2607492~pagePK:51236175~piPK:437394~theSitePK:73154,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/debt_0.png?itok=Po3jfk0L" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 2000</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Debt Relief</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Uganda receives a debt relief package, becoming the first country to benefit under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. In 2000, 22 IDA countries get $37 billion in debt relief under HIPC. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20013805~menuPK:34466~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/hipc.jpg?itok=Q5F-eeZ3" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 1996</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Launch of HIPC Facility</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With $500 million in funding, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Facility is established to provide debt relief to world’s poorest countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20012818~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida10.jpg?itok=pl_0mBHQ" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 1992</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA10 Completed</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA10 sees $22 billion in funding as donors urge greater lending for poverty reduction programs.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/bolivia.jpg?itok=8A4h9M_X" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Mar 1990</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Debt-Reduction Facility in Action</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Bolivia becomes the first operation of the debt-reduction facility, receiving $9.1 million to pay off external debt.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida9.jpg?itok=xSloHK9m" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 1989</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record for 9th IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA9 sees record funding of $15.5 billion from 31 donor countries and Switzerland, covering fiscal years 1991-93.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1991-January-10.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/debtreduction.jpg?itok=Bt7OJTET" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1989</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Creation of Debt Reduction Facility</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The facility is launched to help IDA countries pay off external commercial debt. To date, it has supported 25 operations in 22 countries. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTDEBTDEPT/0,,contentMDK:21288373~menuPK:4876087~pagePK:64166689~piPK:64166646~theSitePK:469043,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/retrospective.jpg?itok=hj7u1kl5" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Sep 1982</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Publication of IDA Retrospective</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>In the face of adverse economic conditions, World Bank president A.W. Clausen commissions a study of IDA’s performance.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1982-September-8.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/newdonors.jpg?itok=mX0RiPdj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1982</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">New Donors Contribute to IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The IDA6 Replenishment, worth $12.6 billion, witnesses seven new donors – Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, and Venezuela – join the 26 others.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/riverblindness.jpg?itok=yAiyCu1L" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 1974</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Wiping Out Riverblindness</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>An international partnership to eradicate river blindness begins its work in 11 African countries. By 2002, it succeeds in saving millions of people from the debilitating disease. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/07/03/forty-years-later-the-extraordinary-river-blindness-partnership-sets-its-sights-on-new-goals">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/bangladesh_0.png?itok=prCzY7Sj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 1971</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA’s First Reconstruction Credit</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>World Bank President Robert McNamara announces $25 million IDA assistance to assist cyclone-ravaged East Pakistan, currently known as Bangladesh.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1971-January-13.pdf">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida-first-replenishment.jpg?itok=IqTmniFV" width="600" height="400" alt="First IDA Replenishment" title="First IDA Replenishment"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 1964</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">First IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Eighteen governments commit $753 million, spanning four years, for the first IDA Replenishment (IDA1).</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1964-June-24.pdf">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/tunisiaeducation.jpg?itok=oWcLzAAg" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1962</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">First Funding for Education</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA provides its first credit for education to Tunisia to support the construction of schools. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1962-September.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/firstload.jpg?itok=ngkm6dQ7" width="600" height="400" alt="Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. " title="Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. "/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 1961</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Honduras Receives First IDA Credit</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1961-May-12.pdf"><font color="#0098cb">More Information »</font></a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/untitled-2.jpg?itok=cddCOd8a" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Sep 1960</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Launch of IDA</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With $912.7 million in initial funding, IDA is established with 15 signatory countries. Today, IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 79 poorest countries and the largest single source of donor funds for basic social services in these countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1960-September-24.