## D4D Fund Implementation Progress

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### Overview
- Presentation by Christine Dieterich, Division Chief, IMF Statistics Department, D4D Fund — JANUARY 27, 2022.
- Reported implementation period: June to December 2021.

### Work Plan Implementation and Activities
- Virtual activities delivered: 44VirtualActivities Delivered From June to December 2021 Despite Challenges.
- TA Missions: 35TA missions benefitting 27different countries.
- Regional Workshops: 9workshops benefiting 427country representatives from 62different countries.
- Ad-Hoc Advisory Services: 57interventions benefitting 32different countries.
- Implementation progress highlights:
  - 1/3of work plan implemented.
  - 1/2of CD activities benefitted AFR.
  - 1/2of CD activities benefitted fragile states.
  - 2/3of Extended list of beneficiary countries received CD (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Georgia).

### Taking Up the COVID-19 Challenges — Adaptation and Mitigation
- Continued adaptation to CD challenges created by the pandemic enabled by flexible funding arrangements approved by the Steering Committee.
- Demand shift reflected in:
  - Slowing demand as scarce absorptive capacity is stretched by crisis management.
  - Traditional projects with medium-term objectives most affected, especially on fiscal statistics.
- Mitigating measures implemented:
  - Flexibility in offering countries ad-hoc assistance and short, targeted trainings, especially on fiscal topics.
  - Practical solutions to address obstacles to remote delivery (paying for internet access of participants, renting hotel conference centers and IT equipment).
- Remote delivery challenges and responses:
  - Remote CD fatigue noted.
  - User feedback indicators have weakened compared to the in-person workshops before the pandemic.
  - Mitigating measures: Better access to online learning (translations, microlearning platform); Enhance quality of remote training through bended learning.

### Online Learning — The Multiplier Effect
- Online course offerings: 20Online Courses Offerings Already Benefitted 5,000Participants.
- Number of offerings by course:
  - Balance of Payments - International Investment Position
  - Consumer Price Index (CPIx)
  - External Debt Statistics (EDSx)
  - Government Finance Statistics
  - Public Sector Debt Statistics (under development)
  - BOP-IIPx
- Languages: 3Languages.
- Regional beneficiary shares:
  - AFR 28%
  - APD 23%
  - WHD 19%
  - EUR 16%
  - MCD 14%
- Income/fragility breakdown:
  - LLMICs 51%
  - Non-LLMICs 49%
  - FCS 30%

### Mid-Term Program Evaluation and Donor Coordination
- Mid-Term Program Evaluation:
  - Evaluation Sub-Committee established (provides strategic guidance during the process).
  - Inception note finalized (lays out methodology, processes and timeline).
  - The evaluation should be completed by end-summer 2022.
  - Evaluation work is in full swing (desk work and interviews started, surveys being designed).
- Donor coordination:
  - Donor Coordination Remains a Priority.
  - Strengthening coordination at country level as part of their data governance structure overhaul.
  - Cooperating to leverage online learning programs on both sides, building synergy (e.g., National accounts) and avoiding overlaps (e.g., Prices).
  - Members of the Evaluation Sub-Committee: D4D Fund Steering Committee, D4D Fund CD Recipients, IMF, Japan, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Uganda, Uzbekistan, AFR, APD, FAD, ICD, STA, Vietnam.
  - Report to be sent to SC; List of action points to track progress against.

### Looking Ahead
- Next Steering Committee Meeting in June 2022.
- Agenda and planning considerations:
  - Work plan implementation.
  - Next 18-month work plan to endorse.
  - Possible budget-neutral extension of Phase 1.
  - Further augmentation of the online learning curriculum.
- Consideration of Virtual vs In-person setup.

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/capacity-developement/d4d/mid-year-check-in-meeting/d4d-fund-implementation-progress.pdf_