International Development Association Concessional Debt Outstanding

Public and publicly guaranteed concessional debt data from the International Development Association (IDA) is measured in current U.S. dollars. Concessional loans are defined as those with an original grant element of 35 percent or more, a metric quantifying borrowing cost. This data is part of the World Bank's World Development Indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in IDA concessional debt outstanding over time for specific recipient countries.
• Model the relationship between a country's grant element percentage and other macroeconomic indicators.
• Compare the volume of current U.S. dollar denominated concessional debt across different world regions.
• Forecast future IDA debt commitments based on historical time-series patterns of concessional lending.

Strengths

• Data adheres to the standardized World Development Indicators framework for cross-country comparison.
• Concessional debt is precisely defined using the grant element metric of 35% or more.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input.
• Data is limited to IDA debt and does not cover other sources of concessional or non-concessional lending.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, International Development Association (IDA).

Collection Method

Compiled from World Bank lending records and financial statements, using the defined methodology for calculating grant elements.

Geography

Likely covers countries eligible for and receiving IDA concessional financing.