Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06)

Policy Papers, March 21, 2008

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Review of Phase I of the technical assistance (TA) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) project (2001–2006) for 15 Anglophone African countries.
Funded by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and executed jointly by the Fund and the World Bank.
Focuses mainly on components implemented by the Fund’s Statistics Department (STA).
Draws on various internal and periodic evaluations of project execution and reports by technical assistance providers.
The GDDS—part of the Fund’s Data Standards Initiative—defined the framework for the Anglophone African (AAf) project.

Initial main goal: assist countries to become participants in the GDDS via preparatory workshops and development of metadata and plans for improvement.
Subsequent expansion of goals: providing technical assistance (TA) and promoting greater awareness and regional cooperation.

Execution involved joint management by the Fund and the World Bank with funding from DFID.
STA-implemented components are the principal focus of the review.
The review synthesizes findings from internal evaluations and TA provider reports.

Publication title: Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06)
Date on page: March 21, 2008
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Context: Part of IMF Policy Papers and IMF eLibrary offerings

Source: Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06), March 21, 2008.