Côte d'Ivoire and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development signed, on October 16, 2026 in Bangkok, a framework financing agreement of $500 million for the period 2026-2029. This multi-year agreement is accompanied by $3 million in donations for the preparation of state projects. The agreement was initialed by the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, and the President of the OPEC Fund, Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. This agreement establishes a multi-year program for the Fund's interventions in Côte d'Ivoire. This is the first agreement of its kind between the two parties.It should make it possible to support investments included in the National Development Plan (PND), the ambition of which is to move the country into the ranks of upper middle-income economies by 2030. rgb(0, 0, 0);">The resources mobilized will be intended for several sectors selected among the priorities of the government's development program. They concern in particular transport infrastructure, energy, drinking water supply, education, agriculture as well as initiatives linked to the ecological transition.The donations provided for under the agreement will be devoted to the technical and feasibility studies necessary for the preparation of the projects. This preliminary work generally conditions the mobilization of concessional financing and the effective launch of investments. Pour le Gouvernement ivoirien, cet engagement financier traduit la volonté du Fonds de l’OPEP d’accompagner la mise en œuvre du PND 2026-2030, dont l’ambition affichée est de hisser la Côte d’Ivoire au rang des pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche supérieure à l’horizon 2030. Toujours en marge des réunions annuelles des institutions de Bretton Woods, le Ministre Diarrassouba s’est entretenu avec Anna Bjerde, directrice générale des opérations du World Bank Group.

This meeting is also part of a series of discussions led by the Ivorian delegation with international financial partners around the financing of the future National Development Plan. The Minister recalled that the quality of preparation of the files as well as the rigor in their execution remain determining conditions for accessing funding and ensuring the completion of the selected projects.