## D4D Fund Work Program Implementation Progress May–December 2024

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### Activities Delivered (May - December 2024)
- 54 TA Missions.
- 46 TA missions benefitting 42 countries.
- 8 workshops benefiting 196 representatives from 40 countries.
- 29 interventions benefitting 17 countries.
- 1/2 of CD activities benefitted AFR.
- 1/2 of fragile states benefitted from CD activities.
- 4/6 of extended list of beneficiary countries received CD (El Salvador, Indonesia, Mongolia, Namibia).
- 2/5 of work plan implemented.
- Activity types listed: Ad-Hoc Advisory Services; Regional Workshops.

### Results-Oriented Final Implementation (Examples)
- SIERRA LEONE
  - D4D mission (Nov 2024): Assist authorities in compiling data from financial statements and trial balances in accordance with the 2014 Government Finance Statistics Manual.
  - Objectives:
    - Enhance the coverage of Government Finance Statistics and Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) by including major State-Owned Enterprises. Additional training delivered on the compilation and dissemination of PSDS to build capacity and improve fiscal and debt statistics.
    - Assist the authorities in meeting commitments under the Extended Fund Facility/Economic and Financial Program for 2023-2026.
  - Outcome:
    - These efforts contributed to greater transparency and quality of fiscal statistics, supporting informed economic decision-making and fiscal risk assessment.
- CEMAC REGION
  - D4D Missions (Nov 2023 - Oct 2024): Conducted by the Resident Advisor on External Sector Statistics across CEMAC and non-CEMAC countries (Burundi, Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Congo).
  - Objective:
    - Enhancements in External Sector Statistics framework, focusing on data periodicity, timeliness, coverage, and reliability.
  - Outcome:
    - Published Statistics: Annual Balance of Payments (BOP) statistics for 2022 published on BEAC-HQ website for all member countries. Statistiques de la Balance des Paiements - BEAC.
    - Updates: Equatorial Guinea updated BOP statistics through 2023; updates for Chad, Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic expected by mid-2025.
- CÔTE D’IVOIRE
  - D4D mission (May 2024): Assist authorities in compiling the final version of the 2018 employment and remuneration matrices (ERM) by economic activity, category of employment, and gender, including non-observed activities.
  - Objectives:
    - Provide Training on ERM annual series, sharing methodology guidelines, and assisting with new statistical sources.
    - Follow key recommendations of the 2008 System of National Accounts.
    - Suggest designing and collecting a permanent/continuous household survey on an annual basis to strengthen basic statistics and improve national accounts estimates.
  - Outcomes:
    - Completion of the final version of the 2018 ERM, including previously missing data from the labor demand side.
    - Use of the preliminary ERM as an input in the Supply and Use Tables and in estimating the actual Gross Domestic Product for the base year 2018.

### Online Learning – The Momentum Builds Further
- Number of Online Course Offerings: 96.
- Course area counts and statuses:
  - NASx: 8 (also listed under Under Development: NASx: 12).
  - EDSx: 8 (Under Development: EDSx: 8).
  - FSIx: 4 (FSIx: 4).
  - PPIx: 2.
  - MFSx: 1.
  - ISA x: NEW (Institutional Sectors Accounts).
  - RPPI x: Residential Property Price Index.
  - CPIx: 9 (Under Development: CPIx: 9).
  - BOP/IIX: 15 (Under Development: BOP/IIX: 15).
  - GFSx: 16 (Under Development: GFSx: 16).
  - PSDSx: 21 (Under Development: PSDSx: 21).
  - QNA/HFIx: 8 (Under Development: QNA/HFIx: 8).
- Languages offered: 3 LANGUAGES.
- Already Benefitted: 16,000 Participants.

### Financial Access Survey (FAS) – Coverage Expands
- Number of country reporters to the FAS database: 192 (2023 Round) and 168 (2024 Round, as of November 2024).
- Total reporters: 89 (2023 Round) and 83 (2024 Round, as of November 2024).
- Gender data reporters: 83 (2023 Round) and 80 (2024 Round, as of November 2024).
- Mobile money reporters: 83 (2023 Round) and 80 (2024 Round, as of November 2024).
- Multi-year FAS work plan incorporating feedback from the FAS Advisory Group.
- The latest FAS was released in October 2024 and is titled “Financial Access Survey: 2024 Highlights”.

### Looking Ahead
- Next Steering Committee Meeting in June 2024.
- Items for consideration:
  - Phase I results and impact.
  - Endorse first work plan of Phase II.
  - Fundraising situation for Phase II.
  - Format of future Steering Committee meetings.

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/capacity-developement/d4d/january-2025/d4d-fund-implementation-progress-2025-01-21.pdf_