Addressing Education, Health Inequalities in Country Partnership Framework & Strategy of World Bank and ADB

The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) and Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) are strategic documents prepared by the World Bank Group and Asia Development Bank respectively containing the ambit of interventions they intend to undertake as investments, loans and technical assistance. The CPS and CPF are reviewed and updated every 4-5 years, based on a series of consultations with various stakeholders such as economists, sector experts, academicians, policy analysts, governments and civil society organizations. The World Bank, before releasing its CPF, sets its priorities in the System Country Diagnostic, an economic analytic report that assesses a country’s socio-economic and developmental challenges and gaps. Both WBG and ADB will be renewing their cycle of country engagement for the period 2023-2028, a critical juncture for civil society to influence their policies on providing quality education and universal access to health care which have witnessed significant diminution during and after COVID-19.