The UK’s support to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA)
A review will assessing the value for money of the UK’s financial contribution to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and how well the UK uses its position as the largest bilateral donor to shape its policies and operations.
International Development Committee
A hearing is held by Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) or their ICAI sub-committee for most ICAI reviews.
We expect a hearing for this review to take place in due course.
ICAI follow-up
Approximately one year after we publish our reports, we follow up on the steps the government has taken in response to our recommendations. This process is a key link in the accountability chain, providing Parliament and the public with an account of how well government departments have responded to ICAI reviews.
Our follow-up to this review found FCDO has made notable progress in addressing our recommendations. We judge its response to be adequate. The department has been ambitiously engaging International Development Association (IDA) management on its response to climate change, in particular on adaptation, and on measuring the Bank’s efforts on climate. FCDO has also been active in collaborating with the World Bank on safeguards in relation to LGBTI+ inclusion, and has been challenging the Bank to pursue a more politically informed approach to addressing public financial management challenges in IDA countries. However, the department has only made limited progress in strengthening country-level partnerships with IDA programmes and is yet to demonstrate much effort on operationalising the Bank’s ‘shared prosperity’ goal.
Read the follow-up review online or download the summary follow-up report.