## D4D Fund Work Program Implementation Progress — May–December 2025

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### Activities Delivered (May–December 2025)
- 52 TA Missions
- 47 TA missions benefitting 35 countries
- 5 workshops benefiting 105 representatives from 35 countries
- 1/2 of CD activities benefitted AFR
- 1/3 of beneficiaries were fragile states
- 1/3 of work plan implemented
- Regional workshops delivered (map boundaries and denominations do not imply any judgment on legal status)

### Capacity Development and Data Initiatives — Delivering Impact
- Technical Assistance (M1) and Data Transparency (M4) focused on:
  - SDMX-Compliant & AI-Ready Data
  - Peer-to-Peer Learning and Collaboration
  - Identifying Countries for Technical Assistance
- Building Capacity for the Future:
  - D4D-II Mission (July 2025): Strengthened ESS compilation to support the resumption of the Article IV consultation; delivered hands-on training and produced BOP and IIP statistics for 2014–2024.
  - D4D-II Mission (November 2025): Built on D4D-I support that enabled dissemination of revised GFS under the GFSM 2014 framework (October 2025); completed the sectorization framework and defined next steps for integration into GFS compilation. Additional GFS outputs expected to be disseminated in 2026.
- Country examples:
  - Yemen: External Sector Statistics (ESS)
  - Angola: Government Finance Statistics (GFS)

### Delivering Impact — Expansion, Methodology, and Partnerships
- Continued expansion of global coverage with enhanced methodology and questionnaire design tested, including:
  - Gender-disaggregated data
  - Digital finance indicators
  - Improving data quality and comparability for emerging areas like fintech
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations with organizations such as IAMTN and AFI, and participation in global fora strengthened survey reach and impact
- Work underway to develop a new framework for measuring financial health

### Online Learning and Outreach (M3, M2)
- Online Curriculum: 12 Courses
- Nearly 19,700 participants benefited from 139 offerings
- Two key courses (BOP-IIPx and EDSx) are being updated to align with latest IMF standards
- Government Finance Statistics and QNA/HFIx courses; translation into Arabic noted
- Financial Access Survey (M2) updates underway for FSIx and MFSx

### Strengthening Policy-Relevant Climate and Disaster Risk Statistics (M5)
- Strengthening policy-relevant climate indicators and enhancing disaster risk statistics in the Asia–Pacific Region
- Further integration with lending — RSF noted; Korea mentioned in context

### Program Eligibility and Endorsement
- For endorsement — expand country eligibility for Module 5

### Strategic Enhancements for Sustainability — Continuous Engagement
- Identified problems:
  - Reform momentum can slow between in-country TA missions
  - Implementation bottlenecks increase the risk of stalled progress
- Solution:
  - Strengthened D4D-II model replacing “Limited Engagement”
  - Structured, light-touch, remote support between missions
  - Direct alignment with country workstreams and the D4D-II Strategic Logframe
- Impact:
  - Faster resolution of implementation challenges
  - Sustained reform momentum and institutional learning
  - More durable, measurable improvements in statistical capacity
  - Early successes in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines
- As of end December 2025, continuous engagement interventions benefited 6 countries

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/capacity-developement/d4d/january-2026/d4d-fund-implementation-progress-fy26-midyear-january-2026.pdf_