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida1960_0.jpg?itok=D7rQZPjF" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 1960</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Defining IDA’s Purpose</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA’s purpose is to promote economic development and raise standards of living in the less developed areas of the world by providing financing on flexible terms, including interest-free grants and loans.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1960-February.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-timelinejs hidden-md hidden-lg hidden-sm"> <h2 class="pane-title"> IDA Timeline </h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-timelinejs view-id-timelinejs view-display-id-ida_timeline_mobile view-dom-id-0ce5b358e4315c3b31135d1e2c780665"> <div class="view-content"> <div id="carousel-controls-mobile" class="flexslider optionset-ida-mobile-timeline"> <ul class="slides"><li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ebola_0.jpg?itok=SrsTHcBL" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2015</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA mobilizes $1.17 billion for Ebola recovery</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA has mobilized $1.17 billion to help stop the spread of infections, improve public health systems, and assist countries in coping with the economic impact.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/pandemics">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/romania_0.jpg?itok=k6xJ3tcq" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Apr 2014</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Romania Joins World Bank’s Fund for the Poorest</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Romania’s membership in IDA underscores the increasing role emerging economies are playing in the development of poorer countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/04/12/romania-joins-world-bank-fund-for-the-poorest">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida17.jpg?itok=2WZkx-sb" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record Support to End Extreme Poverty</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Despite tough economic times, a global coalition of developed and developing countries pledged $52 billion for IDA to accelerate the fight to end extreme poverty.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/12/17/world-bank-fight-extreme-poverty-record-support">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/endpovertynow.jpg?itok=bWZHd3AK" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">The Time to End Poverty Is Now</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The world continues to look to IDA to address big problems — from relief for highly indebted countries, to reconstruction in Afghanistan, to the recent global food and economic crises.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/time-end-poverty-now">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/fragile_0.jpg?itok=5SJsnFww" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">20 Fragile States Make Progress on MDGs</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Despite enduring political and economic challenges, 20 fragile and conflict-affected states have recently met one or more MDG targets. Much of the Bank’s work in fragile and conflict-affected states is supported by IDA.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/05/01/twenty-fragile-states-make-progress-on-millennium-development-goals">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/endpoverty_0.jpg?itok=9RWfSxsh" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Mar 2013</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>President Kim calls on the international community to seize the historic opportunity to end extreme poverty by 2030. The International Development Association (IDA) is central to the tremendous effort needed to make this happen.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2013/04/02/jim-kim-world-can-end-extreme-poverty">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/myanmar_1.jpg?itok=rGpXdY9g" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Myanmar and the World Bank Fully Re-engage</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>An $80 million IDA grant will help add 120 megawatts of electricity—enough power for an additional 5 million people—transforming lives and the economy in a country where only one in four people currently have electricity.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/11/22/myanmar-wb-reengaging-through-cdd-to-tackle-poverty-in-rural-villages">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/crisis.jpg?itok=6UnUXq2Z" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Taking Stock and Looking to Next Steps</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>A $1.3 billion Pilot Crisis Response Window is created for the remainder of the IDA15 period (Jan. 2010 to June 2011) to protect low-income countries from crises. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/ida-meeting-takes-stock-of-progress-next-steps">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/food.jpg?itok=0clOI8Wr" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 2012</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Delivering Support to Drought Victims</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>More than 17 million people in the Horn of Africa were hit hard by one of the worst droughts in 60 years with widespread hunger, deaths, and the loss of subsistence crops and livestock. To help mitigate the impacts, IDA allocated $250 million through its Crisis Response Window. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/X3SPDHLCE0">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/irm.jpg?itok=wZBtXRis" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2011</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA Speeds Up Delivery of Crisis Funding</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA adopted a new mechanism to expedite funding to countries in the immediate aftermath of a crisis or emergency. The Immediate Response Mechanism allows participating IDA countries immediate access to a portion of undisbursed balances of their IDA project portfolio in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23064731~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/aidflows.jpg?itok=sNOsobWV" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 2011</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Global Leader in Transparency</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA was hailed as a global aid transparency leader by Publish What You Fund, a UK-based coalition of civil society organizations working on governance, aid effectiveness, and access to information. IDA was ranked #1 out of 58 donors in the index.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23047872~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/frontier.jpg?itok=s1S3DQ64" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2010</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA's Focus on Frontier Issues</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>During the IDA16 replenishment round, IDA deputies and borrowing country representatives agreed that IDA should focus more on delivering development results—with a special emphasis on the themes of gender, climate change, fragile and conflict-affected countries, and crisis response. