CD Guidance Note
February 2, 2026
Summary
This CD Guidance Note provides a one-stop source of information and
reference materials on Fund CD-related policies, practices, and procedures. In
line with the Management Implementation Plan (MIP) on the Independent
Evaluation Office’s (IEO) 2022 Evaluation of CD, this Guidance Note supersedes the 2019 IMF Policies and Practices on Capacity Development and serves to operationalize the recommendations of the 2024 CDSR. It also integrates relevant earlier guidance to staff related to CD delivery and management.
reference materials on Fund CD-related policies, practices, and procedures. In
line with the Management Implementation Plan (MIP) on the Independent
Evaluation Office’s (IEO) 2022 Evaluation of CD, this Guidance Note supersedes the 2019 IMF Policies and Practices on Capacity Development and serves to operationalize the recommendations of the 2024 CDSR. It also integrates relevant earlier guidance to staff related to CD delivery and management.
Subject: Absorptive capacity, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Balance of payments, Capacity utilization, COVID-19, Crime, Government debt management, Health, Production, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: Absorptive capacity, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Capacity utilization, Cd management, COVID-19, Global, Government debt management, guidance note, IMF policy, IMF staff, transparency Policy
Pages:
21
Volume:
2026
DOI:
Issue:
002
Series:
Policy Paper No. 2026/002
Stock No:
PPEA2026002
ISBN:
9798229039086
ISSN:
2663-3493





