Gambia First Boosting Resilience and Unlocking Productive Potential DPF with Cat DDO

About this project

The development objective of First Boosting Resilience and Unlocking Productive Potential Development Policy Financing with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option Project is to support The Gambia's efforts to (i) unlock its productive potential; (ii) strengthen procurement, economic governance of SOEs, and domestic revenue mobilization; and (iii) strengthen climate and social resilience. This operation is the first in a programmatic series of two single-tranche DPF operations designed to boost The Gambia's resilience to shocks and unlock its productive potential in the medium term. The reform program is based on three pillars: Pillar 1 – Unlocking the productive potential. Reforms aim to tackle bottlenecks in key enabling sectors by supporting the diversification of the energy mix while creating the conditions for private sector participation in the energy sector, facilitating agri-food development and exports, fostering competition, and leveling the playing field in the groundnut sector. Reform measures will, for example, focus on creating the conditions for enabling the use of digital and electronic payments. Pillar 2 – Strengthening procurement, economic governance of SOEs and domestic revenue mobilization. Reforms aim to build fiscal space and improve transparency and efficiency in the use of public resources and institutions by strengthening the efficiency of the procurement system, improving competitive neutrality, enhancing the governance, performance, and oversight o…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Gambia

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparednessFinancial policy and administrative managementEnergy sector policy, planning and administrationAgricultural policy and administrative managementLocal government administrationTax policy and administration supportPublic ProcurementSocial protection and welfare services policy, planning and administration

Places

Banjul

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Accountable

Republic of The Gambia

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P177748.

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