IFAD Membership

"Membership of the Fund shall be open to any State member of the United Nations, or of any of its specialized agencies, or of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Membership shall also be open to any groupings of States whose members have delegated to it powers in fields falling within the competence of the Fund, and which is able to fulfil all the obligations of a Member of the Fund” (Art. 3, sec. 1 of the Agreement Establishing IFAD). 

The Agreement Establishing IFAD [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish] 

Member States  (List A, List B, List C) 

IFAD currently has 177 Member States, grouped as follows:

List A is comprised of Member States that are contributors to IFAD’s resources who declare themselves ineligible for IFAD financing and services, and are not eligible for official development assistance (ODA) according to OECD definitions; 

List B is comprised of Member States that are members of OPEC and are contributors to IFAD resources; some of these may also be eligible for IFAD financing and services; 

List C is comprised of Member States that are "developing countries" and have not declared themselves ineligible for IFAD financing and services; many of these are also contributors to IFAD resources. List C is further divided into sub-Lists C1 (countries in Africa), sub-List C2 (countries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific) and sub-List C3 (countries in Latin America and the Caribbean).

Lists are represented by Convenors.

The grouping of Member States into Lists is central to the composition of IFAD's Governing Bodies, specifically the Executive Board and Subsidiary Bodies.