With increasing frequency, the IMF has assisted middle-income countries, especially emerging economies, in adopting the types of budget reforms that have been introduced in many Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries - reforms that emphasize performance and...

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that recent accession to the European Union and gains in growth performance reinforced the Czech Republic’s position as one of the most open and developed economies among the new member states. Thanks to substantial foreign direct investment,...

This paper presents an update to the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Fiscal Transparency Module for the Czech Republic. The paper reports on key developments in fiscal transparency since the last update in August 2003. It discusses that since the last update, the fiscal...