Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)

Eliminating poverty, reducing inequity, and improving opportunity for people in low- and middle-income countries are the World Bank Group's central objectives. The Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) is an approach by which countries can achieve these objectives. It emphasizes the interdependence of all elements of development—social, structural, human, governance, environmental, economic, and financial.

The CDF advocates:

	A holistic long-term strategy
	The country in the lead, both "owning" and directing the development agenda, with the Bank and other partners each defining their support in their respective business plans
	Stronger partnerships among governments, donors, civil society, the private sector, and other development stakeholders in implementing the country strategy
	A transparent focus on development outcomes to ensure better practical success in reducing poverty.

 

 

 

 

The CDF is the foundation for the new partnership between developed and developing countries to achieve improvements in sustainable growth and poverty reduction that will help countries achieve the MDGs (The Monterrey Consensus, 2002, PDF).  The CDF approach, operationalized through PRSPs in low-income countries, provides the common foundation for implementing this new partnership at the country level.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the CDF

The Democratic Republic of Congo's interim PRSP incorporates elements of the CDF principles.  It was developed through extensive consultations with the government, donors, civil society, and the private sector. The strategy integrates poverty reduction policies within a coherent, growth-oriented macroeconomic and socio-economic framework.  Please refer to the Democratic Republic of Congo interim PRSP (PDF) for more information.