02329cas a2200325 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022488 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9798400202742 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Medina Cas, Stephanie. Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States / Stephanie Medina Cas, Yasmin Alem, Jacinta Bernadette Shirakawa. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (53 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Based on internal data, this paper finds that the capacity development program of the IMF's Statistics Department has prioritized technical assistance and training to fragile and conflict-affected states. These interventions have yielded only slightly weaker results in fragile states than in other states. However, capacity development is constantly needed to make up for the dissipation of progress resulting from insufficient resources that fragile and conflict-affected states allocate to the statistical function, inadequate inter-agency coordination, and the pervasive impact of shocks exogenous to the statistical system. Greater coordination with other capacity development providers and within the IMF can help partially overcome low absorptive capacity in fragile states. Statistical capacity development is more effective when it is tailored to countries' level of fragility. Mode of access: Internet Capacity Development, Statistics, Data and Fragile States imf Development Planning and Policy imf Government Finance Statistics Manual imf STA CD Delivery imf STA CD Mission imf Alem, Yasmin. Shirakawa, Jacinta Bernadette. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/045 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2022/045/001.2022.issue-045-en.xml IMF e-Library