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What is the Immediate Response Account?

The Immediate Response Account (IRA) is WFP’s life-saving funding facility, which allows WFP to rapidly respond to emergencies. IRA-financed assistance can be deployed within 24 hours of the onset of a crisis.

What is the importance of the IRA?

Contributions to the IRA have the highest degree of flexibility and are non–earmarked. This allows WFP’s executive leadership to identify priority operations. As it consists of multilateral funding, the IRA reinforces the principles of timeliness, predictability and flexibility.

Annual Report on Flexible Funding in 2022

Use of Flexible (former Multilateral) and Immediate Response Account Funding - 2021

Use of Flexible (former Multilateral) and Immediate Response Account Funding - 2020

Use of Flexible (former Multilateral) and Immediate Response Account Funding - 2019

Use of Flexible (former Multilateral) and Immediate Response Account Funding - 2018

Use of Flexible (former Multilateral) and Immediate Response Account Funding - 2017

View the historical funding for flexible contributions

View the historical funding for Immediate Response Account 

IRA Donors *

Donors US$
Germany 13,924,051
All donors in 2025 as at 21/01/2025 13,924,051
* See the Flexible Funding page for information on flexible resources more broadly.

IRA Allocations

Allocations US$ Approval date
361,502 02/01/2025
Mozambique 938,925 03/01/2025
Mozambique 4,694,836 10/01/2025
All allocations in 2025 as at 21/01/2025 5,995,263