Which Countries are eligible
Candidates for the programme must normally be a national of a developing country that:
- Has a population of less than 1.5 million or has a larger population, but is, nevertheless, a member of the Small States Network for Economic Development (SSNED) (or can demonstrate small country characteristics in the financial sector);
- Is a member country of the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank or is a dependent territory of a member country of the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank; or
- Is from a country eligible to borrow from the IBRD or IDA (or has recently secured such funding as part of a regional program to facilitate global public goods). In the case of an Asian Development Bank member country, a country must be eligible to obtain OCR or ADF loans.
Africa
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mauritius
- São Tomé & Principe
- Seychelles
- Eswatini
Pacific
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia, Federated States
- Nauru
- Palau
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
Latin America / Caribbean
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Barbados
- Belize
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad & Tobago
Other regions
- Bhutan
- Maldives
- Montenegro
- Other larger countries with small states characteristics
- Botswana
- Jamaica
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- Papua New Guinea
Note: Cook Islands is a member of the Asian Development Bank, but not of the World Bank.
Note: Countries listed in bold were members of the Small States Network for Economic Development. Countries in italics are IDA or ADF eligible (or blend) countries.