Yemen Country Partnership Framework (CPF) FY26-FY30
The new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out the World Bank Group’s strategy to support Yemen over the next five years (FY26-30).
The new framework focuses on three core outcomes: improving nutrition; expanding access to electricity; and strengthening agribusiness, mariculture, and fisheries.
A key cross-cutting theme is increasing the participation of women in society and the economy. Another is creating the conditions for the Yemeni private sector to grow and attract investment.
DOCUMENTS
Strategic Overview
The overview presents the Yemen Country Partnership Framework (FY26-30), which reorients WBG support along the dimensions of selectivity, partnerships, and localization. The CPF aims to support jobs and livelihoods of Yemenis through three outcomes: 1) improved nutrition; 2) expanded access to electricity; and 3) strengthened agribusiness and mariculture/fisheries, including a cross-cutting enabler to increase the participation of women in society and the economy, and with a focus on bringing in private sector investment.
Intervention Logic and Results Framework
With the overall theme of better livelihoods and more jobs, this document includes relevant projects, reports, and technical assistance as well as indicators and targets for each of the 3 outcomes– improved nutrition, expanded access to electricity, and strengthened agribusiness and mariculture/fisheries.
Financing and Implementation Arrangements
The CPF outcomes will be delivered jointly as one World Bank Group, with IDA investments facilitating IFC and MIGA engagement. Implementation modalities are based on a closer engagement with the Internationally Recognized Government while maintaining high agility and risk monitoring and mitigation. Close partnership with key international and regional partners will be maintained, and an annual business planning exercise will allow for timely decision-making on the program’s evolution.
World Bank Group Portfolio Snapshot
The World Bank’s IDA portfolio in Yemen focuses on preserving human capital, sustaining basic services, and supporting livelihoods in a highly fragile and conflict‑affected context. At the launch of the CPF, the active IDA portfolio consists of 9 multi‑sector grant‑financed operations covering health and nutrition, social protection, education, water and sanitation, agriculture and food security, urban services, roads, electricity, fisheries, and financial infrastructure. IFC loans are in the agribusiness sector and for the construction of a university hospital.
Selected Economic Indicators
This document presents a snapshot of Yemen’s key economic indicators, including GDP and current account and fiscal balances.
FCV Envelope IDA Eligibility
Yemen has been granted eligibility to the Remaining Engaged in Conflict Allocation (RECA) in FY26 via IDA21’s expanded data pathway. In line with RECA objectives, preservation of institutional capacity and human capital is critical.
Streamlined Country Diagnostic (SCD)
The SCD provides an assessment of Yemen’s development challenges and opportunities. It identifies three pathways to accelerate and sustain inclusive and resilient growth for poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Yemen: 1) rebuilding economic foundations and strengthening governance; 2) strengthening local service delivery and infrastructure and advancing human capital and social protection; and 3) advancing food security and laying the foundations for private sector-led economic recovery.
Expanding Women's Participation in Yemen's Economy and Society
The CPF follows a coordinated approach to expanding women’s participation in the economy: stabilizing household consumption and nutrition; improving women’s access to services, including energy and finances; and linking women to sustainable livelihoods and market opportunities.
Lessons from Direct Third-Party Implementation
This document aims to consolidate World Bank experience and lessons learned in Yemen with direct Third Party Implementation (TPI), mainly by UN entities, and to identify opportunities to enhance the current TPI model.
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