CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC World Bank – Country Policy and Institutional Assessment CPIA 2018 Quick Facts Population (millions) 4.7 Change from Highest Lowest CPIA Score GDP (current US$, billions) 2.4 previous year performing cluster performing cluster 2.6 0.1 3.0 2.4 GDP per capita (current US$) 510 (Policies for Social Inclusion Below SSA IDA Avg. (Economic Management) and Equity and Public Sector Poverty below US$1.90 a day (% of population, 2015, est.) 78 Management and Institutions) (2018) Country Policy and Institutional Assessment 2018 Trend Central SSA IDA Overall CPIA Scores Indicator African Republic Average 3.6 Economic Management 3.0 3.1 3.2 Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy 3.5 3.4 Fiscal Policy 3.0 3.0 2.8 Debt Policy 2.5 3.1 2.4 Structural Policies 2.5 3.2 Trade 3.0 3.7 2.0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Financial Sector 2.5 2.8 Business Regulatory Environment 2.0 3.0 Central African IDA Borrowers SSA IDA Republic Average Average Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity 2.4 3.3 Gender Equality 2.5 3.2 Equity of Public Resource Use 2.0 3.3 Comparison Building Human Resources 3.0 3.6 Comparing Overall CPIA Scores Social Protection and Labor 2.0 2.9 Policies and Institutions for 3.2 2.8 2.5 Environmental Sustainability 2.8 2018 Public Sector Management 2.4 3.0 2.6 and Institutions Property Rights and Rule-Based Governance 2.0 2.8 2.8 Quality of Budgetary and Financial Management 2.5 3.0 2010 3.0 Efficiency of Revenue Mobilization 2.5 3.4 2.8 Quality of Public Administration 2.5 2.9 Fragile Countries Fragile Countries Central African Transparency, Accountability, 2.7 in SSA outside SSA Republic 2.5 and Corruption in the Public Sector Overall CPIA Score 2.6 3.1 Progress Definitions: • CPIA: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Change in CPIA Scores from 2010 to 2018 • IDA: International Development Association, the arm of the World Bank Group that provides credits to the poorest countries Central African Republic • SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa • Poverty is based on PovcalNet poverty data as of June 2019 • The cutoff date for the World Development Indicators database is June 2019. Average scores for comparisons refer to country groupings as follows: -0.1 -0.1 • IDA Borrowing Countries: 73 countries eligible for IDA credits and with CPIA scores in 2018 -0.2 -0.2 • SSA IDA Countries: 38 SSA IDA countries that had CPIA scores in 2018 • Fragile Countries in SSA: 17 countries with CPIA scores included in the World Bank’s Harmonized -0.3 Fragile List for fiscal year 2019 • Non-Fragile Countries in SSA: 21 IDA-eligible countries (excluding fragile countries) Economic Structural Policies Public Sector Overall • Fragile Countries outside SSA: 13 countries with CPIA scores included in the World Bank’s Management Policies for Social Management & CPIA Inclusion/Equity Institutions Score Harmonized Fragile List for fiscal year 2019 • Non-Fragile Countries outside SSA: 22 IDA-eligible countries (excluding fragile countries) NOTES: The CPIA consists of 16 criteria grouped in four equally weighted clusters: Economic Management, Structural Policies, Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity, and Public Sector Management and Institutions. For each of the 16 criteria, countries are rated on a scale of 1 (low) to 6 (high). The scores depend on the level of performance in a given year assessed against the criteria, rather than on changes in performance compared with the previous year. The ratings depend on actual policies and performance, rather than on promises or intentions. The ratings reflect a variety of indicators, observations, and judgments originated in the World Bank or elsewhere. For details, see: www.worldbank.org/africa/CPIA. 59