-
It is a strategic partnership between India and the World Bank Group for the period 2026–2031.
-
Objective:
-
Accelerating job creation across both urban and rural areas of the country with $ 8-10 billion in annual financing over the next 5 years.
-
It sets a bold roadmap for supporting India’s aspiration to become an upper-middle-income economy in the next decade and achieve its Viksit Bharat vision by 2047.
-
The CPF emphasizes structural reforms, urban transformation, and rural prosperity through investments in infrastructure, renewable energy, and diversified value chains.
-
It aims to crowd in private capital, strengthen human capital by upskilling youth and women, and embed climate resilience across sectors.
-
About Country Partnership Framework
-
The World Bank's Country Partnership Framework (CPF) is, usually 4-to-6-year, a strategic document outlining the Bank's development priorities and planned engagement with a country.
-
It is developed with the partner government to align the Bank's support with the country's development objectives.
-
Note:
-
News: Recently Sri Lanka and the World Bank Group have also launched a new five-year partnership
-
Objective:
-
Supporting the island nation’s economic recovery and boosting private investment.
-
It will support Sri Lanka’s continued recovery, help achieve its 7% medium-term economic growth target, and support job creation
-
These reforms will also support Sri Lanka’s ambition to double annual export earnings to 36 billion US Dollar by 2030.