Assessing Country Capacity
To design and implement a demand-driven capacity building programme, it is essential to assess a country’s current capacities and to work with officials to identify the capacity needs and how best these can be achieved. A needs assessment includes a review of the institutional and legal structures, human resources, management, supervision and working environment as well as the operational aspects of debt strategy and public finance and foreign private capital.
To enhance ownership of the capacity building process, DFI has adopted self-assessment approaches for assessing country capacity needs in debt strategy and public finance and foreign private capital.
Latest work DFI carried out in this area:
1-10 June - Afghanistan DeMPA Mission
A joint Development Finance International and World Bank mission visited Kabul to conduct a Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) during June. The mission met with officials from the various agencies responsible for debt management and reviewed the way the various functions are performed to see whether they are in line with international standards. As required by the methodology, each dimension of the indicators was scored between A and D. A draft report was prepared during the mission and is being peer reviewed.
16-26 May - DEMPA Mission to São Tomé and Príncipe
DFI participated in a joint mission with the World Bank to Sao Tome and Principe. The mission met with officials from the Central Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance as well as commercial banks operating in the country. The main objective of the mission was to evaluate the existing debt management capacity in the country within the framework of the Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA). At the end of the stay, the mission presented the national authorities with a preliminary assessment.
14-24 April - DFI mission to Tajikistan
DFI participated in a joint mission to Tajikistan. Other partners that took part in the mission included the World Bank and UNCTAD. The mission met with officials from the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance as well as commercial banks operating in the country. The main objective of the mission was to evaluate the existing debt management capacity in the country within the framework of the Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA). At the end of the stay, the mission presented the national authorities with a preliminary assessment.
28 February-4 March - Latin America Regional DeMPA Workshop
DFI participated as a resource person in the World Bank Debt Management Facility regional workshop on the Debt Management Performance Assessment tool, held jointly with the Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latino-Americanos in Mexico City. 31 participants from 14 countries participated in the workshop and DFI assisted Haiti to complete their own self-assessment and comment on the DeMPA tools. DFI has been asked to write an article about the workshop for the next DMF newsletter.
