Funds for Capacity Development
The IMF’s Thematic and Country Funds are special vehicles that enable pulling of resources for providing a strategic and specialized capacity development work in key areas of IMF’s expertise, such as fiscal policy, data quality, debt management, financial stability, and anti-money laundering. They also mobilize donor engagement in case of countries with particular capacity development needs.
| Funds for Capacity Development | Partners |
|---|---|
| Global Public Finance Partnership | Belgium, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) | Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Debt Management Facility (DMF) joint with the World Bank | African Development Bank, Austria, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Data for Decisions (D4D) | China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland |
| Financial Sector Stability Fund (FSSF) | China, Germany, Korea, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland |
| Funds pulling resources to support particular countries | |
Through the Somalia Country Fund, the IMF provides necessary capacity development to Somalia as the country strengthens its operating and technical capacity to make economic and financial institutions become more effective, transparent, and accountable.
Through the Ukraine Capacity Development Fund, the IMF scales up technical assistance and training in support of the Ukrainian government’s ambitious economic and financial reform agenda, aligned with reforms under Ukraine’s Extended Fund Facility-supported program.
| Somalia Country Fund | Canada, European Union, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Ukraine Capacity Development Fund | Canada, European Union, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic, Switzerland |
