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p. 5 of 10 BACK | NEXT Executive Summary I. The Context II. Present Bank Policies and Practices III. Graduation Policies of Other Multilateral Development Banks IV. Rationalizing the Bank's Classification and Graduation System A. Graduation From ADF B. Graduation From Bank Assistance V. Other Operational Implications VI.Conclusions VII. Recommendation

A Graduation Policy for the Bank's DMC's

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IV. Rationalizing The Bank's Classification and Graduation System

35. The discussions in Sections II and III provide the background against which an approach can be developed for rationalizing the system for determining eligibility for and graduation from concessional and nonconcessional regular Bank assistance. The proposed approach is not to attempt to create an entirely new structure but rather to redesign the existing policy framework to provide a platform for the graduation process. The document ADF VII: Report of Donors²⁴ envisages graduation from (i) ADF-only to ADF-OCR blend, (ii) ADF-OCR blend to OCR-only, and finally (iii) OCR-only to cessation of regular assistance from the Bank. This approach encompasses the entire graduation spectrum rather than narrowly focusing on graduation either from ADF or OCR. The approach proposed in this Paper is dealt within two parts: Part A relates to the process of graduation from ADF and Part B relates to the process of graduation from regular Bank assistance.

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