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Introduction |
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| 2. |
Methodology |
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2.1 |
Overall Approach |
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2.2 |
Key Approaches to Data Collection |
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2.3 |
Methodological Limitations |
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2.4 |
Team Composition |
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The AFRITAC Initiative |
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3.1 |
Background |
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3.2 |
The AFRITACs |
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3.3 |
AFRITAC Funding and Budgets |
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3.4 |
Management of Funds |
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Technical Assistance and Training Using a Regional Approach |
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4.1 |
AFRITACs' Value Added |
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4.2 |
Fulfillment of AFRITAC Objectives |
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4.3 |
Enhancing Stakeholder Cooperation |
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Conclusions and Recommendations |
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5.1 |
Conclusion |
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5.2 |
Recommendations |
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| Appendices |
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Appendix I—Terms of Reference |
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Appendix II—Evaluation matrix |
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Appendix III—Evaluation Timeline |
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Appendix IV—List of Consulted Documents |
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Appendix V—List of People Interviewed during Field Mission |
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Appendix VI—Summaries of Key Meetings |
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Appendix VII—Review of Selected Projects |
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Appendix VIII—Results of Online Questionnaire Administered to Non-Visited
Countries |
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Appendix IX—AFRITAC Staffing |
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Appendix X—Support Staff Position Descriptions |
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Appendix XI—Person-weeks Managed by East and West AFRITAC |
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Appendix XII—Financial Contributions |
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Appendix XIII—AFRITAC 3-Year Budget and Expenditures |
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Appendix XIV—Interviewed Agencies Receiving, or Planned To Receive,
AFRITAC Assistance |
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Appendix XV—Monitoring Capacity Building in Benefiting Agencies |
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Appendix XVI—Criteria used by IMF/IBRD in scoring HIPC country performance
on PEM benchmarks
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Boxes, Tables and Charts
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Box 3.1 - Capacity Building
Box 3.2 - Project Objectives
Box 3.3 - Steering Committee Meetings
Box 3.4 - Center Coordinator's Responsibilities
Box 3.5 - Resident Advisors' Responsibilities
Box 3.6 - East AFRITAC - Designing the Work Plan
Box 3.7 - West AFRITAC - Designing the Work Plan
Box 4.1 - Categories of Interventions by AFRITAC Advisors and Short-Term Experts
Box 4.2 - Comparison of AFRITAC and Short HQ Missions
Box 4.3 - Comparison of AFRITAC and Peripatetic Regionally Based Advisors
Box 4.4 - Comparison of AFRITAC and Long-Term Advisors
Box 4.5 - Comparison of AFRITAC and IMF Institute Training
Box 4.6 - Some Divided Opinions on Initial Needs Assessment
Box 4.7 - Complementarity of TA Delivered by AFRITACs and the IMF TA Departments
Box 4.8 - Commitment & Support
Box 4.9 - Regional Agencies' Commitment and Support
Table 3.1 - PRSP Preparation Status (2002 versus 2004)
Table 3.2 - Steering Committee Composition
Table 3.3 - Time Allocation of AFRITAC Resident Advisors
Table 3.4 - AFRITAC Work Programs, Sum of Calendar Years 2003 & 2004
Table 3.5 - Subject Areas Covered by AFRITAC TA Missions
Table 3.6 - AFRITACS' Budget and Funding
Table 4.1 - Distribution of Long- and Short-Term Experts in the IMF TA to East AFRITAC Countries
Table 4.2 - AFRITAC Budgeted Costs, FYs 2003-2007a
Table 4.3 - Typical Direct Cost of Selected Technical Assistance Delivery Modes, FY 2003
Table 4.4 - Unit (Per Day) Costs of Alternative Modes of Technical Assistance Delivery
Table 4.5 - Impact on AFRITAC Unit Costs of Attributing Full IMF/Headquarters Staff Costs
Table 4.6 - Daily Costs Comparison between AFRITAC Advisors and Long-term/peripatetic regionally-based IMF advisors
Table 4.7 - IMF-Managed TA to AFRITAC Member and Nonmember Countries, FYs 1998-2004
Table 4.8 - AFRITAC Budgeted Work Months & Costs, FY 2003-20071
Table 4.9 - Allocation of AFRITAC TA Time Between Centers and Field - 2004
Chart 3.1 - Distribution of Time by AFRITAC Resident Advisors
Chart 4.1 - IMF Expert Field Delivery, FYs 1998-2004
Chart 4.2 - IMF Expert Field Delivery, FYs 1998-2004
Chart 4.3 - IMF-Managed TA to AFRITAC Member & Nonmember Countries for 1998-2004 |
