In 64 years, how has IDA reduced poverty in Africa?

Raila Odinga in Nakuru City

People brave the rain during a public rally in Nakuru City, Kenya on March 16, 2023. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG

The name of the organisation is as opaque as a name can get: World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA).

I had never heard of it. And if I, who follows socioeconomic developments that affect Africa, had never heard of it until last week, when it convened in Nairobi, then it is likely that only a handful of people outside those who serve its bureaucracy had ever heard of it.