Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last assessed the World Bank’s use of donations from the Official Development Assistance budget; and what conclusions they reached from this.

In 2022, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) scored UK's support to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) as green/amber. This view is supported by FCDO which monitors and shapes Bank operations at the World Bank Board and in borrower countries.

In 2021, during IDA20 replenishment negotiations, FCDO ensured IDA priorities are well-aligned with UK's aims for its Official Development Assistance (ODA) including on gender, disability and fragility. IDA and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development were judged as value for money for UK ODA in business cases (IDA 2021, IBRD 2018).

In internal 2021 IDA19 and 2020 IBRD Annual Reviews both programmes met expectation.