Fast Delivery Without Roots: Hard Lessons from the Collapse of the DRC Social Fund Jordi Gallego-AyalaSiv Tokle May 04, 2026 This page in: English © 2026 The World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/dev4peace/fast-delivery-without-roots--hard-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-t What happens when you wake up one morning to discover that the institution responsible for delivering your country's social protection portfolio no longer exists — and yet programs must keep moving? In late April 2023, this question became real for us on the social protection team in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Without prior communication, news reports revealed that the Fonds Social de la République Démocratique du Congo (FSRDC) — the country's main platform for delivering social assistance — was dissolved by presidential ordinance. The information reached our team, and even FSRDC's own management, only days later. © 2026 The World Bank Group,