private and institutional donors pledged 26 billion to help ivory coast rank among the top middleincome countries by 2025 the pledges were made at a meeting on wednesday on the sidelines of the africa ceo forum held in abidjan the fundraising aims to help the west african nation transform its economy through its national development program this will include the industrialization of the country development of the private sector and attracting investment and fighting corruption among others the west african development bank pledged 1 billion euros 103 billion the african development bank 43 billion the world bank 87 billion the islamic development bank 2 billion and the european union promised eur6 billion the ivoirian government expected to raise up to 9474 billion of which 2465 billion would come from the public sector and 7009 billion from the private sector the final total pledges came to 26 billion the country projects average economic growth of 765 during 202125 compared with 59 growth over the 201620 period increasing the investment rate from 231 of gdp in 2021 to 271 of gdp in 2025 the investment portfolio of the national development program for 202125 is estimated at 59 trillion cfa francs 93916 billion with xaf43646 trillion allotted for the private sector and xaf15353 trillion for the public sector