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/12400383/special-themes-ida16">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida16.jpg?itok=AIT0BOnw" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2010</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Fund for Poorest Replenished</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA receives another record replenishment of $49.3 billion. Pledges from donors will help countries accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals over the next three years. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/F5A0QOJ8K0">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/korea.jpg?itok=1hdLmpqu" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2009</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Republic of Korea Prepays Outstanding Debt</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The Republic of Korea prepaid all of its outstanding debt of $33.5 million to IDA. It is the first former aid recipient to become a donor. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://go.worldbank.org/ODJXGILC20">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/2crisis.jpg?itok=bofDYD6M" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2009</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Crisis Response</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>A $1.3 billion Pilot Crisis Response Window is created for the remainder of the IDA15 period (Jan. 2010 to June 2011) to protect low-income countries from crises. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22414315~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida15.jpg?itok=t7QQZkOZ" width="600" height="400" alt="Record Donor Pledges for IDA15" title="Record Donor Pledges for IDA15"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2007</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record Donor Pledges for IDA15</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA15 Replenishment sees record donor pledges of $25.1 billion for a total allocation of $41.6 billion. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21587453~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/liberia_0.jpg?itok=QANETRzj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 2007</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Liberia Clears Arrears with IDA</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Liberia cleared all overdue debt service payments to the World Bank, thereby becoming eligible for full debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) programs. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21575885~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/mdri.jpg?itok=jjbY1yJ5" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2006</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) launched</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Under the MDRI, IDA is expected to provide about US$37 billion in debt relief over 40 years, in addition to some US$17 billion of debt relief already committed by IDA under HIPC. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20979153~menuPK:34464~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida14.jpg?itok=x7bwQKZi" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 2005</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Largest Expansion in Two Decades</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA14 Replenishment sees total commitments increase to $34 billion, with 40 donor countries accounting for $18 billion, a 25% increase over IDA13 replenishment. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20366053~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida12.jpg?itok=iyTROXoC" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 2002</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Increased Participation for IDA12</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With 39 donor countries contributing $13 billion, an 18% increase over previous commitments, IDA12 Replenishment totals $23 billion. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20052314~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/rms.jpg?itok=sdAlhtf3" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 2002</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Results Measurement System Introduced</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>To measure the degree to which IDA is helping countries grow and reduce poverty, and show its effective use of donor funds, IDA introduces a system for measuring results. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/IDA/0,,contentMDK:20189503~menuPK:2607492~pagePK:51236175~piPK:437394~theSitePK:73154,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/debt_0.png?itok=Po3jfk0L" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 2000</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Debt Relief</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Uganda receives a debt relief package, becoming the first country to benefit under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. In 2000, 22 IDA countries get $37 billion in debt relief under HIPC. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20013805~menuPK:34466~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/hipc.jpg?itok=Q5F-eeZ3" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Nov 1996</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Launch of HIPC Facility</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With $500 million in funding, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Facility is established to provide debt relief to world’s poorest countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20012818~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida10.jpg?itok=pl_0mBHQ" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 1992</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA10 Completed</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA10 sees $22 billion in funding as donors urge greater lending for poverty reduction programs.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/bolivia.jpg?itok=8A4h9M_X" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Mar 1990</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Debt-Reduction Facility in Action</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Bolivia becomes the first operation of the debt-reduction facility, receiving $9.1 million to pay off external debt.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida9.jpg?itok=xSloHK9m" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Dec 1989</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Record for 9th IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA9 sees record funding of $15.5 billion from 31 donor countries and Switzerland, covering fiscal years 1991-93.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1991-January-10.