Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) for Nine Pacific Island Countries (PIC9) FY2026-FY2031
The World Bank Group’s Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) for nine Pacific Island countries sets out a shared program to generate more and better jobs over FY2026–FY2031. Covering Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, the RPF focuses on macro‑fiscal stability, improved connectivity, strengthened human capital, and increased resilience, reflecting common national priorities and the World Bank Group’s Small States Strategy.
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Strategic Overview
The World Bank Group's Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines a shared strategic program for nine Pacific Island countries, focusing on generating more and better jobs through strengthened macro-fiscal management, improved connectivity, greater investment in human capital, and increased resilience to climate and disaster risks.
Financing and Implementation Arrangements
Outline of the financing, implementation arrangements, key partnerships, and risk management approach underpinning the RPF across the PIC9, delivered through a One World Bank Group approach and Small States Strategy.
Results Matrix: Intervention Logic and Short-Term Business Planning
The Results Matrix presents how the World Bank Group’s ongoing and pipeline regional and country-level operations, private investments, and advisory and analytical work link to expected results, indicators, and targets across four core outcomes: macroeconomic and fiscal management, connected infrastructure, healthier and better-educated communities, and increased resilience—with jobs embedded as a cross-cutting objective throughout.
Streamlined Country Diagnostic (SCD)
This streamlined regional diagnostic reassesses binding constraints to growth, inclusion, and sustainability across the nine Pacific Island countries, identifying common structural challenges and priority development pathways.
Selected Economic Indicators
A macroeconomic snapshot of the nine Pacific Island countries, including recent trends and baseline projections for growth, fiscal balances, external accounts, and debt.
World Bank Group Portfolio Snapshot (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA)
The nine Pacific Island countries’ development is supported through a diverse World Bank Group portfolio spanning macro-fiscal reform, transport, digital connectivity, energy, health, education, fisheries, disaster preparedness, and private sector development.
Regional Gender Action Plan
The PIC9 Regional Gender Action Plan outlines how the World Bank Group is advancing gender equality and expanding opportunities for women and girls across the nine Pacific Island countries—tackling barriers to employment, maternal and child health, gender-based violence, and climate vulnerability through targeted support across infrastructure, energy, fisheries, financial services, and digital connectivity.
Completion and Learning Review (CLR)
This Completion and Learning Review assesses the implementation and results of the FY2017–2023 Regional Partnership Framework for the nine Pacific Island countries, with a focus on lessons learned to inform the selectivity and delivery approach of the new RPF.
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MIGA Acting Director of Economics and Sustainability