Annex 2: Suggested list of development-related topics
FINANCE, COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATIONo Financial Stability & Integrityo Financial Inclusion & Accesso Firms, Entrepreneurship & Innovationo Markets, Technology & Digital Economy
o Long-Term Financeo Climate & Risk Management

GOVERNANCEo Strengthening Public Policy Processes
o Promoting Effective Resource Managemento Reinforcing Public Service Deliveryo Tax Administration and Tax Policy
o Strengthening the Public-Private Interfaceo Understanding the Underlying Drivers and Enablers of Policy Effectiveness

MACROECONOMICS, TRADE AND INVESTMENTo Designing and applying country-based diagnostics, development strategies, policy
analysis and other analytical products for decision-making by Ministries of Finance,Trade, Economy and Production in their pursuit of reform agendas conducive tostrengthening inclusive growth led by the private sector

POVERTY REDUCTION AND EQUITY/SHARED PROSPERITYo Identifying key constraints that limit opportunities for productive employment, capital
accumulation and investment in human capital by the poor and vulnerable households.
o Using data on poverty, equity and welfare for evidence-based public policy making andimplementationo Designing and implementing fiscal and social policies that can enhance the capacity of
those at the bottom to contribute more actively to economic growtho Developing and adopting effective risk management strategies and systems that
contribute to sustainable poverty reduction and shared prosperity

EDUCATION
o For primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education: devise practical solutions for
issues related to design of curricula, curriculum reform, instruction and pedagogy, andlearning/measurement of learning,o Organize, strengthen and manage an education system, and the delivery of services,o Designing and implementing cost-effective and sustainable Early Childhood
Development interventionso Managing and developing an effective teacher workforce.
o Designing and applying emerging innovations in the education sector, including but notlimited to those enabled by the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs).
o Designing and implementing reforms aimed at improving the effectiveness, equity, andefficiency of country education financing systems.

oDesigning and implementing reforms aimed at issues of access related to disability
and/or Inclusive EducationGENDERo Health Sectoro Education Sectoro Social Protectiono Employmento Ownership and Control of Assetso Agriculture and Rural Development
o Financial Inclusiono Enhancing Women’s Voice and Agency and Engaging Men and Boyso Gender-Based Violence

HEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATIONo Health Financing
o Public/Global Healtho Nutritiono Population and Development
o Delivery of Health, Nutrition and Population services work for the poor
SOCIAL PROTECTION AND JOBSo Skills Developmento Social Insurance and Pensiono Social Safety Netso Nexus with Gendero Social Safety Net Programs’ Delivery Systems

AGRICULTURE AND FOODo Climate Smart Agricultureo Food Quality
o Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture Employmento Value Chains and Agribusiness competitiveness and commercialization.
CLIMATE CHANGE
o Energyo Transporto Climate-smart Land Use, Water and Food Securityo Financeo Small Island States Resilience initiatives
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
o Environmental Economics
o Pollution Management and Environmental Healtho Environmental Standards
o Fisherieso Forests, Landscapes and Ecosystems
o Watersheds

SOCIAL, URBAN, RURAL & RESILIENCEo Community-Driven Development
o City Management, Governance and Financeo Land / GeoSpatial
o Disaster Risk Managemento Social Inclusiono Social Sustainability and Standardso Labor Influx and Labor Managemento Stability, Peace and Securityo Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Services
o Territorial Development and Productivity
o Urban Poverty and HousingWATERo Hydropower & Damso Water in Agricultureo Urban Water Supply and Sanitation services delivery
o Rural Water Supply and Sanitation services delivery
o Water Security and Integrated Resource Management
o Water, Poverty and the Economy – policies, institutions, and governance – related to therole of water in an economy
o Social Inclusion in Water

ENERGY & EXTRACTIVESo Clean Energyo Energy Accesso Energy Economics, Markets and Institutionso Extractives Industries
o Hydropower & Damso Power Systems

INFRASTRUCTUREo Infrastructure Management & Finance, including Public Private Partnerships &Guarantees
o Development Corridors & Regional Integrationo Roadso Air Transporto Railways
o Transport & Digital Developmento Urban Transporto Resilient Transport in context of Disaster Risk management

DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT OF FRAGILITY, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCEo Development-Security Nexuso Humanitarian-Development Nexuso Design and implementation of development projects in FCVo Innovative financing mechanisms