The Fund's Capacity Development Strategy - Better Policies Through Stronger Institutions - Background Paper
Policy Papers, May 21, 2013
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- Published: May 21, 2013
- Series: Policy Papers
Overview
- Supplement provides background information on various aspects of capacity development (CD) for the main Board paper, The Fund’s Capacity Development Strategy—Better Policies through Stronger Institutions.
- Divided into nine notes or sections (A through I), each focused on a different topic covered in the main paper.
- Publication date: May 21, 2013.
Section A — Institutions and the Fund’s role
- Explores the importance of institutions for growth.
- Discusses the role the Fund can play in building institutions.
Section B — Changes in the CD landscape
- Presents stylized facts about how the landscape for CD has changed since the late 1990s.
Section C — Measurement challenges
- Discusses the difficulties of analyzing CD data because of measurement issues.
Section D — Long-term perspective on Fund CD
- Provides a longer-term perspective on how Fund CD has responded to member needs.
Section E — Prioritization and Regional Strategy Notes (RSNs)
- Contains information on previous efforts to prioritize CD.
- Assesses Regional Strategy Notes (RSNs) and country pages.
- Suggests ways to strengthen RSNs, including by using the Fund’s surveillance products.
Section F — TA funding model comparison
- Compares the technical assistance (TA) funding model proposed in the 2011 Report of the Task Force on the Fund’s Technical Assistance Strategy to the model proposed in the main paper.
- References the 2011 Report of the Task Force on the Fund’s Technical Assistance Strategy.
Section G — Monitoring and evaluation practices
- Describes the current monitoring and evaluation practices used at the Fund for TA and training.
Section H — Synergies between TA and training
- Provides recommendations to increase synergies between TA and external training for country authorities.
- Recommends synergies between TA and internal training for Fund staff.
Section I — Online learning
- Discusses the revolution in online learning.
Metadata and subjects
- Subjects: Background papers, Fund role, Institute for Capacity Development, Technical assistance, Technical assistance programs.
Source: The Fund's Capacity Development Strategy - Better Policies Through Stronger Institutions - Background Paper (May 21, 2013). Canonical URL: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-fund-s-capacity-development-strategy-better-policies-through-stronger-institutions-pp4779