Assessing Africa's Policies and Institutions
The 2026 CPIA report highlights a region that continues to advance policy reforms despite a more constrained financing environment. Sub-Saharan Africa's average CPIA score surpassed the IDA average for the first time, reflecting sustained improvements across many countries. Economic Management remained the strongest-performing cluster, supported by progress inflation control, fiscal management, and debt oversight, while Structural Policies remained broadly stable with an average score of 3.2. Social Inclusion and Equity continued to benefit from strong performance in human development and expanding social protection systems, although financing pressures are increasing. Public Sector Management and Institutions remained the weakest cluster, with challenges in governance, transparency, accountability, and rule of law continuing to weigh on overall performance. The findings suggest that sustaining growth, strengthening service delivery, and protecting development gains will increasingly depend on better policies, stronger institutions, and more effective implementation as governments operate with tighter resource constraints.
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