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/debtreduction.jpg?itok=Bt7OJTET" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1989</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Creation of Debt Reduction Facility</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The facility is launched to help IDA countries pay off external commercial debt. To date, it has supported 25 operations in 22 countries. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTDEBTDEPT/0,,contentMDK:21288373~menuPK:4876087~pagePK:64166689~piPK:64166646~theSitePK:469043,00.html">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/retrospective.jpg?itok=hj7u1kl5" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Sep 1982</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Publication of IDA Retrospective</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>In the face of adverse economic conditions, World Bank president A.W. Clausen commissions a study of IDA’s performance.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1982-September-8.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/newdonors.jpg?itok=mX0RiPdj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1982</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">New Donors Contribute to IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>The IDA6 Replenishment, worth $12.6 billion, witnesses seven new donors – Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, and Venezuela – join the 26 others.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/riverblindness.jpg?itok=yAiyCu1L" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 1974</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Wiping Out Riverblindness</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>An international partnership to eradicate river blindness begins its work in 11 African countries. By 2002, it succeeds in saving millions of people from the debilitating disease. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/07/03/forty-years-later-the-extraordinary-river-blindness-partnership-sets-its-sights-on-new-goals">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/bangladesh_0.png?itok=prCzY7Sj" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jan 1971</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">IDA’s First Reconstruction Credit</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>World Bank President Robert McNamara announces $25 million IDA assistance to assist cyclone-ravaged East Pakistan, currently known as Bangladesh.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1971-January-13.pdf">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida-first-replenishment.jpg?itok=IqTmniFV" width="600" height="400" alt="First IDA Replenishment" title="First IDA Replenishment"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Jul 1964</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">First IDA Replenishment</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Eighteen governments commit $753 million, spanning four years, for the first IDA Replenishment (IDA1).</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1964-June-24.pdf">More Information »</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/tunisiaeducation.jpg?itok=oWcLzAAg" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Aug 1962</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">First Funding for Education</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA provides its first credit for education to Tunisia to support the construction of schools. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1962-September.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/firstload.jpg?itok=ngkm6dQ7" width="600" height="400" alt="Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. " title="Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. "/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">May 1961</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Honduras Receives First IDA Credit</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>Honduras is the recipient of the first-ever IDA credit (Credit 0001) worth $9 million for highway development and maintenance. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1961-May-12.pdf"><font color="#0098cb">More Information »</font></a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/untitled-2.jpg?itok=cddCOd8a" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Sep 1960</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Launch of IDA</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>With $912.7 million in initial funding, IDA is established with 15 signatory countries. Today, IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 79 poorest countries and the largest single source of donor funds for basic social services in these countries.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1960-September-24.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/styles/ida_timeline/public/ida1960_0.jpg?itok=D7rQZPjF" width="600" height="400" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-date"><span class="date-display-single">Feb 1960</span> </div> <div class="timeline-title">Defining IDA’s Purpose</div> <div class="timeline-blurb-text"><p>IDA’s purpose is to promote economic development and raise standards of living in the less developed areas of the world by providing financing on flexible terms, including interest-free grants and loans.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190610212511/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/IDA/Resources/timeline-1960-February.pdf">More Information »</a></p> </div> </div></span> </div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-panels-mini pane-front-page-data-statistic"> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="panel-flexible panels-flexible-24 clearfix" id="mini-panel-front_page_data_statistic"> <div class="panel-flexible-inside panels-flexible-24-inside"> <div class="panels-flexible-row panels-flexible-row-24-main-row panels-flexible-row-first clearfix"> <div class="inside panels-flexible-row-inside panels-flexible-row-24-main-row-inside panels-flexible-row-inside-first clearfix"> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-24-center panels-flexible-region-first panels-flexible-region-last "> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-24-center-inside panels-flexible-region-inside-first panels-flexible-region-inside-last"> <div class="panel-pane pane-block pane-nodeblock-255 pane-nodeblock"> <div class="pane-content"> <div id="node-255" class="node node-manual-block node-promoted clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-content field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="data-bg"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="data-container-orange"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <div class="our-impact"> <div class="data-img"><img alt="" src="/web/20190610212511im_/http://ida.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/images/icons-topics-medicine1.svg" style="width: 54px; 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