High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports

The High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report series provides high-level summaries of the assistance provided to IMF capacity development recipients, describing the high-level objectives, findings, and recommendations.

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2025

February 12, 2025

Namibia: Retail Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration and Roadmap

Description: At the request of the Bank of Namibia (BoN), an IMF mission team conducted a technical assistance (TA) from January 15 to February 1, 2024. The mission assisted the authorities in establishing the groundwork for a feasibility study of a retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC) and drafting a roadmap for the BoN's CBDC exploration. The mission also reviewed requirements for rCBDC issuance, including institutional capacity, technology, cybersecurity, and legal foundations. The mission recommended the BoN assess how rCBDC can improve the payment systems and financial inclusion in Namibia compared to alternative solutions. The authorities are advised to establish a compelling rationale for rCBDC before embarking on a more resource-intensive undertaking. The mission suggested that the BoN continue developing expertise and capacity in rCBDC across policy, technology, and legal domains, including through continued engagement with stakeholders.

January 23, 2025

Diagnóstico de Política Climática en la República Dominicana: Climate Policy Diagnostic

Description: [This title is only available in Spanish] The Dominican Republic requested capacity development on climate policy from the Fiscal Affairs Department. This is a summary of the technical assistance report and the recommendations provided to the authorities. The report includes recommendations to improve adaptation and resilience to extreme weather events on the island, such as tropical storms, hurricanes, floods and droughts, with emphasis on reforms to water resource management, and disaster risk management financing. The report also proposes mitigation policies and reforms to the electricity sector, aligned with the country's development strategy and its international emission reduction commitments. Finally, the report offers institutional and governance recommendations to better integrate climate considerations into decision-making processes in the public sector.

January 8, 2025

Sierra Leone: Report on Employment and Remuneration Matrices Mission (May 13–24, 2024)

Description: A field-based-work mission to Sierra Leone was conducted in the framework of the Data for Decisions (D4D) Project and the Sierra Leone National Accounts rebasing project. The mission assisted the National Accounts and Economic Statistics Division (NAESD) of Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) in compiling a final version of the 2018 employment and remuneration matrices (ERM) by economic activity, category of employment, and gender and the estimates for the non-observed activities including the informal activities. The mission also provided training to the staff on the ERM annual series by sharing methodology guidelines and helping with the search of new statistical sources for its compilation. This is the fifth mission to assist on the compilation of the final version of the 2018 ERM following the key recommendations of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). During the fourth mission, which was the first in-person technical assistance conducted in April 2023, a robust but preliminary ERM was completed for 2018. This was used as an input in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) and in the estimation of the actual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) released for the base year 2018. With the inclusion of the majority of the data that was missing from the labor demand side, the final version of the 2018 ERM was compiled during this mission. In search of new statistical sources, meetings were coordinated, and attended, with four key public institutions: Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL), National Revenue Authority (NRA), National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), and Ministry of Finance (MoF). Also, the mission suggested to the authorities that Stats SL consider designing and collecting a permanent/continuous household survey on an annual basis in pursuit of strengthening the country's basic statistics, their quality, and the continuous improvement of national accounts (NA) estimates in the future.

January 8, 2025

India - State of Odisha - Public Investment Management Assessment — PIMA and Climate PIMA

Description: An IMF team found that the State of Odisha had an overall public investment management (PIM) system that compared well with other emerging market economies, reflecting in particular strong institutions at the execution stage, which have helped the State increase significantly its public investment effort over the last few years. The State also displays some encouraging practices in terms of climate-sensitive PIM. However, several challenges persist and have to do mostly with the first stage (planning, appraisal) and the second stage (maintenance, selection of projects) of the PIM cycle. The team has identified five high-priority recommendations that could improve PIM processes and support the effective implementation of the Government of Odisha’s investment policy and development agenda, including to increase resilience against climate change.

2024

December 30, 2024

United Republic of Tanzania: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission (September 23–27, 2024)

Description: In September 2024, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the United Republic of Tanzania against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The mission was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt in select African countries, funded by the Government of Japan. The mission reviewed the PSDS compilation and dissemination practices against each element of the DQAF and presented a series of recommendations to improve the quality and transparency of the PSDS of the United Republic of Tanzania.

December 30, 2024

Maldives: Mainstreaming Climate Change into Public Financial and Investment Management Green PFM and Climate PIMA

Description: An IMF Team assessed the green public financial management (PFM) practices, drawing on the IMF’s Green PFM framework, and conducted a Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) in the Maldives. It identified strengths related to the recent public investment management (PIM) reforms, but also several remaining priorities along the budget and investment cycle in the Maldives that affect the efficiency, and its capacity to respond to climate change-related challenges. The mission team makes six priority recommendations in integrating climate change considerations in PFM and PIM practices, prioritized based on the country's capacity, financial resources, and ongoing reform initiatives.

December 30, 2024

Togo: Public Investment Management Assessment - PIMA and Climate PIMA

Description: An IMF team conducted a Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) in Togo. The analysis identified emerging good practices for an effective management of public investment from a climate perspective, but also identified weaknesses throughout the public investment cycle that affect efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure delivery in the face of climate change related challenges. The mission team identified seven high priority recommendations to improve public investment management from a climate change perspective.

December 30, 2024

Papua New Guinea: Climate Public Investment Management Assessment – CPIMA

Description: An IMF team conducted a Climate Public Investment Management Assessment in Papua New Guinea. This analysis identified some emerging areas of effectiveness related to management of public investment from a climate perspective, but also identified many key weaknesses throughout the public investment cycle that affect efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure delivery in the face of climate change related challenges. The mission team identified three urgent priority and eight high priority recommendations to improve public investment management from a climate change perspective.

December 30, 2024

Zambia: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics (September 30–October 4, 2024)

Description: In October 2024, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the Republic of Zambia against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The assessment was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt in select African countries, funded by the Government of Japan. The mission reviewed the PSDS compilation and dissemination practices against each element of the DQAF and presented a series of recommendations to improve the quality and transparency of the PSDS of the Republic of Zambia.

December 27, 2024

Barbados: Public Investment Management Assessment - PIMA and Climate PIMA

Description: An IMF team conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate PIMA in Barbados. The country is recognized as a global leader on climate issues and has various initiatives underway to strengthen climate resilience. The climate agenda is not yet adequately integrated in PIM practices, specifically in project appraisal, selection, maintenance and procurement.

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