The Democratic Republic of Congo - Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the period of 2022-2026 promotes the stabilization and development of DRC, supporting strategic priorities and critical reforms to improve governance and deepen stabilization efforts, in eastern DRC. The CPF places a strong emphasis on human development, with a commitment to help DRC improve access to and quality of basic services such as education, health, and social protection.

The CPF also has a strong emphasis on addressing drivers of fragility, conflict, and violence, and building resilience to shocks and climate change. Investment operations focus on two densely populated corridors that are conflict hotspots where many poor people live. This work includes critical infrastructure (roads, energy, connectivity), which aims to bring in the private sector, along with agriculture, and forestry.

Protecting DRC’s rainforest, the second largest in the world, is also at the forefront of the CPF. About 67% of the country is covered by forests (145 million hectares of rainforest), storing the equivalent of 85 billion tons of CO2. However, population growth, exploitation of natural resources, infrastructure development, and agriculture puts significant pressure on the forest with losses having adverse impact on rainfall patterns, water quality, and food security—in DRC and the wider Congo Basin.

As of September 15, 2025, the World Bank portfolio in the DRC totaled $7.6 billion, with 22 national projects ($7.4 billion) and one regional project ($152 million). Engagements span economic management, governance, and private sector development; human capital (health, education, social protection); sustainable development (infrastructure and connectivity, agriculture and food security, access to electricity and water, urban development); women’s empowerment, and prevention and response to gender-based violence); and digital transformation.

Partners

The World Bank is a member of the Donor Coordination Group that aims to harmonize development partner activities in the field. It is working closely with the United Nations, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the German Agency for International Development (GIZ/KFW), and the Belgian Cooperation Agency. In some areas, the World Bank collaborates with the African Development Bank.