## D4D Fund Implementation — A Waypoint

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### Work Plan Implementation and Activities
- 1/3of work plan implemented :1/2of CD activities benefitted AFR   1/3 of CD activities benefitted FCS
- Continues to Deliver, with 38CD Activities from June to December 2020
- TA Missions: 27virtual TA missions benefitting 24different countries
- Regional Workshops: 11virtual workshops benefiting 125country representatives from 79different countries
- 26Ad-Hoc Advisory Services Fulfilled (Demand was the highest for fiscal topics)
- 9COVID-19 Special Series Webinars (most of them on debt statistics)

### Flexibility and Delivery Modalities
- Ability to adapt to challenges created by the pandemic thanks to flexible funding arrangements approved by the Steering Committee in June
- Flexibility in Delivery Modalities allowed continued CD across themes:
  - Fiscal (GFSx | PSDSx)
  - External Sector (BOP-IIPx | EDSx)
  - Monetary and Financial (MFSx | FSIx)
  - Real Sector and Prices (NASx | ISAx | QNA/HFIx | PRx)
- 2/3of Extended List of Beneficiary Countries received CD (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Kosovo, Sri Lanka)

### Curriculum Changes and New Courses
- Adding Two Courses on National Accounts to Curriculum to address rising demand for higher frequency information, and for guidance on how to develop nowcasting tools to monitor economic activity and navigate the crisis
- Course design features:
  - Cover concepts such as balance sheets and sectoral accounts
  - Be streamlined to a more manageable size, to help limit the participant drop-out rate
  - Will cover production and income only
- Recent and related offerings:
  - Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics (BOP-IIPX) — Latest course, launched in Nov.2020
  - Financial Access COVID-19 Policy Tracker — 2,500 downloads as of mid-December

### Proposed Budget Reallocation
- $1.5m Additional Budget for M3
- Rationale: Savings from travel restrictions and anticipated blended CD delivery post-pandemic; Savings from lower demand due to change in country priorities
- Modules — Initial vs Revised
  - M1 Addressing Data Needs and Quality Concern: $ 19 –21 million → $ 18 –20 million
  - M2 Financial Access Survey: $ 4 – 5 million → $ 4 – 5 million
  - M3 Online Learning: $ 5 – 7 million → $ 6.5 –8.5 million
  - M4 Statistical Information Management: $ 1 – 1.5 million → $ 0.5 –1 million
- Overall D4D Fund Budget – Phase 1: $ 33.1 million → $ 33.1 million

### Mid-Term Program Evaluation
- Evaluation Sub-Committee (ESC) was established (will provide strategic guidance during the process)
- The evaluation will take 15-18 months
- Next step: preparation by the evaluation firm of the Inception report for approval by the ESC
- The terms of reference for the evaluation firm are now being reviewed by the ESC (once finalized, a consulting firm will be selected)

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