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Addressing systemic issues

Macroeconomic stability

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Name of the Programme/ Support Measure

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Type of Support

Main interlocutor at Country-level

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IMF & FSB

Early Warning Exercise (EWE)

The Early Warning Exercise (EWE) draws together a combination of analytical techniques, practical experience, seasoned judgment and unique databases in order to assess the potential consequences associated with economic and financial tail risks.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/16/29/IMF-FSB-...

IMF

External Sector Report

The External Sector Report (ESR) analyzes global external developments and provides an assessment of economies' external positions.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

 

IMF

Taxonomy on capital flow measures

The Taxonomy of Capital Flow Measures serves as a reference for the various types of measures that have been taken by countries to manage and liberalize capital flows as part of ongoing efforts to deepen understanding of the IMF's Institutional View and its application in practice.

Toolkit

 

 

UNCTAD

Financial Condition Indicators

The Financial Condition Indicators (FCIs) are country-specific composite indices to monitor financial stress (monthly)

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

 

UNIDO

Industrial Upgrading and Modernization Programme (IUMP)

IUMP consists of remedial actions at three levels to maximize industrial competitiveness. A holistic IUMP focuses on promoting competitiveness and diversification of manufacturing sectors along with improving regulatory frameworks and the business environment and reinforcing institutional capacities of technical and business support infrastructure.

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

 

 

 

Financial regulation

 

Organization

Name of the Programme/ Support Measure

Brief Description

Type of Support

Main interlocutor at Country-level

Project/Support URL

IMF & World bank

Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)

The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP), is a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of a country’s financial sector.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

https://www.imf.org/external/np/fsap/fssa.aspx

IMF & Partners

Financial Sector Stability Fund

FSSF aims to support financial sector stability and inclusion, and deepening using standardized diagnostic assessments to detect risks and vulnerabilities in country financial sectors

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

 

 

Improving policy coherence for sustainable development

 

Organization

Name of the Programme/ Support Measure

Brief Description

Type of Support

Main interlocutor at Country-level

Project/Support URL

IMF, World Bank & partners

Financial Sector Reform Strengthening Initiative

First aims to support economic growth and poverty reduction by promoting robust and diverse financial sectors

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

 

UNCTAD

Sustainable Freight Transport (SFT) Framework

Online web-based methodology and documented processes that help in plan, design, develop, and implement SFT strategies.  It sets out the step-by- step approach on ‘how to develop a comprehensive sustainable freight transport strategy’ that can be applied at the national, local (urban/rural), sub-regional level as well as in the context of corridors. The Framework also offers guidance and practical tools to guide the user in defining, implementing and monitoring an SFT strategy.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Infrastructure/Planning, Ministry of Environment, Development banks, Ports, Corridors, Private stakeholders, cities, etc.

https://www.sft-framework.org/.

UNCTAD

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development

This intergovernmental Group of Experts is open to policy-makers and experts from all UNCTAD member states and meets annually to provide in-depth policy analysis and to develop policy recommendations and advice on issues relating to development finance and systemic issues

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

https://unctad.org/en/Pages/Meetings/Group-of-Experts-Financing-for-Deve...

UNCTAD

Trade and Development Report

This annual flagship report analyses current economic trends and major policy issues of international concern from a developmental perspective and makes suggestions for addressing these issues at various levels.

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

 

ESCAP

Innovative climate finance mechanisms for financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region

 investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Capacity building

 

 

ESCAP

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2019

The 2019 edition of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP’s annual flagship publication, will provide a comprehensive calculation and assessment of the investment requirements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through 2030 in Asa-Pacific, with a view to supporting integrated national planning, costing and financing for the SDGs. This is the first time such an analysis has been done for the region, with only sectoral estimates existing to date.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

Ministries of Finance

 

ITU

Sector reform

Strengthening coherence

Capacity building-Trainings

Ministry of ICT and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority

 

OECD

Multi-dimensional Country Reviews

The OECD’s Multi-dimensional Country Reviews aim to design policies and strategies that promote development in a holistic sense, and do not simply promote growth. This takes into account the complementarities and interactions across policies and in doing so helps to identify the sequencing of policies needed to remove binding constraints to sustainable development and well-being improvements

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

http://www.oecd.org/development/mdcr/.

OECD

Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Building Blocks

The workstream delivers eight building blocks for enhancing policy coherence for sustainable development (SDG Target 17.14), and identifies emerging good institutional practices, country surveys and voluntary national reviews.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

 

http://www.oecd.org/gov/pcsd/guidanceandtoolsforpolicymakers.htm.

 

 

 

 

Other issues

 

Organisation

Name of the Programme/ Support Measure

Brief Description

Type of Support

Main interlocutor at Country-level

Project/Support URL

World Bank and Partners

Global facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

Helps developing countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change.

Technical Assistance/ Experts

 

https://www.gfdrr.org/en

UNCDF

The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

LoCAL provides a performance-based grant mechanism using intergovernmental fiscal transfer systems to enable the mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) into local government’s planning and budgeting systems. LoCAL increases the amount of finance available to local governments for CCA and aims to help governments access global climate finance - through the Green Climate Fund, for example - by gaining accreditation of the national implementing entity.

Diagnostic exercises/ assessments

Depends, but often Ministry of Local Governments, Ministry of Environment or Ministry of Finance.

http://www.uncdf.org/local/homepage

ESCAP

Addressing the trans-boundary dimensions of the 2030 Agenda through regional economic cooperation and integration in Asia and the Pacific

Connectivity is a vital factor for the socioeconomic development of landlocked developing countries. It

Technical Assistance/ Experts

Various depending on policy lead